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CHAPTER X: DIVISIONS, COMMISSIONS AND WORKING GROUPS FOR THE TRIENNIUM 2015–2018

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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)