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 Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Commission A1 Astrometry
• Member of Commission H1 The Local Universe
• Member of Inter-Division G-H-J Commission Stellar Clusters

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (2006-2009)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (2003-2006)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (2000-2003)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (1997-2000)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (1994-1997)
• Past Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations
• Past Member of Commission 8 Astrometry (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 33 Structure & Dynamics of the Galactic System (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division I Fundamental Astronomy (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VII Galactic System (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.4 - Surveys
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.1 - Astrometry, 5.6 - Parallaxes, 5.7 - Proper motions
8 - Stars: 8.9 - Stars: distances, 8.11 - Stars: evolution, 8.12 - Stars: fundamental parameters, 8.15 - Stars: Hertzsprung-Russell and C-M diagrams, 8.19 - Stars: kinematics and dynamics
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.10 - ISM: Herbig-Haro objects, 9.16 - ISM: planetary nebulae
10 - The Galaxy: 10.9 - Galaxy: globular clusters: general, 10.10 - Galaxy: globular clusters: individual: ..., 10.13 - Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, 10.15 - Galaxy: open clusters and associations, 10.18 - Galaxy: structure
11 - Galaxies: 11.21 - Galaxies: Local Group
12 - Cosmology: 12.9 - Cosmology: distance scale