IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Division J Galaxies and Cosmology
• Member of Commission B4 Radio Astronomy
• Member of Commission H1 The Local Universe

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 28 Galaxies (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division VIII Galaxies & the Universe (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
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.4 - Acceleration of particles, 2.8 - Atomic processes, 2.18 - Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), 2.25 - Plasmas, 2.26 - Polarization
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.3 - Instrumentation, 3.8 - Space instruments, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical, 3.11 - Telescopes: radio
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.4 - Surveys, 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.8 - Reference systems
8 - Stars: 8.7 - Stars: circumstellar matter, 8.19 - Stars: kinematics and dynamics, 8.37 - Stars: supernovae, 8.40- Stars: Wolf-Rayet
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.8 - ISM: general, 9.9 - ISM: HII regions, 9.17 - ISM: supernova remnants
10 - The Galaxy: 10.8 - Galaxy: general, 10.18 - Galaxy: structure
11 - Galaxies: 11.4 - Galaxies: bulges, 11.9 - Galaxies: evolution, 11.10 - Galaxies: formation, 11.16 - Galaxies: intergalactic medium, 11.18 - Galaxies: ISM
12 - Cosmology: 12.4 - Cosmology: observations, 12.6 - Cosmology: dark matter, 12.8 - Cosmology: diffuse radiation, 12.13 - Cosmology: dark ages, reionization, first stars