IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Division J Galaxies and Cosmology

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 28 Galaxies (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 34 Interstellar Matter (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 47 Cosmology (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 55 Communicating Astronomy with the Public (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division VI Interstellar Matter (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VIII Galaxies & the Universe (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.7 - Sociology of Astronomy, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.10 - Astronomy for Development, 1.11 - Standards
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.2 - Astrobiology, 2.14 - Gravitational lensing
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.1 - Atmospheric effects, 3.3 - Instrumentation, 3.8 - Space instruments, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous, 4.2 - Atlases, 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.4 - Surveys, 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.1 - Astrometry, 5.2 - Celestial mechanics, 5.8 - Reference systems, 5.9 - Time
6 - The Sun: 6.6 - Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs), 6.7 - Sun: evolution, 6.24 - Sun: solar-terrestrial relations
7 - Planetary systems: 7.1 - Earth, 7.4 - Oort Cloud, 7.9 - Near Earth Objects , 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.13 - Stars: general, 8.39 - Stars: white dwarfs
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.15 - ISM: molecules
10 - The Galaxy: 10.5 - Galaxy: evolution
11 - Galaxies: 11.2 - Galaxies: active, 11.28 - Galaxies: quasars
12 - Cosmology: 12.4 - Cosmology: observations, 12.6 - Cosmology: dark matter, 12.7 - Cosmology: dark energy