IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Member of Division D High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics
• Member of Division E Sun and Heliosphere
• Member of Commission C3 History of Astronomy

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past President of Commission 49 Interplanetary Plasma & Heliosphere (2006-2009)
• Past Vice-President of Commission 49 Interplanetary Plasma & Heliosphere (2003-2006)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Division II Sun & Heliosphere (2006-2009)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Division II Sun & Heliosphere (2003-2006)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 49 Interplanetary Plasma & Heliosphere (2000-2003)
• Past Member of Commission 49 Interplanetary Plasma & Heliosphere
• Past Member of Commission 10 Solar Activity (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 12 Solar Radiation & Structure (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 41 History of Astronomy (2009-2015)
• Past Member of Commission 44 Space & High Energy Astrophysics (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division II Sun & Heliosphere (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XI Space & High Energy Astrophysics (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach, 1.10 - Astronomy for Development
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.4 - Acceleration of particles, 2.18 - Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), 2.25 - Plasmas, 2.30 - Scattering, 2.31 - Shock waves
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.3 - Instrumentation, 3.8 - Space instruments, 3.11 - Telescopes: radio, 3.13 - Interferometry
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous
6 - The Sun: 6.6 - Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs), 6.15 - Sun: heliosphere, 6.20 - Sun: particle emission, 6.22 - Sun: radio radiation, 6.29 - Sun: X-rays, gamma rays
7 - Planetary systems: 7.5 - Interplanetary medium, 7.9 - Near Earth Objects , 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.8 - Stars: coronae, 8.26 - Stars: novae, cataclysmic variables, 8.34 - Stars: solar-type
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.5 - ISM: cosmic rays, 9.17 - ISM: supernova remnants
10 - The Galaxy: 10.8 - Galaxy: general
11 - Galaxies: 11.2 - Galaxies: active, 11.12 - Galaxies: general, 11.19 - Galaxies: jets
12 - Cosmology: 12.1 - Cosmology: cosmic background radiation