IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division D High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics
• Member of Division E Sun and Heliosphere
• Member of Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology
• Member of Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Division J Galaxies and Cosmology
• Member of Commission B5 Laboratory Astrophysics
• Member of Commission F3 Astrobiology
• Member of Commission H2 Astrochemistry

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 14 Atomic & Molecular Data (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.1 - Editorials notices, 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.7 - Sociology of Astronomy, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.3 - Astrochemistry, 2.8 - Atomic processes, 2.18 - Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), 2.21 - Molecular processes, 2.32 - Solid state
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.3 - Instrumentation, 3.7 - Space vehicles, 3.9 - Techniques
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous, 4.2 - Atlases, 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.4 - Surveys, 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
6 - The Sun: 6.3 - Sun: atmosphere, 6.4 - Sun: chromosphere, 6.5 - Sun: corona, 6.25 - Sun: solar wind, 6.27 - Sun: transition region
7 - Planetary systems: 7.2 - Moon, 7.7 - Meteorites, meteors, meteoroids, 7.8 - Minor planets, asteroids, 7.10 - Planets and satellites:, 7.11 - Protoplanetary disks
8 - Stars: 8.1 - Stars: abundances, 8.2 - Stars: atmospheres, 8.7 - Stars: circumstellar matter, 8.29 - Stars: Population III, 8.37 - Stars: supernovae
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.1 - ISM: abundances, 9.2 - ISM: atoms, 9.4 - ISM: clouds, 9.6 - ISM: dust, extinction, 9.15 - ISM: molecules
10 - The Galaxy: 10.1 - Galaxy: abundances, 10.12 - Galaxy: local insterstellar matter
11 - Galaxies: 11.1 - Galaxies: abundances, 11.16 - Galaxies: intergalactic medium
12 - Cosmology: 12.10 - Cosmology: early Universe, 12.13 - Cosmology: dark ages, reionization, first stars