IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology
• Member of Division J Galaxies and Cosmology
• Member of Executive Committee WG Global Coordination of Ground and Space Astrophysics
• Member of Executive Committee WG Women in Astronomy

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 28 Galaxies (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 40 Radio Astronomy (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 53 Extrasolar Planets (WGESP) (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division VIII Galaxies & the Universe (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division X Radio Astronomy (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.2 - Extraterrestrial intelligence, 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.7 - Sociology of Astronomy, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.6 - Astroparticle physics, 2.15 - Gravitational waves
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.2 - Balloons, 3.7 - Space vehicles, 3.8 - Space instruments, 3.11 - Telescopes: radio, 3.13 - Interferometry
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.2 - Celestial mechanics, 5.8 - Reference systems
7 - Planetary systems: 7.9 - Near Earth Objects , 7.10 - Planets and satellites:, 7.11 - Protoplanetary disks, 7.14 - Exoplanets
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.8 - ISM: general
10 - The Galaxy: 10.5 - Galaxy: evolution, 10.6 - Galaxy: formation, 10.8 - Galaxy: general
11 - Galaxies: 11.9 - Galaxies: evolution, 11.10 - Galaxies: formation, 11.31 - Galaxies: starburst
12 - Cosmology: 12.4 - Cosmology: observations, 12.6 - Cosmology: dark matter, 12.7 - Cosmology: dark energy, 12.12 - Cosmology: inflation, 12.13 - Cosmology: dark ages, reionization, first stars