IAU Status

Active Member

Affiliation(s) within the IAU

• President of Commission C3 History of Astronomy
• Steering Committee Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Organizing Committee Member of Commission C3 History of Astronomy
• Member of Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
• Member of Commission C3 History of Astronomy
• Member of Commission C5 Cultural Astronomy

Past affiliation(s) within the IAU

• Past Vice-President of Commission C3 History of Astronomy (2021-2024)
• Past Chair of Commission 41 WG Historical Instruments (2009-2012)
• Past Secretary of Commission C3 History of Astronomy (2018-2021)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission C3 History of Astronomy (2021-2024)
• Past Organizing Committee Member of Commission C3 History of Astronomy (2018-2021)
• Past Member of Inter-Commission C1-C2-C3-C4 WG Astronomy in Culture (WGAC) (2021-2024)
• Past Member of Commission 41 History of Astronomy (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 41 WG Astronomy and World Heritage (2014-2015)
• Past Member of Commission 41 WG Historical Instruments (until 2015)
• Past Member of Commission 41 WG Transits of Venus (2014-2015)

Areas of interest

1 - General: 1.3 - History and philosophy of astronomy
3 - Astronomical instrumentation, methods and techniques: 3.3 - Instrumentation, 3.10 - Telescopes: optical
4 - Astronomical data bases: 4.2 - Atlases
5 - Astrometry and celestial mechanics: 5.1 - Astrometry, 5.3 - Eclipses, 5.9 - Time
7 - Planetary systems: 7.2 - Moon, 7.3 - Comets, 7.7 - Meteorites, meteors, meteoroids
8 - Stars: 8.13 - Stars: general
10 - The Galaxy: 10.8 - Galaxy: general
11 - Galaxies: 11.12 - Galaxies: general
12 - Cosmology: 12.3 - Cosmology: miscellaneous