IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy
• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• 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 Inter-Division E-F-G Commission Impact of Magnetic Activity on Solar and Stellar Environments

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 28 Galaxies (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 29 Stellar Spectra (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 30 Radial Velocities (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 33 Structure & Dynamics of the Galactic System (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division IV Stars (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VII Galactic System (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VIII Galaxies & the Universe (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division IX Optical & Infrared Techniques (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach, 1.10 - Astronomy for Development
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.1 - Asteroseismology, 2.23 - Nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances, 2.27 - Radiation
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.3 - Instrumentation, 3.4 - Light pollution, 3.8 - Space instruments, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical, 3.12- Adaptive optics
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.4 - Surveys, 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.1 - Astrometry, 5.7 - Proper motions
6 - The Sun: 6.8 - Sun: faculae, plages, 6.12 - Sun: general, 6.26 - Sun: sunspots
7 - Planetary systems: 7.10 - Planets and satellites:
8 - Stars: 8.1 - Stars: abundances, 8.11 - Stars: evolution, 8.15 - Stars: Hertzsprung-Russell and C-M diagrams, 8.29 - Stars: Population III, 8.35 - Stars: subdwarfs
10 - The Galaxy: 10.6 - Galaxy: formation, 10.7 - Galaxy: fundamental parameters, 10.9 - Galaxy: globular clusters: general, 10.13 - Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, 10.18 - Galaxy: structure
11 - Galaxies: 11.7 - Galaxies: dwarf, 11.17 - Galaxies: irregular, 11.21 - Galaxies: Local Group, 11.37 - Galaxies: structure
12 - Cosmology: 12.9 - Cosmology: distance scale, 12.10 - Cosmology: early Universe