IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 16 Physical Study of Planets & Satellites (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division III Planetary Systems Sciences (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.2 - Extraterrestrial intelligence, 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.6 - Astronomy Education, 1.7 - Sociology of Astronomy, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.1 - Asteroseismology, 2.2 - Astrobiology, 2.26 - Polarization
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.1 - Atmospheric effects, 3.3 - Instrumentation, 3.5 - Methods, 3.9 - Techniques
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous, 4.2 - Atlases, 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.3 - Eclipses
6 - The Sun: 6.2 - Sun: activity, 6.7 - Sun: evolution, 6.28 - Sun: UV radiation
7 - Planetary systems: 7.1 - Earth, 7.2 - Moon, 7.7 - Meteorites, meteors, meteoroids, 7.10 - Planets and satellites:, 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.37 - Stars: supernovae
12 - Cosmology: 12.3 - Cosmology: miscellaneous