IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy
• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Member of Commission A2 Rotation of the Earth
• Member of Commission C3 History of Astronomy

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past President of Commission 8 Astrometry (1991-1994)
• Past Vice-President of Commission 8 Astrometry (1988-1991)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 8 Astrometry (1997-2000)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 19 Rotation of the Earth (1997-2000)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 8 Astrometry (1994-1997)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 19 Rotation of the Earth (1994-1997)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 19 Rotation of the Earth (1991-1994)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 8 Astrometry (1982-1985)
• Past Member of Commission 8 Astrometry
• Past Member of Commission 19 Rotation of the Earth
• Past Member of Commission 4 Ephemerides (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division I Fundamental Astronomy (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.2 - Celestial mechanics, 5.3 - Eclipses, 5.4 - Ephemerides, 5.5 - Occultations, 5.9 - Time
6 - The Sun: 6.12 - Sun: general
7 - Planetary systems: 7.1 - Earth, 7.2 - Moon