IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy
• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Member of Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology
• Member of Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
• Member of Commission C3 History of Astronomy
• Member of Commission C4 World Heritage and Astronomy
• Member of Commission G1 Binary and Multiple Star Systems

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past President of Commission 26 Double & Multiple Stars (1988-1991)
• Past Vice-President of Commission 26 Double & Multiple Stars (1985-1988)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 26 Double & Multiple Stars (1991-1994)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 26 Double & Multiple Stars (1982-1985)
• Past Member of Commission 8 Astrometry (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 26 Double & Multiple Stars (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 51 Bio-Astronomy (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division I Fundamental Astronomy (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division III Planetary Systems Sciences (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division IV Stars (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: 3.1 - Atmospheric effects, 3.13 - Interferometry
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.4 - Surveys
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.1 - Astrometry, 5.6 - Parallaxes
8 - Stars: 8.4 - Stars: binaries, 8.12 - Stars: fundamental parameters