IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Organizing Committee Member of Commission C3 History of Astronomy
• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Member of Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Division J Galaxies and Cosmology
• Member of Commission C3 History of Astronomy
• Member of Commission H1 The Local Universe
• Member of Inter-Division G-H-J Commission Stellar Clusters throughout Cosmic Space and Time

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past President of Commission 28 Galaxies (1985-1988)
• Past Vice-President of Commission 28 Galaxies (1982-1985)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission C3 History of Astronomy (2018-2021)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 28 Galaxies (1988-1991)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 28 Galaxies (1979-1982)
• Past Member of Commission 28 Galaxies (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 33 Structure & Dynamics of the Galactic System (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 40 Radio Astronomy (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division VII Galactic System (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VIII Galaxies & the Universe (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division X Radio Astronomy (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.4 - Miscellaneous
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.4 - Surveys
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.8 - ISM: general
10 - The Galaxy: 10.6 - Galaxy: formation, 10.13 - Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, 10.17 - Galaxy: stellar content
11 - Galaxies: 11.9 - Galaxies: evolution, 11.10 - Galaxies: formation, 11.20 - Galaxies: kinematics and dynamics, 11.27 - Galaxies: photometry, 11.30 - Galaxies: spiral