Present

Present Administrative Functions

  • Co-president of the Commission de l’Egalité of the Science Faculty of UniGe (since Oct 2019)
  • Swiss Representative in the Management Commitee of the COST Action MW-Gaia (“Revealing the Milky Way with Gaia”) (since January 2019)
  • Member of ESA Astronomy Working Group (2018 – 2020)
  • Member of ESF College of Expert Reviewers  (since June 2017)
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of International Space Science Institute (ISSI Bern; since Sept 2016)
  • President of IAU Division G “Stars and stellar physics” (2015-2018)
  • Swiss Representative in the Management Commitee of the COST Action TD1308 ORIGINS (“Origins and evolution of life on Earth and in the Universe”; 2014-2018)
  • Co-leader of WG1 of COST Action TD1308 “ORIGINS” (2014 – 2018)
  • Leader of the ISSI Team “Massive Star Clusters across the Hubble Time” (2013 – 2016; International Space Science Institute)
  • Scientific Editor of the European Astronomical Society Publication Series (EDP Sciences;
    since Sept 2014)
  • Member of CHAPS (College of Helvetic Astronomy Professors; since 2011)
  • Assessor for the Australian Research Council (ARC; since 2014)
  • Swiss representative for Arago ESA mission project

“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” Amelia Mary Earhart (aviation pionner, and author; first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean)

“The most convenient way to do it, is not to do it.” Anonymous husband