IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 33 Structure & Dynamics of the Galactic System (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division VII Galactic System (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.5 - Accretion, accretion disks, 2.26 - Polarization
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.10 - Telescopes: optical, 3.12- Adaptive optics
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.1 - Astronomical databases: miscellaneous, 4.3 - Catalogs
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.1 - Astrometry
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.6 - ISM: dust, extinction
10 - The Galaxy: 10.5 - Galaxy: evolution, 10.7 - Galaxy: fundamental parameters
11 - Galaxies: 11.2 - Galaxies: active, 11.3 - Galaxies: BL Lacertae objects, 11.28 - Galaxies: quasars, 11.29 - Galaxies: Seyfert