IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Member of Division D High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics
• Member of Division J Galaxies and Cosmology
• Member of Commission C1 Astronomy Education and Development
• Member of Commission C2 Communicating Astronomy with the Public
• Member of Cross-Division D-J Commission Supermassive Black Holes, Feedback and Galaxy Evolution

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach, 1.10 - Astronomy for Development
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.5 - Accretion, accretion disks, 2.9 - Black hole physics, 2.13 - Gravitation, 2.14 - Gravitational lensing, 2.15 - Gravitational waves
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.8 - Space instruments, 3.9 - Techniques, 3.11 - Telescopes: radio, 3.13 - Interferometry
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: 5.2 - Celestial mechanics, 5.3 - Eclipses, 5.7 - Proper motions, 5.8 - Reference systems, 5.9 - Time
6 - The Sun: 6.12 - Sun: general
7 - Planetary systems: 7.2 - Moon, 7.10 - Planets and satellites:, 7.11 - Protoplanetary disks, 7.12 - Planet-disk interactions, 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.4 - Stars: binaries, 8.5 - Stars: black holes, 8.13 - Stars: general, 8.32 - Stars: pulsars, 8.37 - Stars: supernovae
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.5 - ISM: cosmic rays, 9.6 - ISM: dust, extinction, 9.8 - ISM: general, 9.14 - ISM: magnetic fields, 9.17 - ISM: supernova remnants
10 - The Galaxy: 10.3 - Galaxy: center, 10.4 - Galaxy: disk, 10.8 - Galaxy: general, 10.14 - Galaxy: nucleus, 10.18 - Galaxy: structure
11 - Galaxies: 11.2 - Galaxies: active, 11.9 - Galaxies: evolution, 11.12 - Galaxies: general, 11.19 - Galaxies: jets, 11.37 - Galaxies: structure
12 - Cosmology: 12.3 - Cosmology: miscellaneous, 12.5 - Cosmology: theory, 12.6 - Cosmology: dark matter, 12.7 - Cosmology: dark energy, 12.11 - Cosmology: large-scale structure of Universe