Christopher David Impey
University of Arizona
Steward Observatory
933 N Cherry Ave
Tucson AZ 85721
Arizona (AZ)
United States
Phone: +1 520 621 6522
Personal website: http://www.chrisimpey.com
Organization website: http://www.as.arizona.edu/steward
NCA adherence: United States
Last updated:
September 26, 2024
IAU Status
Active Member
Affiliation(s) within the IAU
Past affiliation(s) within the IAU
- Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission F3 Astrobiology (2021-2024)
- Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission C1 Astronomy Education and Development (2018-2021)
- Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission C1 Astronomy Education and Development (2015-2018)
- Past Member of Commission C1 WG Theory and Methods in Astronomy Education (2016-2016)
- Past Member of Commission 28 Galaxies (until 2015)
- Past Member of Commission 46 Astronomy Education & Development (until 2015)
- Past Member of Commission 47 Cosmology (until 2015)
- Past Member of Division VIII Galaxies & the Universe (until 2012)
- Past Member of Division XII Union-Wide Activities (until 2012)
Areas of interest
1 - General: 1.2 - Extraterrestrial intelligence, 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach
11 - Galaxies: 11.2 - Galaxies: active, 11.3 - Galaxies: BL Lacertae objects, 11.14 - Galaxies: high-redshift, 11.16 - Galaxies: intergalactic medium, 11.28 - Galaxies: quasars
12 - Cosmology: 12.1 - Cosmology: cosmic background radiation, 12.2 - Cosmology: cosmological parameters, 12.4 - Cosmology: observations, 12.6 - Cosmology: dark matter, 12.9 - Cosmology: distance scale