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 Commission B5 Laboratory Astrophysics
• Member of Commission F1 Meteors, Meteorites and Interplanetary Dust
• Member of Commission F3 Astrobiology
• Member of Commission F4 Asteroids, Comets & Transneptunian Objects

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past President of Commission 22 Meteors, Meteorites & Interplanetary Dust (2012-2015)
• Past Vice-President of Commission 22 Meteors, Meteorites & Interplanetary Dust (2009-2012)
• Past Chair of Commission F1 WG Meteor Shower Nomenclature (MSN-WG) (2018-2022)
• Past Secretary of Commission 15 Physical Study of Comets & Minor Planets (2003-2006)
• Past Steering Committee Member of Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology (2012-2015)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission F1 Meteors, Meteorites and Interplanetary Dust (2015-2018)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 15 Physical Study of Comets & Minor Planets (2009-2012)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 15 Physical Study of Comets & Minor Planets (2006-2009)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 22 Meteors, Meteorites & Interplanetary Dust (2006-2009)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 22 Meteors, Meteorites & Interplanetary Dust (2003-2006)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 22 Meteors, Meteorites & Interplanetary Dust (2000-2003)
• Past Member of Commission F1 WG Meteor Shower Nomenclature (MSN-WG) (2016-2024)
• Past Member of Inter-Division A-F WG Near Earth Objects (until 2021)
• Past Member of Commission 22 Meteors, Meteorites & Interplanetary Dust (2000-2015)
• Past Member of Commission 22 WG Meteor Shower Nomenclature (2012-2015)
• Past Member of Division III Planetary Systems Sciences (until 2012)
• Past Member of Commission 15 Physical Study of Comets & Minor Planets (2006-2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.3 - Astrochemistry
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.3 - Instrumentation
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.4 - Surveys
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.2 - Celestial mechanics
7 - Planetary systems: 7.7 - Meteorites, meteors, meteoroids
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.13 - ISM: lines and bands