IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Division G WG Red Giants and Supergiants

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 29 Stellar Spectra (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 33 Structure & Dynamics of the Galactic System (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division IV Stars (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VII Galactic System (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.16 - Hydrodynamics, 2.20 - Molecular data, 2.28 - Radiative transfer, 2.31 - Shock waves
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.1 - Atmospheric effects, 3.5 - Methods, 3.13 - Interferometry
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.3 - Catalogs
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.6 - Parallaxes, 5.7 - Proper motions
6 - The Sun: 6.7 - Sun: evolution, 6.11 - Sun: fundamental parameters
7 - Planetary systems: 7.11 - Protoplanetary disks, 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.2 - Stars: atmospheres, 8.7 - Stars: circumstellar matter, 8.9 - Stars: distances, 8.11 - Stars: evolution, 8.20 - Stars: late-type
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.6 - ISM: dust, extinction, 9.15 - ISM: molecules, 9.16 - ISM: planetary nebulae
10 - The Galaxy: 10.2 - Galaxy: bulge, 10.7 - Galaxy: fundamental parameters, 10.13 - Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, 10.16 - Galaxy: solar neighborhood, 10.17 - Galaxy: stellar content
11 - Galaxies: 11.36 - Galaxies: stellar content
12 - Cosmology: 12.4 - Cosmology: observations