IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Member of Division F Planetary Systems and Astrobiology
• Member of Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
• Member of Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Member of Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 53 Extrasolar Planets (WGESP) (2010-2015)
• Past Member of Division VII Galactic System (until 2012)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy, 1.8 - Communicating Astronomy with the Public, 1.9 - Astronomy outreach
2 - Physical data and processes: 2.2 - Astrobiology
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.3 - Instrumentation, 3.7 - Space vehicles, 3.8 - Space instruments, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical, 3.12- Adaptive optics
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.3 - Catalogs, 4.4 - Surveys, 4.5 - Virtual observatory tools
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.3 - Eclipses
6 - The Sun: 6.1 - Sun: abundances, 6.2 - Sun: activity, 6.3 - Sun: atmosphere, 6.4 - Sun: chromosphere
7 - Planetary systems: 7.10 - Planets and satellites:, 7.11 - Protoplanetary disks, 7.12 - Planet-disk interactions, 7.14 - Exoplanets
8 - Stars: 8.1 - Stars: abundances, 8.6 - Stars: brown dwarfs, 8.10 - Stars: formation, 8.11 - Stars: evolution, 8.22 - Stars: luminosity function, mass function
9 - Interstellar medium (ISM), nebulae: 9.4 - ISM: clouds, 9.6 - ISM: dust, extinction
10 - The Galaxy: 10.15 - Galaxy: open clusters and associations, 10.16 - Galaxy: solar neighborhood