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