IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Member of Division D High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics
• Member of Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Commission C4 World Heritage and Astronomy
• Member of Commission F3 Astrobiology
• Member of Commission H2 Astrochemistry
• Member of Division C WG Star Names

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past General Secretary of Executive Committee (2012-2015)
• Past Assistant General Secretary of Executive Committee (2009-2012)
• Past Advisor of Executive Committee (2015-2015)
• Past Chair of Executive Committee WG Public Naming of Planets and Planetary Satellites
• Past Advisor of Special Nominating Committee (2012-2015)
• Past Advisor of Editorial Board (2012-2015)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 44 Space & High Energy Astrophysics (2012-2015)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 44 Space & High Energy Astrophysics (2009-2012)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Division XI Space & High Energy Astrophysics (2006-2009)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 44 Space & High Energy Astrophysics (2006-2009)
• Past Member of Executive Committee WG Public Naming of Planets and Planetary Satellites
• Past Member of Commission 34 Interstellar Matter (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 40 Radio Astronomy (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 44 Space & High Energy Astrophysics (2006-2015)
• Past Member of Division VI Interstellar Matter (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division X Radio Astronomy (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division XI Space & High Energy Astrophysics (until 2012)
• Past Member of Special Nominating Committee (2009-2012)

Areas of interest

2 - Physical data and processes: 2.2 - Astrobiology, 2.3 - Astrochemistry, 2.4 - Acceleration of particles, 2.6 - Astroparticle physics
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.4 - Light pollution, 3.8 - Space instruments, 3.13 - Interferometry
7 - Planetary systems: 7.6 - Kuiper belt, 7.10 - Planets and satellites:, 7.11 - Protoplanetary disks, 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.10 - Stars: formation, 8.30 - Stars: pre-main sequence, 8.31 - Stars: protostars, 8.37 - Stars: supernovae
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.3 - ISM: bubbles, 9.4 - ISM: clouds, 9.5 - ISM: cosmic rays, 9.14 - ISM: magnetic fields, 9.17 - ISM: supernova remnants
10 - The Galaxy: 10.12 - Galaxy: local insterstellar matter
12 - Cosmology: 12.1 - Cosmology: cosmic background radiation, 12.3 - Cosmology: miscellaneous, 12.14 - Cosmology: primordial nucleosynthesis