Hel.A.S. Newsletter 99 - May 2006

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                        HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
                            ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
             NUMBER 99                                May 2006

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   TOPICS:

   1. Forthcoming Elections of Hel.A.S.
   2. Greek Astronomers Yearbook
   3. Members in new positions
   4. Job opening in Crete
   5. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
   6. About this Newsletter


  1. FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS OF Hel.A.S.
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   In the beginning of April, HelAS mailed to all voting ordinary
  and junior HelAS members the ballots along with instructions on the
  voting procedures, the agenda of the general assemply, a brief CV
  of all candidates together with a summary of what has been
  accomplished during the term of the present G.C. The address for
  each member was written according to the data base of Hel.A.S.
  If you have not received the envelope with the ballots by now, it
  probably means that you have changed your address and so please
  contact the secretary giving your new address.


  2. GREEK ASTRONOMERS YEARBOOK
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    After a substantial effort by Prof. Laskarides, the president of
  Hel.A.S.  the first draft of the 2005 yearbook of greek astronomers
  is now available. You may download it from:

    http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/forms/YEARBOOK_2005.pdf
  The information on this file was based on input of the community,
  after completing the form,

    http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/forms/STENCIL_2005.doc

  as well as from personal information collected by the editor. All
  members of Hel.A.S. as strongly encourage to peruse the file and
  send any corrections/updates they may have to Prof. Laskarides.
  by e-mail to plaskar@phys.uoa.gr.


  3. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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     Dr. Panayotis Hantzios was recently appointed to the level of
  Researcher-C (Associate Researcher) at the Institute of Astronomy &
  Astrophysics of the National Observatory of Athens.

    Dr. Ioannis Bellas-Velidis was recently appointed to the level of
  Researcher-C (Associate Researcher) at the Institute of Astronomy &
  Astrophysics of the National Observatory of Athens.


  4. JOB OPENING IN CRETE
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    The Astrophysics Group at the Foundation for Research & Technology
  - Hellas (FORTH) and the Physics Department at the University of
  Crete (Greece) has been recently awarded a four-year Marie Curie
  Transfer of Knowledge grant from the European Union. The scope of
  the grant is to improve upon the existing research capabilities of
  the group, which will act as host for a number of senior researchers
  and we expect to hire three postdoctoral fellows over the next two
  years.

    Currently there is an opening for one postdoctoral position in the
  area of temporal studies of compact sources in the X-ray, gamma-ray,
  optical domain. The successful candidate is expected to make use of
  the local facilities and in particular the data obtained with
  OPTIMA, a versatile high-speed (2 microsec) photo-polarimeter
  intended for time resolved observations of compact objects, at
  http://www.mpe.mpg.de/OPTIMA/.  The duration of the position is for
  a period of 2 years. The starting date is negotiable and could be as
  early as September 2006.

    Interested applicants are requested to send a cover letter with a
  CV, publication record, and description of research interests along
  with the names of three individuals who could write letters of
  recommendation to Prof. N. Kylafis, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of
  Crete, P.O. Box 2208, GR-71003 Heraklion, Greece. Applications by
  e-mail to kylafis@physics.uoc.gr are strongly encouraged. The
  application deadline is August 1st 2006.


  5. 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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         "7th mtg of European Network for the Investigation of Galactic
                  nuclei through Multifrequency Analysis (ENIGMA)"
                          8-10 May 2006, Hydra, Greece
                      More information can be found at:
                    http://www.phys.uoa.gr/~jgracia/enigma7/

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                  "Galaxy Evolution with Spitzer and Herschel"
                   Agios Nikolaos, Crete, 28 May-2 June 2006

                       More information can be found at:
                        http://galev06.physics.uoc.gr

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                           "Solar Orbiter Workshop II"
                Acropolis Divani Hotel, Athens, 16 - 20 October 2006
                       More information can be found at:
                    http://conferences.phys.uoa.gr/solo2006/

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   6. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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    This Newsletter was edited by Vassilis Charmandaris and Kanaris
   Tsinganos. It was forwarded to the 250, out of the 268, members of
   Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access.

    The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around June 1st
   2006. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
   job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in
   Greece) or comments before May 25, 2006. 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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