Alain Lecavelier des Etangs
Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
98bis Bd Arago
75014 Paris
France
Phone: +33 1 44 32 80 77
Organization website: http://www.iap.fr/
NCA adherence: France
Last updated:
October 21, 2024
IAU Status
Active Member
Affiliation(s) within the IAU
Past affiliation(s) within the IAU
- Past President of Commission F2 Exoplanets and the Solar system (2015-2018)
- Past President of Commission 53 Extrasolar Planets (WGESP) (2012-2015)
- Past Vice-President of Commission 53 Extrasolar Planets (WGESP) (2009-2012)
- Past Chair of Division F WG Exoplanets for the Public (2014-2020)
- Past Advisor of Commission F2 Exoplanets and the Solar system (2018-2021)
- Past Steering Committee Member of Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology (2015-2018)
- Past Steering Committee Member of Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology (2012-2015)
- Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission F2 Exoplanets and the Solar system (2015-2018)
- Past Member of Commission 53 Extrasolar Planets (WGESP)
- Past Member of Executive Committee WG Public Naming of Planets and Planetary Satellites
- Past Member of Inter-Commission C1-F2-F3-H2 WG Education and Training in Astrobiology (2016-2022)
- Past Member of Division F WG Exoplanets for the Public (until 2020)
- Past Member of Commission 7 Celestial Mechanics & Dynamical Astronomy (until 2015)
- Past Member of Division I Fundamental Astronomy (until 2012)
Areas of interest
1 - General: 1.2 - Extraterrestrial intelligence, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.11 - Telescopes: radio
7 - Planetary systems: 7.11 - Protoplanetary disks, 7.14 - Exoplanets
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.1 - ISM: abundances