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

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 5 Documentation & Astronomical Data (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 29 Stellar Spectra (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 36 Theory of Stellar Atmospheres (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 45 Stellar Classification (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division IV Stars (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.10 - Astronomy for Development, 1.11 - Standards
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.7 - Atomic data, 2.28 - Radiative transfer
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.3 - Instrumentation, 3.5 - Methods
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.6 - Parallaxes
6 - The Sun: 6.1 - Sun: abundances, 6.3 - Sun: atmosphere
7 - Planetary systems: 7.2 - Moon, 7.3 - Comets
8 - Stars: 8.1 - Stars: abundances, 8.2 - Stars: atmospheres, 8.3 - Stars: chromospheres, 8.9 - Stars: distances, 8.12 - Stars: fundamental parameters
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.1 - ISM: abundances
10 - The Galaxy: 10.1 - Galaxy: abundances, 10.5 - Galaxy: evolution, 10.17 - Galaxy: stellar content
11 - Galaxies: 11.9 - Galaxies: evolution