IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division D High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 44 Space & High Energy Astrophysics (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division XI Space & High Energy Astrophysics (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.2 - Extraterrestrial intelligence, 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.6 - Astronomy Education
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.4 - Acceleration of particles, 2.5 - Accretion, accretion disks, 2.9 - Black hole physics, 2.11 - Elementary particles, 2.13 - Gravitation
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.3 - Instrumentation, 3.5 - Methods, 3.8 - Space instruments, 3.9 - Techniques, 3.12- Adaptive optics
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.4 - Surveys, 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.3 - Eclipses, 5.9 - Time
6 - The Sun: 6.2 - Sun: activity, 6.11 - Sun: fundamental parameters
7 - Planetary systems: 7.1 - Earth, 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.1 - Stars: abundances, 8.4 - Stars: binaries, 8.5 - Stars: black holes, 8.11 - Stars: evolution
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.5 - ISM: cosmic rays, 9.17 - ISM: supernova remnants
10 - The Galaxy: 10.5 - Galaxy: evolution, 10.8 - Galaxy: general, 10.9 - Galaxy: globular clusters: general, 10.18 - Galaxy: structure
11 - Galaxies: 11.5 - Galaxies: clusters, 11.9 - Galaxies: evolution, 11.12 - Galaxies: general, 11.34 - Galaxies: star formation, 11.35 - Galaxies: statistics
12 - Cosmology: 12.2 - Cosmology: cosmological parameters, 12.4 - Cosmology: observations, 12.5 - Cosmology: theory, 12.7 - Cosmology: dark energy, 12.12 - Cosmology: inflation