IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Advisor of Executive Committee
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Division J Galaxies and Cosmology
• Member of Commission H1 The Local Universe
• Member of Inter-Division G-H-J Commission Stellar Clusters
• Member of Inter-Division D-G-H-J Commission Galaxy Spectral Energy Distributions
• Member of Executive Committee WG Exoplanetary System Nomenclature
• Member of Executive Committee WG Global Coordination of Ground and Space Astrophysics
• Member of Executive Committee WG Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN)
• Member of Executive Committee WG Small Bodies Nomenclature (SBN)
• Member of Executive Committee WG Women in Astronomy
• Member of Special Nominating Committee

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past President of Executive Committee (2021-2024)
• Past President Elect of Executive Committee (2018-2021)
• Past Vice-President of Executive Committee (2015-2018)
• Past Chair of Special Nominating Committee (2021-2024)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Executive Committee WG Astronomy for Equity and Inclusion (2023-2024)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Executive Committee WG Exoplanetary System Nomenclature (2021-2024)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Executive Committee WG Global Coordination of Ground and Space Astrophysics (2021-2024)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Executive Committee WG Junior Members (2021-2024)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Executive Committee WG Planetary System Nomenclature (WGPSN) (2021-2024)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Executive Committee WG Small Bodies Nomenclature (SBN) (2021-2024)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Executive Committee WG Global Coordination of Ground and Space Astrophysics (2018-2021)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Division VI Interstellar Matter (1997-2000)
• Past Member of Executive Committee WG Junior Members (2021-2024)
• Past Member of Commission 28 Galaxies (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 33 Structure & Dynamics of the Galactic System (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 34 Interstellar Matter (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division VI Interstellar Matter (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VII Galactic System (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VIII Galaxies & the Universe (until 2012)

Other affiliation(s)

• Member of the National Committee for Astronomy in United States

Areas of interest

10 - The Galaxy: 10.6 - Galaxy: formation, 10.7 - Galaxy: fundamental parameters
11 - Galaxies: 11.9 - Galaxies: evolution, 11.14 - Galaxies: high-redshift, 11.15 - Galaxies: interactions, 11.30 - Galaxies: spiral, 11.34 - Galaxies: star formation