IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Steering Committee Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Commission H1 The Local Universe
• Member of Division B WG Time Domain Astronomy

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past President of Commission H1 The Local Universe (2018-2021)
• Past Vice-President of Commission H1 The Local Universe (2015-2018)
• Past Vice-President of Commission 53 Extrasolar Planets (WGESP) (2012-2015)
• Past Advisor of Commission H1 The Local Universe (2021-2024)
• Past Steering Committee Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe (2018-2021)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission H1 The Local Universe (2021-2024)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission H1 The Local Universe (2018-2021)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission H1 The Local Universe (2015-2018)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 30 Radial Velocities (2012-2015)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 33 Structure & Dynamics of the Galactic System (2012-2015)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (2012-2015)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 30 Radial Velocities (2009-2012)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 33 Structure & Dynamics of the Galactic System (2009-2012)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (2009-2012)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 53 Extrasolar Planets (WGESP) (2009-2012)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 45 Stellar Classification (2006-2009)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 45 Stellar Classification (2003-2006)
• Past Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy
• Past Member of Commission 5 Documentation & Astronomical Data (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 30 Radial Velocities (2009-2015)
• Past Member of Commission 33 Structure & Dynamics of the Galactic System (2009-2015)
• Past Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (2009-2015)
• Past Member of Commission 51 Bio-Astronomy (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 53 Extrasolar Planets (WGESP) (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 5 WG Time Domain Astronomy (2015-2015)
• Past Member of Division III Planetary Systems Sciences (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division IV Stars (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VII Galactic System (until 2012)
• Past Member of Commission 45 Stellar Classification (2006-2009)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.2 - Extraterrestrial intelligence, 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach, 1.10 - Astronomy for Development
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.1 - Asteroseismology, 2.3 - Astrochemistry, 2.14 - Gravitational lensing
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.8 - Space instruments, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous, 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.4 - Surveys, 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.1 - Astrometry, 5.6 - Parallaxes, 5.7 - Proper motions
7 - Planetary systems: 7.10 - Planets and satellites:, 7.11 - Protoplanetary disks, 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.1 - Stars: abundances, 8.11 - Stars: evolution, 8.15 - Stars: Hertzsprung-Russell and C-M diagrams, 8.28 - Stars: Population II, 8.38 - Stars: variables
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.6 - ISM: dust, extinction, 9.8 - ISM: general
10 - The Galaxy: 10.1 - Galaxy: abundances, 10.2 - Galaxy: bulge, 10.5 - Galaxy: evolution, 10.7 - Galaxy: fundamental parameters, 10.9 - Galaxy: globular clusters: general
11 - Galaxies: 11.4 - Galaxies: bulges, 11.7 - Galaxies: dwarf, 11.21 - Galaxies: Local Group, 11.23 - Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds, 11.32 - Galaxies: star clusters
12 - Cosmology: 12.6 - Cosmology: dark matter