IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology
• Member of Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Commission F2 Exoplanets and the Solar system
• Member of Commission F3 Astrobiology
• 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 Commission 53 Extrasolar Planets (WGESP) (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division III Planetary Systems Sciences (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VI Interstellar Matter (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.2 - Extraterrestrial intelligence, 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.2 - Astrobiology, 2.3 - Astrochemistry, 2.16 - Hydrodynamics, 2.23 - Nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances, 2.31 - Shock waves
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.4 - Light pollution, 3.5 - Methods, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous, 4.4 - Surveys
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.9 - Time
6 - The Sun: 6.1 - Sun: abundances
7 - Planetary systems: 7.1 - Earth, 7.2 - Moon, 7.3 - Comets, 7.5 - Interplanetary medium, 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.1 - Stars: abundances, 8.7 - Stars: circumstellar matter, 8.11 - Stars: evolution, 8.24 - Stars: mass-loss, 8.39 - Stars: white dwarfs
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.3 - ISM: bubbles, 9.7 - ISM: evolution, 9.9 - ISM: HII regions, 9.16 - ISM: planetary nebulae, 9.17 - ISM: supernova remnants
10 - The Galaxy: 10.1 - Galaxy: abundances, 10.16 - Galaxy: solar neighborhood
11 - Galaxies: 11.1 - Galaxies: abundances, 11.21 - Galaxies: Local Group
12 - Cosmology: 12.14 - Cosmology: primordial nucleosynthesis