Lori E. Allen
NSF's NOIRLab
Mid SCale Observatories
NOIRLab
950 N. Cherry Ave.
Tucson 85719
Arizona (AZ)
United States
Phone: +1 6178525173
Organization website: https://noirlab.edu/public/
NCA adherence: United States
Last updated:
January 26, 2024
IAU Status
Active Member
Past affiliation(s) within the IAU
- Past Member of Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science (until 2022)
- Past Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe (until 2022)
- Past Member of Division B WG Time Domain Astronomy (2015-2022)
- Past Member of Commission 5 Documentation & Astronomical Data (until 2015)
- Past Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (until 2015)
- Past Member of Commission 5 WG Time Domain Astronomy (2015-2015)
- Past Member of Division VII Galactic System (until 2012)
Areas of interest
1 - General: 1.2 - Extraterrestrial intelligence, 1.4 - Miscellaneous, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.2 - Astrobiology, 2.15 - Gravitational waves, 2.28 - Radiative transfer
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.3 - Instrumentation, 3.4 - Light pollution, 3.6 - Site testing, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical, 3.13 - Interferometry
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.4 - Surveys
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.4 - Ephemerides, 5.7 - Proper motions
6 - The Sun: 6.2 - Sun: activity
7 - Planetary systems: 7.4 - Oort Cloud, 7.8 - Minor planets, asteroids, 7.9 - Near Earth Objects , 7.11 - Protoplanetary disks, 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.9 - Stars: distances, 8.10 - Stars: formation, 8.11 - Stars: evolution
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.4 - ISM: clouds, 9.9 - ISM: HII regions, 9.10 - ISM: Herbig-Haro objects, 9.11 - ISM: jets and outflows
10 - The Galaxy: 10.8 - Galaxy: general, 10.9 - Galaxy: globular clusters: general
11 - Galaxies: 11.5 - Galaxies: clusters
12 - Cosmology: 12.4 - Cosmology: observations