IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy
• Member of Division D High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics
• Member of Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
• Member of Division J Galaxies and Cosmology

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 42 Close Binary Stars (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 44 Space & High Energy Astrophysics (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 47 Cosmology (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 52 Relativity in Fundamental Astronomy (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division I Fundamental Astronomy (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division V Variable Stars (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VIII Galaxies & the Universe (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XI Space & High Energy Astrophysics (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.7 - Sociology of Astronomy
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.5 - Accretion, accretion disks, 2.9 - Black hole physics, 2.11 - Elementary particles, 2.13 - Gravitation, 2.15 - Gravitational waves
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.7 - Space vehicles, 3.8 - Space instruments
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.4 - Surveys
8 - Stars: 8.4 - Stars: binaries, 8.5 - Stars: black holes, 8.14 - Stars: Gamma-ray burst, 8.23 - Stars: magnetars, 8.25 - Stars: neutron
10 - The Galaxy: 10.14 - Galaxy: nucleus
11 - Galaxies: 11.2 - Galaxies: active, 11.25 - Galaxies: nuclei, 11.28 - Galaxies: quasars, 11.29 - Galaxies: Seyfert
12 - Cosmology: 12.1 - Cosmology: cosmic background radiation, 12.2 - Cosmology: cosmological parameters, 12.4 - Cosmology: observations, 12.6 - Cosmology: dark matter, 12.7 - Cosmology: dark energy