IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Organizing Committee Member of Executive Committee WG Professional-Amateur Relations in Astronomy
• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Member of Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
• Member of Commission C1 Astronomy Education and Development
• Member of Commission C3 History of Astronomy
• Member of Commission C4 World Heritage and Astronomy
• Member of Executive Committee WG Astronomy for Equity and Inclusion
• Member of Executive Committee WG Dark and Quiet Sky Protection
• Member of Executive Committee WG Professional-Amateur Relations in Astronomy

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Vice-President of Executive Committee (2018-2021)
• Past President of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage (2015-2018)
• Past President of Commission 30 Radial Velocities (1997-2000)
• Past Vice-President of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (2009-2012)
• Past Vice-President of Division IX Optical & Infrared Techniques (2003-2006)
• Past Vice-President of Commission 30 Radial Velocities (1994-1997)
• Past Chair of Commission 46 PG World Wide Development of Astronomy (PGWWDA) (until 2012)
• Past Co-Chair of Executive Committee WG Professional-Amateur Relations in Astronomy (2021-2022)
• Past Steering Committee Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage (2015-2018)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Executive Committee WG Dark and Quiet Sky Protection (2018-2021)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (2012-2015)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (2006-2009)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Division IX Optical & Infrared Techniques (2003-2006)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Division IX Optical & Infrared Techniques (2000-2003)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 30 Radial Velocities (2000-2003)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Division IX Optical & Infrared Techniques (1997-2000)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 30 Radial Velocities (1991-1994)
• Past Member of Executive Committee WG International Year of Light: Cosmic Light
• Past Member of Commission 29 Stellar Spectra (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 30 Radial Velocities (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 41 History of Astronomy (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (2006-2015)
• Past Member of Commission 41 WG Astronomy and World Heritage (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division IV Stars (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division IX Optical & Infrared Techniques (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)

Other past affiliation(s)

• Past Chair of the National Committee for Astronomy in New Zealand (2010-2013)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach, 1.10 - Astronomy for Development
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.4 - Light pollution, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
6 - The Sun: 6.1 - Sun: abundances
7 - Planetary systems: 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.1 - Stars: abundances, 8.2 - Stars: atmospheres, 8.3 - Stars: chromospheres, 8.4 - Stars: binaries, 8.20 - Stars: late-type
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.6 - ISM: dust, extinction
10 - The Galaxy: 10.4 - Galaxy: disk, 10.5 - Galaxy: evolution
11 - Galaxies: 11.23 - Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds