IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Steering Committee Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy
• Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
• Member of Commission A1 Astrometry
• Member of Commission A3 Fundamental Standards
• Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past President of Commission A1 Astrometry (2015-2018)
• Past Vice-President of Commission 8 Astrometry (2012-2015)
• Past Advisor of Commission A1 Astrometry (2018-2021)
• Past Steering Committee Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy (2015-2018)
• Past Steering Committee Member of Division A Fundamental Astronomy (2012-2015)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission A1 Astrometry (2015-2018)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission 8 Astrometry (2009-2012)
• Past Member of Commission 8 Astrometry (2009-2015)
• Past Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (until 2015)
• Past Member of Division I Fundamental Astronomy (until 2012)
• Past Member of Division VII Galactic System (until 2012)

Areas of interest

3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.8 - Space instruments
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.4 - Surveys
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.1 - Astrometry, 5.6 - Parallaxes, 5.7 - Proper motions
8 - Stars: 8.9 - Stars: distances, 8.10 - Stars: formation, 8.13 - Stars: general, 8.19 - Stars: kinematics and dynamics
10 - The Galaxy: 10.5 - Galaxy: evolution, 10.8 - Galaxy: general, 10.13 - Galaxy: kinematics and dynamics, 10.16 - Galaxy: solar neighborhood, 10.18 - Galaxy: structure