Pierre Louis North
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique
Observatoire de Sauverny
1290 Versoix
Switzerland
Phone: +41 22 379 2415
Organization website: http://lastro.epfl.ch/
NCA adherence: Switzerland
Last updated:
November 20, 2023
IAU Status
Active Member
Affiliation(s) within the IAU
Past affiliation(s) within the IAU
- Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 45 Stellar Classification (1997-2000)
- Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 45 Stellar Classification (1994-1997)
- Past Member of Commission 29 Stellar Spectra (until 2015)
- Past Member of Commission 45 Stellar Classification (until 2015)
- Past Member of Division IV Stars (until 2012)
Areas of interest
1 - General: 1.2 - Extraterrestrial intelligence, 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.17 - Lines, 2.23 - Nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
7 - Planetary systems: 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.1 - Stars: abundances, 8.4 - Stars: binaries, 8.9 - Stars: distances, 8.12 - Stars: fundamental parameters, 8.13 - Stars: general
10 - The Galaxy: 10.11 - Galaxy: halo, 10.15 - Galaxy: open clusters and associations
11 - Galaxies: 11.7 - Galaxies: dwarf, 11.10 - Galaxies: formation, 11.23 - Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds
12 - Cosmology: 12.4 - Cosmology: observations, 12.9 - Cosmology: distance scale, 12.13 - Cosmology: dark ages, reionization, first stars