IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Commission F3 Astrobiology
• Member of Commission H2 Astrochemistry
• Member of Inter-Division G-H Commission Planetary Nebulae

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 34 Interstellar Matter (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division VI Interstellar Matter (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.5 - Publications, bibliography, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.2 - Astrobiology, 2.3 - Astrochemistry, 2.23 - Nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 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, 5.6 - Parallaxes, 5.7 - Proper motions
7 - Planetary systems: 7.3 - Comets, 7.6 - Kuiper belt, 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.1 - Stars: abundances, 8.7 - Stars: circumstellar matter, 8.11 - Stars: evolution, 8.20 - Stars: late-type, 8.38 - Stars: variables
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.6 - ISM: dust, extinction, 9.15 - ISM: molecules, 9.16 - ISM: planetary nebulae
10 - The Galaxy: 10.17 - Galaxy: stellar content
11 - Galaxies: 11.36 - Galaxies: stellar content