Hel.A.S. Newsletter 93 - November 2005


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                       HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
                           ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
            NUMBER 93                                November 2005

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  TOPICS:

  1. Short News
  2. ESA "Call for Ideas" and related info day in Athens/Thessaloniki
  3. Job opportunities for the ESA/Herschel mission
  4. Research Fellowships at ESA/ACT
  5. Job opening
  6. Members in New Positions
  7. The Mariolopoulos Trust Fund Award
  8. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
  9. About this Newsletter


  1. SHORT NEWS
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    We would like to congratulate Dr. Helen Dara (Research Center for
  Astronomy and Applied Mathematics of the Academy of Athens) who was
  elected a member of the Board of the Solar Physics Section (SPS) of
  the European Physical Society (EPS). K. Tsinganos served in the
  SPS/EPS Board during the previous period 2001-2005. The elections
  took place during the 11th European Solar Physics Meeting held in
  Leuven, Belgium.

    We would also like to congratulate Dr. Georgia Tsiropoula (National
  Observatory of Athens) who was elected Secretary of the Board of the
  Joint Organisation for Solar Observations (JOSO). H. Dara was the
  previous Greek representative to JOSO. The elections took place
  during the 11th European Solar Physics Meeting held in Leuven,
  Belgium. The JOSO Board consists of 4 members: a President, two
  Vice-Presidents and a Secretary.

   We would also like to congratulate Prof. Mary Kontizas (Univ. of
  Athens) who was nominated in the executive committee of the working
  group "Women in Astronomy" created by the IAU :

               http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/IAU-WIAWG/



  2. ESA CALL FOR IDEAS AND RELATED INFO DAY IN ATHENS/THESSALONIKI
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    A one day event is organized by the GSRT in oder to inform the Greek
  community on opportunities related to the first ESA "Call for Ideas"
  programm which is addressed to Greek Universities, Institutes and
  Companies with Space activities. The deadline is the 6th of January,
  2006. The info events will take place in Athens on Monday October 31st
  2005, and  in Thessaloniki on Monday Nov. 7, 2005.
  For more information on the program and the info days visit the ESA
  link of the Hel.A.S. webpage :

     	     http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/esa/

       http://www.gsrt.gr/default.asp?V_ITEM_ID=4301#



  3. JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ESA/HERSCHEL MISSION
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    The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced immediate openings
  for a number of positions for software engineers, including
  individuals with Greek citizenship, extensive experience in Java,
  Jython/Python under the Unix environment for the upcoming Herschel
  Space Observatory mission. Herschel, the fourth "cornerstone"
  mission in the ESA science programme, will be launched in 2007 and
  it will perform photometry and spectroscopy in the 57-670micron
  range. It will have a radiatively cooled 3.5 m diameter telescope,
  and a science payload of three instruments housed inside a
  superfluid helium cryostat. The potential employees will be based at
  the ESA center in Villafranca (Spain) for an expected period of at
  least three years.

     For more information on these posibilities please contact
  Prof. V. Charmandaris (vassilis@physics.uoc.gr).


  4. RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS AT ESA/ACT
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     The European Space Agency's Advanced Concepts Team (ACT) is
   looking for highly motivated young researchers, with good
   analytical and communication skills and excellent attitude towards
   teamwork.  Successful candidates for this position will be
   responsible for the research activities of the Advanced Concepts
   Team in the areas of Mission Analysis and System Design for a
   maximum period of 1+1 years. Deadline for application submission
   is 30/10/2005. For more information visit:

   	   http://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/opportunities_MATD_2.htm


  5. JOB OPENING
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    A new promotion-related position at the level of "Associate
  Professor" in the field of "Observational Astrophysics" has opened
  at the Department of Physics of the University of Crete. The
  deadline for the applications is November 14, 2005. For more
  information contact the secretary of the Department at +30 2810
  394300.


  6. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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    Dr.  Christos Siopis recently moved from the University of
  Michigan (USA) to a postdoctoral position related to the ESA Gaia
  mission, at the Universite Libre de Bruxelles in Belgium.


  7. THE MARIOLOPOULOS TRUST FUND AWARD
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    The "Mariolopoulos-Kanaginis Foundation for the Environmental
  Sciences" is a non-profit non-governmental Organization aiming at
  promoting and awarding atmospheric environmental research. The "WMO
  Professor Mariolopoulos Trust Fund Award", established by its board
  of Directors under the auspices of the World Meteorological
  Organization (WMO) of the UN, is granted every two years and
  accompanied by a prize of US$ 2,000 and a certificate. The award is
  granted for an outstanding research paper in atmospheric sciences
  published or accepted during the last two years in a refereed
  journal by a young scientist (age below 35 years by the date of
  publication). The nomination deadline for this year is January 31st,
  2006. For more information visit:

  	    	      http://lap.physics.auth.gr/mkf/


  8. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE
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    The following meetings will take place in Greece. Please check the
  corresponding web page or contact the organizers by e-mail for more
  information.

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               International Conference on Archaeoastronomy
                         Rhodes, 6-10 April 2006

                      More information can be found at:
               http://www.rhodes.aegean.gr/tms/SEAC2006.htm
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  9. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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   This Newsletter was edited by Vassilis Charmandaris and Kanaris
  Tsinganos. It was forwarded to the 251, out of the 271, members of
  Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access.

   The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around December 1st
  2005. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
  job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
  or comments before November 25, 2005. All correspondence concerning
  the Newsletter should be addressed to:

                       tsingan@phys.uoa.gr

   If you do not wish to receive future issues of this Newsletter or the
  e-mail address to which it was sent is not your preferred one, please
  let us know.

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