IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 34 Interstellar Matter (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 50 Protection of Existing & Potential Observatory Sites (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division VI Interstellar Matter (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.2 - Extraterrestrial intelligence, 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.2 - Astrobiology, 2.3 - Astrochemistry, 2.31 - Shock waves
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.1 - Atmospheric effects, 3.2 - Balloons, 3.6 - Site testing, 3.8 - Space instruments, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
7 - Planetary systems: 7.1 - Earth, 7.2 - Moon, 7.3 - Comets, 7.14 - Exoplanets
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.1 - ISM: abundances, 9.2 - ISM: atoms, 9.4 - ISM: clouds, 9.6 - ISM: dust, extinction, 9.7 - ISM: evolution
10 - The Galaxy: 10.1 - Galaxy: abundances, 10.5 - Galaxy: evolution, 10.12 - Galaxy: local insterstellar matter
11 - Galaxies: 11.1 - Galaxies: abundances, 11.9 - Galaxies: evolution
12 - Cosmology: 12.1 - Cosmology: cosmic background radiation, 12.4 - Cosmology: observations, 12.11 - Cosmology: large-scale structure of Universe