IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Member of Division D High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics
• Member of Division J Galaxies and Cosmology
• Member of Inter-Division B-C Commission Protection of Existing and Potential Observatory Sites
• Member of Commission C2 Communicating Astronomy with the Public
• Member of Cross-Division D-J Commission Supermassive Black Holes, Feedback and Galaxy Evolution

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 50 Protection of Existing & Potential Observatory Sites (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)

Other past affiliation(s)

• Past President of the National Committee for Astronomy in Mexico

Areas of interest

2 - Physical data and processes: 2.4 - Acceleration of particles, 2.6 - Astroparticle physics
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.1 - Atmospheric effects, 3.6 - Site testing, 3.9 - Techniques
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.4 - Surveys
8 - Stars: 8.25 - Stars: neutron, 8.32 - Stars: pulsars
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.5 - ISM: cosmic rays, 9.17 - ISM: supernova remnants
11 - Galaxies: 11.2 - Galaxies: active, 11.3 - Galaxies: BL Lacertae objects, 11.28 - Galaxies: quasars