IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy
• 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 Commission G1 Binary and Multiple Star Systems

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past President of Commission 30 Radial Velocities (1988-1991)
• Past Vice-President of Commission 30 Radial Velocities (1985-1988)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 51 Bio-Astronomy (2006-2009)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 51 Bio-Astronomy (2003-2006)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 30 Radial Velocities (1991-1994)
• Past Member of Commission 26 Double & Multiple Stars (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 30 Radial Velocities (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 33 Structure & Dynamics of the Galactic System (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 IV Stars (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VII Galactic System (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division IX Optical & Infrared Techniques (until 2012)
• Past Member of Commission 51 Bio-Astronomy (2003-2009)

Areas of interest

2 - Physical data and processes: 2.2 - Astrobiology
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.3 - Instrumentation, 3.8 - Space instruments, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.4 - Surveys
8 - Stars: 8.1 - Stars: abundances, 8.4 - Stars: binaries, 8.6 - Stars: brown dwarfs, 8.33 - Stars: rotation, 8.39 - Stars: white dwarfs
10 - The Galaxy: 10.11 - Galaxy: halo, 10.15 - Galaxy: open clusters and associations
11 - Galaxies: 11.6 - Galaxies: distances and redshifts