Period: 1980 - 1984

Tsinganos Kanaris
Position: Faculty, University of Athens PhD: 1981, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, USA Thesis: Magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium. I. Exact solutions of the equations Supervisor(s): Parker Eugene Biography: Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Athens, Greece. He was born in Filiatra, Messinias on the 29th of July, 1951. He obtained his B.Sc. in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1974) and the M.Sc. in Physics (1976) and the Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, U.S.A. He has worked as Research Associate at the Enrico Fermi Institute, Univ. of Chicago (1980-1981) and at the Harvard University (1981-1983) where he worked as a Lecturer (1983-84) before elected as Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, University of Crete (1984-1988). He worked at the University of Crete as Associate Professor at the Department of Physics (1988-1997) and as Professor, (1997-2001) before elected at his present position. He served as the President of the National Observtory of Athens from 2011 until 2016. He has worked as Visiting Professor at the University of St-Andrews (UK, 1991-1992), at the University of Torino (Italy) (1992) and at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, (Belgium) (1996), and as Visiting Scientist at the Observatoire de Paris (France) (1991-1992). For two years (1989 -2001) he has worked also as a Researcher at the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), IESL. His scientific interests include Plasma Astrophysics, Magnetohydrodynamics, Cosmical Magnetic Fields, Solar Physics, Solar and Stellar Winds, Accretion Disks, Star Formation, Cosmic Jets, Active Galactic Nuclei, Quasars, Black Holes, Plasma Equilibrium and Stability, Nonlinear Differential Equations and Space Instrumentation. He has published over 100 scientific papers in refereed journals and more than 100 papers in conference proceedings and special volumes / books. He has published three textbooks: “Classical Mechanics” (2002), “Introduction to Theoretical Mechanics” (2004) and “Plasma Physics/ Astrophysics” (2005). He is a member of the Hellenic National Committee for Astronomy (2002 -), Hellenic Delegate to ESA’s Science Program Committee (2004 -) and Member of the Hellenic Council for Research & Technology–Physics, Chemistry, Materials (2004 -). He is a member of the American Physical Society, of the American Astronomical Society, of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and a Founding member, Secretary (2002- 2006) and President (2006-2010) of the Hellenic Astronomical Society (Hel.A.S.).
Varvoglis Harry
Position: Faculty, University of Thessaloniki PhD: 1980, Dept. of Physics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece Thesis: A study of the motions in the thermonuclear reactor Astron Supervisor(s): Contopoulos George - Persides Sotirios Biography: Professor Emeritus, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (since 2007). He was born in Thessaloniki, Greece on the 3rd of April, 1949. He obtained his B.Sc. Degree in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece (1972) and his Ph.D. from the same University (1980). His scientific interests include Non-linear Dynamics and applications to Celestial Mechanics, Plasma Astrophysics, and Gravitational wave-particle interactions. He has published more than 40 scientific papers in refereed journals and more than 10 in conference proceedings and special volumes. He has been a Research Associate at the University of Maryland, U.S.A (1980-82), Lecturer (1982-85), Assistant Professor (1985-93) and Associate Professor (1993-2007) at the University of Thessaloniki. He has served as Director, Section of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics (1998-99) at the same University. He is a member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), of the European Astronomical Union (E.A.S.), of the Hellenic Astronomical Society (Hel.A.S.), of the American Physical Society and of the Union of Greek Physicists. He has served for four years as the Secretary of the Hel.A.S.
Varvoglis Petros
Position: Faculty, Democritus University of Thrace PhD: 1984, Dept. of Physics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece Thesis: Contribution to the study of the period change of Cepheid variables Supervisor(s): Mavridis Lyssimachos Biography:
Voglis Nikolaos
Position: Researcher, Academy of Athens PhD: 1984, Dept. of Physics, University of Athens, Greece Thesis: The evolution of density fluctuations in the universe Supervisor(s): Contopoulos George Biography: Voglis Nikolaos (1948-2006) Director of the Research Center of Astronomy and Applied Mathematics of the Academy of Athens, Greece. He was born in Avlon, Attica Greece and received the B.Sc. in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1971) and the Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of Athens, Greece (1984). He worked as Lecturer (1996-1990), Assistant Professor (1990-1996) and Associate Professor (1996-2000) in the Department of Physics, University of Athens and as Director of Research in the Research Center for Astronomy of the Academy of Athens (2000- 2001). His scientific interests were mainly the Dynamical Astronomy, the Galaxy Formation, the Cosmology, the Chaotic Dynamics and the Solitons. He had published more than 35 scientific papers in refereed journals and more than 40 papers in conference proceedings and special volumes / books. He has been honored with the Award of the Academy of Athens. He was a member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and of the Hellenic Astronomical Society (Hel.A.S.).
Zachariadis Theodossios
Position: Researcher, Academy of Athens PhD: 1984, Dept. of Physics, University of Ioannina, Greece Thesis: A contribution of the fine structure in solar active regions Supervisor(s): Banos George - Alissandrakis Constantine Biography: Researcher (retired), Research Center for Astronomy and Applied Mathematics Academy of Athens (since 2002). He was born in Athens on the 29th of April, 1944. He obtained the B.Sc. in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1969), the M.Sc. in Meteorology from the University of Athens, Greece (1976) and the Ph.D. in Solar Physics from the University of Ioannina, Greece (1984). He has worked as a Research Assistant (1974- 1992) and as Senior Researcher (1992-2002) before the present position at the same Center. His main scientific interest is the Solar Physics.
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