IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy
• Member of Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 7 Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 15 Physical Study of Comets & Minor Planets (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 20 Positions & Motions of Minor Planets, Comets & Satellites (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division I Fundamental Astronomy (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division III Planetary Systems Sciences (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.10 - Astronomy for Development
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.26 - Polarization, 2.30 - Scattering
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.1 - Atmospheric effects, 3.7 - Space vehicles, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.3 - Catalogs
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.1 - Astrometry, 5.2 - Celestial mechanics, 5.4 - Ephemerides, 5.5 - Occultations, 5.8 - Reference systems
6 - The Sun: 6.2 - Sun: activity, 6.12 - Sun: general, 6.24 - Sun: solar-terrestrial relations, 6.28 - Sun: UV radiation
7 - Planetary systems: 7.8 - Minor planets, asteroids, 7.9 - Near Earth Objects , 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.27 - Stars: oscillations (including pulsations)
10 - The Galaxy: 10.16 - Galaxy: solar neighborhood