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 H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• 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)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.2 - Extraterrestrial intelligence, 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.11 - Standards
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.4 - Acceleration of particles, 2.6 - Astroparticle physics, 2.9 - Black hole physics, 2.11 - Elementary particles, 2.15 - Gravitational waves
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.11 - Telescopes: radio, 3.13 - Interferometry
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.2 - Celestial mechanics
6 - The Sun: 6.6 - Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs)
8 - Stars: 8.5 - Stars: black holes, 8.14 - Stars: Gamma-ray burst, 8.25 - Stars: neutron
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.17 - ISM: supernova remnants
10 - The Galaxy: 10.7 - Galaxy: fundamental parameters, 10.11 - Galaxy: halo, 10.14 - Galaxy: nucleus
11 - Galaxies: 11.7 - Galaxies: dwarf, 11.10 - Galaxies: formation, 11.11 - Galaxies: fundamental parameters
12 - Cosmology: 12.1 - Cosmology: cosmic background radiation, 12.5 - Cosmology: theory, 12.6 - Cosmology: dark matter, 12.7 - Cosmology: dark energy, 12.10 - Cosmology: early Universe