This chapter lists the main IAU scientific bodies: nine Divisions plus their associated Commissions and Working Groups. In addition to these, there are several Executive Committee Working Groups that are also presented.
Division A Fundamental Astronomy
President:
Anne Lemaître
University of Namur
Namur Center of Complex Systems (naXys)
Rempart de la Vierge 8
5000–Namur
Belgium
Vice-President:
Daniel Hestroffer
Observatoire de Paris
IMCCE
77 Av Denfert Rochereau–Bat. A
75014–Paris
France
Secretary:
Susan Gessner Stewart
United States Naval Observatory
Astronomical Applications
3450 Massachusetts Ave., NW
20392-5420 Washington
United States
Steering Committee Members:
Elisa Felicitas Arias (France), Fernando Virgilio Roig (Brazil), Cristian Beaugé (Argentina), William M. Folkner (United States), Anne Lemaître (Belgium), Sergei A. Klioner (Germany), Anthony G.A. Brown (Netherlands), Richard Gross (United States), Susan Gessner Stewart (United States), Nicole Capitaine (France), Catherine Y. Hohenkerk (United Kingdom), Daniel Hestroffer (France), Sylvio Ferraz-Mello (Brazil), Ralph A. Gaume (United States)
Commissions:
Commission A1 Astrometry
Commission A2 Rotation of the Earth
Commission A3 Fundamental Standards
Inter-Division A-F Commission Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
Cross-Division A-F Commission Solar System Ephemerides
Division B Facilities, Technologies and Data Science
President:
Pietro Ubertini
INAF
IAPS–Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology
Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100
00133–Roma
Italy
Vice-President:
Michael G. Burton
University of New South Wales
School of Physics
NSW 2052–Sydney
Australia
Secretary:
Michael G. Burton
University of New South Wales
School of Physics
NSW 2052–Sydney
Australia
Steering Committee Members:
Eric D. Feigelson (United States), Ana I. Gómez de Castro (Spain), Peter Joseph Quinn (Australia), Wenwu TIAN (China Nanjing), Gabriele Giovannini (Italy), Farid Salama (United States), Saul J. Adelman (United States), David Richard Silva (United States), Pietro Ubertini (Italy), Michael G. Burton (Australia), Simon F. Portegies Zwart (Netherlands), Richard F. Green (United States), Lisa Storrie-Lombardi (United States), Michael W. Wise (Netherlands)
Commissions:
Commission B1 Computational Astrophysics
Commission B2 Data and Documentation
Commission B3 Astroinformatics and Astrostatistics
Commission B4 Radio Astronomy
Commission B5 Laboratory Astrophysics
Commission B6 Astronomical Photometry and Polarimetry
Inter-Division B-C Commission Protection of Existing and Potential Observatory Sites
Inter-Division B-H-J Commission Intergalactic Medium
Division C Education, Outreach and Heritage
President:
John B. Hearnshaw
University of Canterbury
Physics-Astronomy Department
Private Bag 4800
8020–Christchurch
New Zealand
Vice-President:
Susana E. Deustua
Space Telescope Science Inst
Instruments Division
3700 San Martin Dr
MD 21218–Baltimore
United States
Secretary:
Pamela L. Gay
Southern Ilinois University Edwardsville
Center for STEM Research, Education, & Outreach
Center for STEM REO
SIUE, Campus Box 2224
62025–Edwardsville
United States
Steering Committee Members:
Katrien Kolenberg (Belgium), Saeko S. Hayashi (United States), Mary Kay M. Hemenway (United States), John B. Hearnshaw (New Zealand), Susana E. Deustua (United States), Pamela L. Gay (United States), Beatriz Elena García (Argentina), Pedro Russo (Netherlands), Xiaochun Sun (China Nanjing), Clive Ruggles (United Kingdom), Michele Gerbaldi (France), Kazuhiro SEKIGUCHI (Japan), Linda Elisabeth Strubbe (Canada)
Commissions:
Inter-Division B-C Commission Protection of Existing and Potential Observatory Sites
Commission C1 Astronomy Education and Development
Commission C2 Communicating Astronomy with the Public
Commission C3 History of Astronomy
Commission C4 World Heritage and Astronomy
Division D High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics
President:
Chryssa Kouveliotou
George Washington University
Physics Department
Corcoran Hall
725 21st Street, NW
DC 20052–Washington
United States
Vice-President:
Elena Pian
INAF
Institute of Space Astrophysics and
Cosmic Physics
Via P. Gobetti 101
40129–Bologna
Italy
Secretary:
Anna L Watts
University of Amsterdam
Astronomical Institute ‘Anton Pannekoek’
Postbus 94249
1090 GE–Amsterdam
Netherlands
Steering Committee Members:
Anna L Watts (Netherlands), Tadayasu DOTANI (Japan), Isabelle Grenier (France), Neil Gehrels (United States), Diana Mary Worrall (United Kingdom), Chryssa Kouveliotou (United States), William Richard Forman (United States), Xavier Barcons (Spain), John G. Kirk (Germany), Anna Wolter (Italy), Elena Pian (Italy)
Commissions:
Commission D1 Gravitational Wave Astrophysics
Inter-Division D-G-H-J Commission Galaxy Spectral Energy Distributions
Cross-Division D-J Commission Supermassive Black Holes, Feedback and Galaxy Evolution
Division E Sun and Heliosphere
President:
Yihua Yan
National Astronomical Observatories
20A Datun Rd
Chaoyang District
100012 - Beijing
China Nanjing
Vice-President:
Sarah Gibson
NCAR/HAO
p.o. box 3000
80301-3000–Boulder
United States
Secretary:
Marc L. DeRosa
Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory
3251 Hanover St. B/252
94304–Palo Alto
United States
Steering Committee Members:
Toshifumi Shimizu (Japan), Eduard P. Kontar (United Kingdom), Nandita Srivastava (India), Natalie Krivova (Germany), Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi (United Kingdom), Yihua YAN (China Nanjing), Lyndsay Fletcher (United Kingdom), Sarah Gibson (United States), Ingrid Mann (Sweden), Marc L DeRosa (United States), Arnab Rai Choudhuri (India), Rudolf von Steiger (Switzerland)
Commissions:
Commission E1 Solar Radiation and Structure
Commission E2 Solar Activity
Commission E3 Solar Impact Throughout the Heliosphere
Division F Planetary Systems and Bioastronomy
President:
Nader Haghighipour
University of Hawaii
Institute for Astronomy
2680 Woodlawn Dr
HI 96822 - Honolulu
United States
Vice-President:
Gonzalo Tancredi
Facultad de Ciencias
Departamento de Astronomía
Igua 4225
11400–Montevideo
Uruguay
Secretary:
Jean-Luc Margot
University of California
595 Charles E Young Drive East
CA 90095 –Los Angeles
United States
Steering Committee Members:
Maria A. Barucci (France), Sun Kwok (China Nanjing), Daniela Lazzaro (Brazil), Andrea Milani Comparetti (Italy), Nader Haghighipour (United States), Gonzalo Tancredi (Uruguay), Giovanni B. Valsecchi (Italy), Jiří Borovička (Czech Republic), Alain Lecavelier des Etangs (France), Jean-Luc Margot (United States), Paul Winchester Chodas (United States), Athena Coustenis (France), William M. Irvine (United States), Didier Queloz (United Kingdom)
Commissions:
Inter-Division A-F Commission Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
Commission F1 Meteors, Meteorites and Interplanetary Dust
Commission F2 Exoplanets and the Solar system
Commission F3 Astrobiology
Cross-Division A-F Commission Solar System Ephemerides
Division G Stars and Stellar Physics
President:
Corinne Charbonnel
Geneva Observatory (Switzerland)
& CNRS (France)
Chemin des Maillettes 51
1290–Versoix
Switzerland
Vice-President:
David R. Soderblom
Space Telescope Science Institute
3700 San Martin Dr
MD 21218-2410–Baltimore
United States
Secretary:
Tabetha Suzanne Boyajian
Louisiana State University
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Baton Rouge
United States
Steering Committee Members:
Francesca D’Antona (Italy), Tabetha Suzanne Boyajian (United States), Andrej Prša (United States), Artemio Herrero Davó (Spain), John C. Lattanzio (Australia), Christopher Simon Jeffery (United Kingdom), Ivan Hubeny (United States), Pierre Kervella (France), Geraldine Joan Peters (United States), Corinne Charbonnel (Switzerland), David R. Soderblom (United States), Ignasi Ribas (Spain), Martin Asplund (Australia)
Commissions:
Commission G1 Binary and Multiple Star Systems
Commission G2 Massive Stars
Commission G3 Stellar Evolution
Commission G4 Pulsating Stars
Commission G5 Stellar and Planetary Atmospheres
Inter-Division G-H-J Commission Stellar Clusters throughout Cosmic Space and Time
Inter-Division D-G-H-J Commission Galaxy Spectral Energy Distributions
Division H Interstellar Matter and Local Universe
President:
Bruce G. Elmegreen
IBM
T J Watson Res Center
1101 Kitchawan Road
10598–Yorktown Heights
United States
Vice-President:
Leonardo Testi
INAF
Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri
Largo E Fermi 5
50125–Firenze
Italy
Secretary:
Francisca Kemper
Academia Sinica
Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics
PO Box 23-141 10617 - Taipei
China Taipei
Organizing Committee Members:
Holger Baumgardt (Australia), Eva Schinnerer (Germany), Cristina Chiappini (Germany), Eva K. Grebel (Germany), Thomas J. Millar (United Kingdom), Letizia Stanghellini (United States), Richard de Grijs (China Nanjing), Bruce G. Elmegreen (United States), Leonardo Testi (Italy), Francisca Kemper (China Taipei), Ewine F. van Dishoeck (Netherlands), Diego Mardones (Chile), Michael R. Meyer (Switzerland)
Commissions:
Commission H1 The Local Universe
Commission H2 Astrochemistry
Commission H3 Planetary Nebulae
Inter-Division G-H-J Commission Stellar Clusters throughout Cosmic Space and Time
Inter-Division D-G-H-J Commission Galaxy Spectral Energy Distributions
Inter-Division B-H-J Commission Intergalactic Medium
Division J Galaxies and Cosmology
President:
Claus Leitherer
Space Telescope Science Inst
3700 San Martin Dr
MD 21218-2410–Baltimore
United States
Vice-President:
Matthew Arnold Malkan
UCLA
Physics-Astronomy Dept
Box 951547
405 Hilgard Ave
CA 90095-1547–Los Angeles
United States
Secretary:
Jeremy R. Mould
Swinburne University
Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
John St
Hawthorn–3122
Melbourne
Australia
Organizing Committee Members:
Andrew J. Bunker (United Kingdom), Monica Rubio (Chile), Leslie Hunt (Italy), Marcella Carollo (Switzerland), Jeremy R. Mould (Australia), Denis Burgarella (France), Avery A. Meiksin (United Kingdom), Claus Leitherer (United States), Matthew Arnold Malkan (United States), Françoise Combes (France), Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann (Brazil), Stéphane J. Courteau (Canada)
Commissions:
Inter-Division G-H-J Commission Stellar Clusters throughout Cosmic Space and Time
Inter-Division D-G-H-J Commission Galaxy Spectral Energy Distributions
Inter-Division B-H-J Commission Intergalactic Medium
Cross-Division D-J Commission Supermassive Black Holes, Feedback and Galaxy Evolution
Division Working Groups
Inter-Division Working Groups
Commission Working Groups
Inter-Commission Working Groups
Executive Committee Working Groups
Commissions (2015–2018)
Commission A1–Astrometry
President:
Anthony G.A. Brown
Leiden University
Leiden Observatory
PO Box 9513
2300 RA–Leiden
Netherlands
Vice-President:
Jean Souchay
Observatoire de Paris
SYRTE
61 Av de l’Observatoire
75014–Paris
France
Secretary:
Dafydd Wyn Evans
University of Cambridge
Institute of Astronomy
Madingley Road
CB3 0HA–Cambridge
United Kingdom
Organizing Committee Members:
Jean Souchay (France), Dafydd Wyn Evans (United Kingdom), Alexandre Humberto Andrei (Brazil), Stephen C. Unwin (United States), Yoshiyuki YAMADA (Japan), Norbert Zacharias (United States), Anthony G.A. Brown (Netherlands)
Commission A2–Rotation of the Earth
President:
Richard Gross
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Geodynamics and Space Geodesy Group
Mail Stop 238-600
4800 Oak Grove Drive
91109–Pasadena, CA
United States
Vice-President:
Florian Seitz
Technische Universität München
Deutsches Geodätisches Forschungsinstitut (DGFI)
Arcisstr. 21
D-80333–Munich
Germany
Secretary:
Alberto Escapa
Universidad de Alicante
Matemática Aplicada. EPS
Campus de San Vicente
03690–San Vicente de Raspeig–Alicante
Spain
Organizing Committee Members:
Jose Manuel Ferrándiz (Spain), Florian Seitz (Germany), Alberto Escapa (Spain), Daniela Thaller (Germany), Vladimir E. Zharov (Russian Federation), Richard Gross (United States)
Commission A3–Fundamental Standards
President:
Catherine Y. Hohenkerk
UKHO
HM Nautical Almanac Office
Admiralty Way
TA1 2DN–Taunton
United Kingdom
Vice-President:
Brian Luzum
US Naval Observatory
3450 Massachusetts Ave NW
DC 20392 5420–Washington
United States
Secretary:
Nancy A. Oliversen
United States Naval Observatory
Astronomical Applications Department
3450 Massachusetts Ave, N. W.
20392-5410–Washington
United States
Organizing Committee Members:
Nicole Capitaine (France), Catherine Y. Hohenkerk (United Kingdom), Brian Luzum (United States), Charles H. Acton (United States), John A. Bangert (United States), Dennis D. McCarthy (United States), Nancy A. Oliversen (United States)
Commission B1–Computational Astrophysics
President:
Simon F. Portegies Zwart
Leiden Observatory
Leiden University
PO Box 9513
NL2300 RA–Leiden
Netherlands
Vice-President:
Dmitrij V. Bisikalo
Inst of Astronomy RAS
Pyatnitskaya ul 48
119017–Moscow
Russian Federation
Secretary:
Christian M. Boily
Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg
11 rue de l’Université
67000–Strasbourg
France
Organizing Committee Members:
Dmitrij V. Bisikalo (Russian Federation), Sungsoo S. KIM (Korea, Rep of), Irina N. Kitiashvili (United States), Garrelt Mellema (Sweden), Michael Shara (United States), Christian M. Boily (France), Simon F. Portegies Zwart (Netherlands)
Commission B2–Data and Documentation
President:
Michael W. Wise
ASTRON
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
P.O. Box 2
7990 AA–Dwingeloo
Netherlands
Vice-President:
Anja C. Schröder
SAAO
Observatory Road
P O Box 9
7935–Cape Town
South Africa
Organizing Committee Members:
Michael W. Wise (Netherlands), Anja C. Schröder (South Africa), Chenzhou CUI (China Nanjing), R. Elizabeth M. Griffin (Canada), Robert J. Hanisch (United States), Arnold H. Rots (United States), Rob Seaman (United States)
Commission B3–Astroinformatics and Astrostatistics
President:
Eric D. Feigelson
Pennsylvania State University
Astronomy & Astrophysics Dept
525 Davey Lab
PA 16802–University Park
United States
Vice-President:
Prajval Shastri
Indian Institute of Astrophysics
Sarjapur Road
Koramangala
560 034–Bengaluru
India
Secretary:
Saeqa Dil Vrtilek
Harvard Smithsonian CfA
HCO/SAO
MS 67
60 Garden Str
MA 02138-1516–Cambridge
United States
Organizing Committee Members:
Eric D. Feigelson (United States), Saeqa Dil Vrtilek (United States), Eric B. Ford (United States), Alan Heavens (United Kingdom), Fionn Murtagh (United Kingdom), Yanxia ZHANG (China Nanjing), Prajval Shastri (India)
Commission B4–Radio Astronomy
President:
Gabriele Giovannini
INAF
Istituto di Radioastronomia
Via P Gobetti 101
40129–Bologna
Italy
Vice-President:
Anthony James Beasley
NRAO
520 Edgemont Rd
22903-2475–Charlottesville
United States
Secretary:
Wim van Driel
Observatoire Paris-Site de Meudon
GEPI
5 Pl Jules Janssen
92195–Meudon Cedex
France
Organizing Committee Members:
Anthony James Beasley (United States), Gabriele Giovannini (Italy), Wim van Driel (France), Xiaoyu HONG (China Nanjing), Joseph Lazio (United States), Nicholas Seymour (Australia), Jan Mathijs van der Hulst (Netherlands), Tony H. Wong (United States)
Commission B5–Laboratory Astrophysics
President:
Farid Salama
NASA - Ames Research Center
Space Science & Astrobiology Division
Building N245
MS 245 6
CA 94035-1000–Moffett Field
United States
Vice-President:
Helen J. Fraser
The Open Unviersity
Department of Physical Sciences,
Astronomy Division
Walton Hall
MK7 6AA–Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Secretary:
Gianfranco Vidali
Syracuse University
Department of Physics
221 Physics Building
NY 13244-1130–Syracuse
United States
Organizing Committee Members:
Paul S. Barklem (Sweden), Farid Salama (United States), Gianfranco Vidali (United States), Thomas Henning (Germany), Harold Linnartz (Netherlands), Feilu WANG (China Nanjing), Helen J. Fraser (United Kingdom)
Commission B6–Astronomical Photometry and
Polarimetry
President:
Saul J. Adelman
The Citadel
Physics Dept
171 Moultrie St
SC 29409-0270–Charleston
United States
Vice-President:
Antonio Mario Magalhaes
Universidade de São Paulo
Instituto de Astronomia, Geofisica e Ciencias Atmosfericas
Rua do Matão 1226
Cidade Universitaria
05508-090–São Paulo
Brazil
Secretary:
Saul J. Adelman
The Citadel
Physics Dept
171 Moultrie St
SC 29409-0270–Charleston
United States
Organizing Committee Members:
Antonio Mario Magalhaes (Brazil), Saul J. Adelman (United States), Pierre Bastien (Canada), Richard Ignace (United States), Carme Jordi (Spain), J. Allyn Smith (United States), Kevin Volk (United States)
Commission C1–Astronomy Education and Development
President:
Beatriz Elena García
Instituto de Tecnologías en Detección y Astropartículas (ITeDA)
ITeDA Mendoza
Azopardo 313
Godoy Cruz
5501–Mendoza
Argentina
Vice-President:
Paulo Sergio Bretones
Universidade Federal de São Carlos
Departamento de Metodologia de Ensino
13565-905–São Carlos
Brazil
Secretary:
Kathleen DeGioia Eastwood
Northern Arizona University
Physics and Astronomy Department
Box 6010
AZ 86011-6010–Flagstaff
United States
Organizing Committee Members:
Beatriz Elena García (Argentina), Paulo Sergio Bretones (Brazil), Jean-Pierre de Greve (Belgium), Christopher David Impey (United States), Nicoletta Lanciano (Italy), Amelia Ortiz Gil (Spain), Kathleen DeGioia Eastwood (United States)
Commission C2–Communicating Astronomy with the Public
President:
Pedro Russo
Leiden Observatory
Universe Awareness International Office
P.O. Box 9513
NL-2300 RA–Leiden
Netherlands
Vice-President:
Richard Tresch Fienberg
American Astronomical Society
43 Everett Ave.
MA 02472-1881–Watertown
United States
Secretary:
Kingsley C. Okpala
University of Nigeria
Physics & Astronomy
University Road, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria
41001–Nsukka, Enugu State
Nigeria
Organizing Committee Members:
Pedro Russo (Netherlands), Kingsley C. Okpala (Nigeria), Megan Kirsty Argo (United Kingdom), Lars Lindberg Christensen (Germany), Carol Ann Christian (United States), Sylvie D. Vauclair (France), Richard Tresch Fienberg (United States)
Commission C3–History of Astronomy
President:
Xiaochun Sun
Inst History Natural Science, CAS
55 Zhongguancun East Road
100190–Beijing
China Nanjing
Vice-President:
Wayne Orchiston
National Astronomical Research Institute of Thailand
191 Huay Kaew Road
Suthep District
50200–Chiang Mai
Thailand
Organizing Committee Members:
Xiaochun Sun (China Nanjing), Wayne Orchiston (Thailand), Owen Gingerich (United States), Raymond P. Norris (Australia), Jay M. Pasachoff (United States), Christiaan L. Sterken (Belgium), David Valls-Gabaud (France)
Commission C4–World Heritage and Astronomy
President:
Clive Ruggles
University of Leicester
School of Archaeology and Ancient History
University Road
LE1 7RH–Leicester
United Kingdom
Vice-President:
Gudrun B. E. Wolfschmidt
Hamburg University, Center for history of science and technology
Department of Physics, Hamburg
Observatory
Bundesstr 55 Geomatikum
D-20146–Hamburg
Germany
Secretary:
Roger Ferlet
UMR7095 CNRS
Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris
98bis Bd Arago
75014–Paris
France
Organizing Committee Members:
Roger Ferlet (France), Clive Ruggles (United Kingdom), Gudrun B. E. Wolfschmidt (Germany), Siramas Komonjinda (Thailand), Mikhail Ya Marov (Russian Federation), Malcolm G. Smith (Chile)
Commission D1–Gravitational Wave Astrophysics
President:
Neil Gehrels
NASA/GSFC
Code 661
MD 20771–Greenbelt
United States
Vice-President:
Marica Branchesi
Università degli studi di Urbino
“Carlo Bo”
Dipartimento di Scienze di Base e
Fondamenti/Physics section
Via Santa Chiara, 27
61029–Urbino
Italy
Organizing Committee Members:
Neil Gehrels (United States), Marica Branchesi (Italy), Pierre Binetruy (France), Federico Ferrini (Italy), Richard N. Manchester (Australia), David H. Shoemaker (United States), Robin Stebbins (United States)
Commission E1–Solar Radiation and Structure
President:
Natalie Krivova
MPI für Sonnensystemforschung
Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 3
37077–Göttingen Germany
Vice-President:
Alexander Kosovichev
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Department of Physics
Tiernan Hall, Room 463
University Heights
07102–Newark
United States
Secretary:
Nicolas Labrosse
University of Glasgow
School of Physics and Astronomy
G12 8QQ –Glasgow
United Kingdom
Organizing Committee Members:
Michele Bianda (Switzerland), Nataliia Gennadievna Shchukina (Ukraine), Natalie Krivova (Germany), Alexander Kosovichev (United States), Nicolas Labrosse (United Kingdom), Gianna Cauzzi (Italy), Yoshinori SUEMATSU (Japan)
Commission E2–Solar Activity
President:
Lyndsay Fletcher
University of Glasgow
School of Physics and Astronomy
Kelvin Bldg
G12 8QQ–Glasgow
United Kingdom
Vice-President:
Paul S. Cally
Monash University
School of Mathematical Sciences
and Monash Centre for Astrophysics
Wellington Road
Clayton
VIC 3800–Victoria
Australia
Organizing Committee Members:
Manolis K. Georgoulis (Greece), Lyndsay Fletcher (United Kingdom), Karel J. Schrijver (United States), Paul S. Cally (Australia), Philippa K. Browning (United Kingdom), Jongchul CHAE (Korea, Rep of), Amy R. Winebarger (United States)
Commission E3–Solar Impact Throughout the Heliosphere
President:
Ingrid Mann
EISCAT Scientific Association
P. O. Box 812
98128–Kiruna
Sweden
Vice-President:
Carine Briand
Observatoire de Paris
LESIA/CNRS
5 place J. Janssen
92195–Meudon
France
Organizing Committee Members:
Ingrid Mann (Sweden), Margit Haberreiter (Switzerland), Olga Malandraki (Greece), Dibyendu Nandi (India), Kanya KUSANO (Japan), Ilya G. Usoskin (Finland), Carine Briand (France)
Commission F1–Meteors, Meteorites and Interplanetary Dust
President:
Jiří Borovička
Astronomical Institute of the Academy
of Sciences of the Czech Republic
Department of Interplanetary Matter
Fričova 298
251 65–Ondřejov
Czech Republic
Vice-President:
Diego Janches
Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA
Space Weather Lab
Code 674
20771–Greenbelt
United States
Secretary:
Pavel Koten
Astronomical Inst. Academy of Sciences
Department of Interplanetary Matter
Fričova 298
251 65–Ondřejov
Czech Republic
Organizing Committee Members:
Jiří Borovička (Czech Republic), Pavel Koten (Czech Republic), Margaret D. Campbell-Brown (Canada), Petrus Matheus Marie Jenniskens (United States), Galina O. Ryabova (Russian Federation), Jérémie J. Vaubaillon (France), David J. Asher (United Kingdom), Diego Janches (United States)
Commission F2–Exoplanets and the Solar system
President:
Alain Lecavelier des Etangs
Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris
98bis Bd Arago
75014–Paris
France
Vice-President:
Jack J. Lissauer
NASA/ARC
MS 245 3
CA 94035 1000–Moffett Field
United States
Organizing Committee Members:
Alain Lecavelier des Etangs (France), Régis Courtin (France), Mark T Lemmon (United States), Patrick Michel (France), Alessandro Morbidelli (France), Feng TIAN (China Nanjing), Paul A. Wiegert (Canada), Jack J. Lissauer (United States)
Commission F3–Astrobiology
President:
Sun Kwok
University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Science
Chong Yuet Ming Physics Bldg
Pokfulam Rd
Hong Kong
China Nanjing
Vice-President:
Masatoshi OHISHI
NAOJ
Astronomy Data Center
2-21-1 Osawa
Mitaka
181-8588–Tokyo
Japan
Secretary:
Joseph A. Nuth
NASA/GSFC
Solar System Exploration Division
Code 690
MD 20771–Greenbelt
United States
Organizing Committee Members:
Joseph A. Nuth (United States), Sun Kwok (China Nanjing), Masatoshi OHISHI (Japan), Muriel Gargaud (France), Jesus Martinez-Frias (Spain), Sergio Pilling (Brazil), Nils G. Holm (Sweden)
Commission G1–Binary and Multiple Star Systems
President:
Andrej Prša
Villanova University
Dept. of Astrophysics and Planetary
Science
800 E Lancaster Ave
19085–Villanova
United States
Vice-President:
Virginia Trimble
University of California Irvine
Physics-Astronomy Department
4575 Physics
CA 92697-4575–Irvine
United States
Secretary:
Christopher Adam Tout
University of Cambridge
Institute of Astronomy
The Observatories
Madingley Road
CB3 0HA–Cambridge
United Kingdom
Organizing Committee Members:
Andrej Prša (United States), Virginia Trimble (United States), Brian D. Mason (United States), Robert D. Mathieu (United States), Terry D. Oswalt (United States), John Southworth (United Kingdom), Tomaž Zwitter (Slovenia, the Republic of), Christopher Adam Tout (United Kingdom)
Commission G2–Massive Stars
President:
Artemio Herrero Davó
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Research Division
C/ Vía Láctea s/n
38200–La Laguna, Tenerife
Spain
Vice-President:
Jorick S. Vink
Armagh Observatory
College Hill
BT61 9DG–Armagh
United Kingdom
Secretary:
Nicole St-Louis
Université de Montréal
Département de Physique
CP 6128, Succ Centre-Ville
QC H3C 3J7–Montréal
Canada
Organizing Committee Members:
You-Hua Chu (China Taipei), Artemio Herrero Davó (Spain), Jorick S. Vink (United Kingdom), Nicole St-Louis (Canada), Jose H. Groh (Switzerland), Gregor Rauw (Belgium), Asif ud-Doula (United States)
Commission G3–Stellar Evolution
President:
John C. Lattanzio
Monash University
School of Physics and Astronomy
10 College Walk
Clayton Campus
VIC 3800–Victoria
Australia
Vice-President:
Marc Howard Pinsonneault
Ohio State University
Astronomy Dept
140 W 18th Ave
OH 43210-1106–Columbus
United States
Secretary:
Jacco Th. van Loon
Keele University
Astrophysics Group
Lennard-Jones Laboratories
ST5 5BG–Staffordshire
United Kingdom
Organizing Committee Members:
Jacco Th. van Loon (United Kingdom), John C. Lattanzio (Australia), Marc Howard Pinsonneault (United States), Zhanwen HAN (China Nanjing), Franz Kerschbaum (Austria), Marco Limongi (Italy), Marcella Marconi (Italy), Gražina Tautvaisiene (Lithuania)
Commission G4–Pulsating Stars
President:
Christopher Simon Jeffery
Armagh Observatory
College Hill
BT61 9DG–Armagh
United Kingdom
Vice-President:
Jaymie Matthews
University of British Columbia
Dept of Physics and Astronomy
Hennings Bldg
6224 Agricultural Rd
BC V6T 1Z1–Vancouver
Canada
Secretary:
Saskia Hekker
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Justus von Liebigweg 3
37077–Göttingen
Germany
Organizing Committee Members:
Christopher Simon Jeffery (United Kingdom), Jaymie Matthews (Canada), Saskia Hekker (Germany), Joyce Ann Guzik (United States), Karen Pollard (New Zealand), Hiromoto SHIBAHASHI (Japan), Dennis Stello (Australia)
Commission G5–Stellar and Planetary Atmospheres
President:
Ivan Hubeny
University of Arizona
Steward Observatory and Department of Astronomy
933 N. Cherry Avenue
AZ 85721–Tuscon
United States
Vice-President:
Carlos Allende Prieto
Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
Via Lactea s/n
38200–La Laguna, Tenerife
Spain
Organizing Committee Members:
Ivan Hubeny (United States), France Allard (France), Katia Cunha (Brazil), John D. Landstreet (Canada), Thierry M Lanz (France), Lyudmila I. Mashonkina (Russian Federation), Adam P. Showman (United States), Carlos Allende Prieto (Spain)
Commission H1–The Local Universe
President:
Eva K. Grebel
Astronomisches Rechen-Institut
Zentrum fuer Astronomie der Universitaet Heidelberg
Moenchhofstr. 12-14
University of Heidelberg
69120–Heidelberg
Germany
Vice-President:
Dante Minniti
Universidad Andres Bello
Department of Physics
Fernandez Concha 700
Las Condes
Santiago
Chile
Organizing Committee Members:
Eva K. Grebel (Germany), Dante Minniti (Chile), Evangelie (Lia) Athanassoula (France), Sofia Feltzing (Sweden), Yasuo FUKUI (Japan), Vanessa M. Hill (France), Margaret Meixner (United States), Gang ZHAO (China Nanjing)
Commission H2–Astrochemistry
President:
Thomas J. Millar
Queen’s Univ Belfast
School of Maths-Physics
13 Stranmillis Rd
BT9 5FS–Belfast
United Kingdom
Vice-President:
Edwin A. Bergin
University of Michigan
Astronomy Dept
1085 S. University Ave
MI 48109-1107
Ann Arbor
United States
Secretary:
Maria R. Cunningham
UNSW
School of Physics
NSW 2052–Sydney
Australia
Organizing Committee Members:
Maria R. Cunningham (Australia), Thomas J. Millar (United Kingdom), Satoshi Yamamoto (Japan), Edwin A. Bergin (United States), Yuri Aikawa (Japan), Paola Caselli (Germany), Jes K. Jörgensen (Denmark)
Organizing Committee Members:
Eva K. Grebel (Germany), Dante Minniti (Chile), Evangelie (Lia) Athanassoula (France), Sofia Feltzing (Sweden), Yasuo FUKUI (Japan), Vanessa M. Hill (France), Margaret Meixner (United States), Gang ZHAO (China Nanjing)
Commission H3–Planetary Nebulae
President:
Letizia Stanghellini
NOAO
950 North Cherry Ave
AZ 85726-6732–Tucson
United States
Vice-President:
Albert Zijlstra
University of Manchester
School of Physics & Astronomy
Oxford Road
M13 9PL–Manchester
United Kingdom
Secretary:
Arturo Manchado
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
Research
C/ Vía Láctea s/n
38200–La Laguna, Tenerife
Spain
Organizing Committee Members:
Letizia Stanghellini (United States), Arturo Manchado (Spain), Orsola De Marco (Australia), Karen B. Kwitter (United States), Miriam Pena (Mexico), Albert Zijlstra (United Kingdom)
Inter-Divisions Commissions (2015–2018)
Inter-Division A-F Commission–Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy
President:
Cristian Beaugé
Observatorio Astronómico
Laprida 854
Barrio Observatorio
5000–Córdoba
Argentina
Vice-President:
Alessandra Celletti
Università di Roma Tor Vergata
Dipto di Matematica
Via della Ricerca Scientifica, 1
00133–Roma
Italy
Secretary:
Bonnie Alice Steves
Glasgow Caledonian University
The Graduate School
Cowcaddens Rd
G4 0BA–Glasgow
United Kingdom
Organizing Committee Members:
Cristian Beaugé (Argentina), Bonnie Alice Steves (United Kingdom), Douglas P. Hamilton (United States), Eiichiro KOKUBO (Japan), Jacques Laskar (France), Daniel J. Scheeres (United States), Alessandra Celletti (Italy)
Inter-Division B-C Commission–Protection of Existing and Potential Observatory Sites
President:
Richard F. Green
University of Arizona
Steward Observatory
933 North Cherry Ave
AZ 85721-0065 -Tucson United States
Vice-President:
Constance Elaine Walker
National Optical Astronomy Observatory
950 North Cherry Avenue
85719 -Tucson
United States
Organizing Committee Members:
Richard F. Green (United States), David Galadí-Enríquez (Spain), Harvey Steven Liszt (United States), Ramotholo R. Sefako (South Africa), Yongheng ZHAO (China Nanjing), Constance Elaine Walker (United States)
Inter-Divisions G H J Commission–Stellar Clusters throughout Cosmic Space and Time
President:
Richard de Grijs
Peking University
Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Yi He Yuan Lu 5
Hai Dian District
100871–Beijing
China Nanjing
Vice-President:
Amanda I. Karakas
Monash University
Monash Centre for Astrophysics, School of Physics & Astronomy
School of Physics & Astronomy, Monash University
Clayton
3800–Melbourne
Australia
Secretary:
Ernst Paunzen
Faculty of Sciences Masaryk University
Department of Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics
Kotlářská 2
611 37–Brno
Czech Republic
Organizing Committee Members:
Ernst Paunzen (Czech Republic), Francesca D’Antona (Italy), Richard de Grijs (China Nanjing), Amanda I. Karakas (Australia), André Moitinho (Portugal), Jan Palouš (Czech Republic), Alison I. Sills (Canada)
Inter-Division D-G-H-J Commission–Galaxy Spectral Energy Distributions
President:
Denis Burgarella
Aix-Marseille University
Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille
Technopole de Chateau-Gombert
38, rue Joliot-Curie
13388–Marseille Cedex 13
France
Vice-President:
Cristina Carmen Popescu
University of Central Lancashire
Jeremiah Horrocks Institute
PR1 2HE –Preston
United Kingdom
Secretary:
Daniel Schaerer
Université de Genève
Observatoire de Genève
51 chemin des Maillettes
1290–Versoix
Switzerland
Organizing Committee Members:
Denis Burgarella (France), Cristina Carmen Popescu (United Kingdom), Amy J. Barger (United States), Asantha R. Cooray (United States), Robert C. Kennicutt (United Kingdom), Toru YAMADA (Japan), Daniel Schaerer (Switzerland)
Inter-Division B-H-J Commission–Intergalactic
Medium
President:
Avery A. Meiksin
University of Edinburgh
Institute for Astronomy
Royal Observatory
Blackford Hill
EH9 3HJ–Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Vice-President:
Hsiao-Wen CHEN
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics
The University of Chicago
5640 S. Ellis Ave
Chicago, IL 60637
United States
Organizing Committee Members:
Avery A. Meiksin (United Kingdom), Hsiao-Wen CHEN (United States), Valentina D’ Odorico (Italy), Nissim Kanekar (India), Jason X. Prochaska (United States), Joop Schaye (Netherlands)
Cross-Divisions Commissions (2015–2018)
Cross-Division D-J Commission–Supermassive Black Holes, Feedback and Galaxy Evolution
President:
William Richard Forman
Smithsonian Observatory
Harvard Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics
High Energy Astrophysics Division
60 Garden Street
MA 02138-1516–Cambridge
United States
Vice-President:
Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann
UFRGS
Inst de Física
Campus do Vale
CP 15051
91501-970–Porto Alegre, RS
Brazil
Organizing Committee Members:
William Richard Forman (United States), Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann (Brazil), Judith H. Croston (United Kingdom), Sebastian Heinz (United States), Roberto Maiolino (United Kingdom), Sera B. Markoff (Netherlands), Hagai Netzer (Israel), Marta Volonteri (France)
Cross-Division A-F Commission–Solar System
Ephemerides
President:
Andrea Milani Comparetti
Università di Pisa
Dipartimento di Matematica
Piazzale B. Pontecorvo 5
56127–Pisa
Italy
Vice-President:
William M. Folkner
JPL m/s 301-121
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
91109–Pasadena
United States
Organizing Committee Members:
William M. Folkner (United States), Steven R. Chesley (United States), Andrea Milani Comparetti (Italy), Jean-Eudes Arlot (France), Elena V. Pitjeva (Russian Federation), Paolo Tanga (France)
