Candidate Statement: Bruce Elmegreen

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Nominated Office: USNC-IAU

Affiliation: IBM Research Division

Position/title: Research Staff Member

PhD institution: Princeton University (1975)

Areas of scientific interest:
  • Star Formation, Interstellar Gas Dynamics, Galactic Structure and Dynamics, Galaxy Evolution

AAS positions:

  • Chair, Publications Board (1998-2001)

Other relevant positions and experience:

  • IAU Editorial Board (2006)
  • President, IAU Commission 37 on Star Clusters and Associations (2009-2012)
  • IAU Executive Council substitute representing Division VII The Galactic System, Beijing (August 2012-present)
  • Secretary and Steering Committee of IAU Division H on Interstellar Matter and Local Universe (2012-present)
  • Organizing Committee of IAU Division H Commission 37 Star Clusters & Associations (2012-present)

IAU Resolutions Committee (2012-present)

  • Member, IAU Division J Galaxies and Cosmology
  • Member, IAU Division H Commission 34 Interstellar Matter

IAU Symposia contributions:

  • Co-organizer IAU Colloquium 157, Barred Galaxies, Alabama (May 1995)
  • co-organizer IAU Symposium 237, Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM, Prague (August 2006)
  • Invited plenary talk at IAU Symposium 266, Star Clusters - Basic Galactic Building Blocks Throughout Time And Space, Rio de Janeiro (August 2009)
  • Co-organizer IAU Symposium 270, Computational Star Formation, Barcelona (May 2010)
  • Co-organizer IAU Focus Meeting, Scale-Free Processes, Hawaii (August 2015)

Other:

  • Dannie Heineman Prize of the American Institute of Physics and the American Astronomical Society (2001)
  • Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2013-present)
  • Member, AAS since 1973, RAS since 1983

Candidate Statement: The IAU represents astronomers and their interests around the world to professional societies and the general public. It decides common standards for fundamental measurements and nomenclature. It provides educational material and expertise to schools in remote regions so that everyone can learn about and enjoy our shared skies. The US National Committee for the IAU represents AAS members for important decisions concerning IAU diversity, interdisciplinary research, data access, and other matters. My experience with both organizations and with international researchers and programs will be put to use to promote wider understanding of AAS interests and to bring the news and concerns of the IAU back to our AAS members.