Past

Past Administrative Functions

  • President of IAU Division G “Stars and stellar physics” (2015-2018)
  • Vice-President of IAU Division G “Stars and stellar physics” (2012-2015)
  • Member of Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation Committee at STScI (Chair Panel Stars and Stellar Populations – 2018)
  • Member of Hubble Space Telescope Time Allocation Committee at STScI (Chair Panel Stars  – 2016)
  • President of the Scientific Committee of the National Program of Stellar Physics (PNPS) of CNRS/INSU (2010-2014)
  • 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)
  • Scientific Editor of the European Astronomical Society Publication Series (EDP Sciences; 2014 – 2017)
  • Member of the Scientific Council of Laboratoire Lagrange, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (2012-2017)
  • Member of the Scientific Council of  Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg (CDS)  (2011-2015)
  • Member of the Haut Comité Scientifique (HCS) of Paris Observatory (2009-2014)
  • Swiss representative for Arago ESA mission project
  • President of IAU Commission 35 “Stellar Constitution” (2009-2012)
  • Member of the Council of the French Society of Astronomy & Astrophysics SF2A (2006-2014)
  • Member of the Group A (Evolution des thématiques) for INSU A&A Roadmap (2014)
  • Member of the Editing Commitee of the Roadmap of CHAPS (College of Helvetic Astronomy Professors) (2013-2014)
  • President of the French Society of Astronomy & Astrophysics SF2A (2010-2012)
  • Vice-President of the French Society of Astronomy & Astrophysics SF2A (2008-2010)
  • General Secretary of the French Society of Astronomy & Astrophysics SF2A (2008-2010)
  • Member of the Instrument Science Team ESO for X-Shooter/VLT (2005-2009)
  • Member of the group “Adhoc Astrophysique” at the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES)  (2001-2005)
  • Member of the Scientific Committee and of the Executive Committee of the Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (1999-2002)
  • Member of the Founding Committee of the Action Spécifique de Physique Stellaire INSU/CNRS (1998)