Katsoulakos Grigorios
Position: Postdoc, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Kernphysik PhD: 2019, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Heidelberg, Germany Thesis: Nonthermal Processes Near Supermassive Black Holes Supervisor(s): Rieger Frank Biography:
Kazanas Demosthenes
Position: Researcher, NASA/GSFC PhD: 1980, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, USA Thesis: Neutrino mediated shocks in supernovae Supervisor(s): Schramm David Biography: Researcher, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, U.S.A. He was born in Kavala Greece, on the 1st of May, 1950. He received the B.Sc. in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1973), the M.Sc. from the University of Chicago and the Ph.D. (1978) from the same University. He has been NAS/NRC fellow and Research Associate at the University of Maryland. He has been honored with the 3rd prize of the Gravity Foundation for the best essay in Gravity (1976). His scientific interests include Cosmology, Quasar Physics and High Energy Astrophysics and he has published many scientific papers on these matters; in one of them, he showed that the dynamics of scalar fields in the early Universe could change its expansion rate in a way that could resolve the so called Horizon problem, in a process currently known as Cosmological Inflation. He is a member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), of the American Astronomical Society, of the American Physics Society and a founding member of the Hellenic Astronomical Society (Hel.A.S.). In 2000 he was elected a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Athens, Greece.
Kazantzidis Stelios
Position: Faculty, University of Athens PhD: 2005, Dept. of Physics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Thesis: N-body simulations of galaxies and halos in cold dark matter models Supervisor(s): Moore Ben Biography:
Kazantzis Panagiotis
Position: Faculty, University of Patras PhD: 1973, Dept. of Physics, University of Patras, Greece Thesis: Families of the three dimentional periodic solutions and their determination methods Supervisor(s): Goudas Constantine Biography:
Kiakotou Angeliki
Position: Private Sector, ‎Gala Coral Group PhD: 2011, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University College London, United Kingdom Thesis: Neutrino masses from cosmological probes Supervisor(s): Lahav Ofer Biography:
Kitsionas Spyridon
Position: High School Teacher, Beijing BISS International School PhD: 2000, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Cardiff University, United Kingdom Thesis: Particle splitting: a new method for SPH star formation simulations Supervisor(s): Whitworth Anthony Biography: High-school (IB) Maths Teacher, Psychico College, Athens. He was born in Athens, Greece, on the 24th of June, 1972. He received his B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Athens (1996), and his Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of Wales, Cardiff, U.K. (2000). His scientific interests include Star and Planet Formation, Numerical Hydrodynamics, Instabilities in Accretion Discs, Galactic Dynamics. He has published 12 papers in scientific refereed journals and 24 papers in conference proceedings and special volumes. He has been Research Assistant, Cardiff University, U.K. (1999), Research Associate, IAA-National Observatory of Athens (2002-2004), European Marie-Curie Fellow, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Germany (2004-2008). He is a member of the Hellenic Astronomical Society (Hel.A.S.).
Kleidis Konstantinos
Position: Faculty, TEI of Serres PhD: 1999, Dept. of Physics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece Thesis: Cosmological solutions of the Einstein equations in gravitational theories with a nonlinear Lagrangian and a study of their physical phenomena Supervisor(s): Papadopoulos Demetrios Biography:
Klimopoulos Stergios
Position: Faculty, TEI of Athens PhD: 1976, Dept. of Physics, University of Patras, Greece Thesis: A numerical determination and study of the periodic oscilations of a charged particle in the magnetic field of the Earth Supervisor(s): Goudas Constantine Biography: Stergios Klimopoulos was born in 1946 and passed away in 2002, at the age of 56. He obtained his BSc in Mathematics from the Univ. of Athens in 1968 and his PhD from the Univ. of Patras in 1976. He worked as an assistant at the Univ. of Patras and at the time of his death was a Professor at the Dept. of Informatics at the TEI of Athens.
Kofinas George
Position: Faculty, University of The Aegean PhD: 1999, Dept. of Physics, University of Athens, Greece Thesis: Relativistic classical and quantum cosmology Supervisor(s): Christodoulakis Theodosios Biography:
Kokkidis Demetrios
Position: Faculty, University of Athens PhD: 1862, Dept. of Astronomy, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany Thesis: Variationibus Declinationum Stellarum θ Ursae Majoris et β Draconis Supervisor(s): Encke Johann Biography: Demetrios K. Kokkidis (1840-1896) was born in Athens. He obtained his doctorate in Astronomy at the University of Berlin in 1862, thanks to a fellowship of Baron Georgios Sinas (in german Georg Simon von Sina), under the supervision of Johann Franz Encke, Karl Christian Bruhns, and Wilhelm Foerster. He continued his education in Paris and on April 16, 1877 he became adjunct professor of Astronomy at the University of Athens. He was promoted to honorary professor on March 30, 1881 and on November 8, 1882 he became full Professor and Astronomer at the Observatory of Athens. He taught courses in meteorology, climatology, astronomy, and mathematics. He served as the Director of the Observatory of Athens from 1884, when Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt passed away, until 1890, when the Observatory of Athens was restructured and Prof. Demetrios Eginitis became its fifth Director. Prof. Kokkidis was also responsible for establishing the first network of meteorological stations in Greece.
Kokkotas Konstantinos
Position: Faculty, Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen PhD: 1988, Dept. Physics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece Thesis: Contribution to the study of rotating and charged black holes Supervisor(s): Spyrou Nikolaos Biography: Professor, Department of Theoretical Astrophysics, Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen (Since 2007), and Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (since 2008). He was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, on the 27th of February, 1959. He obtained the B.Sc. in Mathematics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1981), the M.Sc. in Applied Mathematics and Astronomy from the University of Wales, Cardiff, U.K. (1985) and the Ph.D. in Relativistic Astrophysics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1988). He has been Lecturer (1990), Assistant Professor (1994) and Associate Professor (2000) at the same University. In 2006 he has been elected Professor in the Chair of Theoretical Astrophysics at the Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen and next year he elected as Professor of Theory of Relativity in Thessaloniki. His scientific interests include Sources of Gravitational Waves, Neutron Stars and Black Holes. He has published more than 75 scientific papers in refereed journals and more than 40 papers in conference proceedings and special volumes / books. He is a member of the Royal Astronomical Society (1985), of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), of the European Astronomical Society (E.A.S.), of the Hellenic Astronomical Society (Hel.A.S.) and of the German Astronomical Society. He is Member of the Executive Board (2007-2016) of the International Society for General Relativity, Gravitation and Gravitation. He was a member of the Board of Hel.A.S. (2004-2008) and the Editor of the “Hipparchos” magazine of this Society (2004-2008).
Koliopanos Filippos
Position: Postdoc, Observatoire Midi-Pyrenees PhD: 2015, Astrophysics, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich, Germany Thesis: X-ray Diagnostics of Ultra Compact X-ray binaries Supervisor(s): Sunyaev Rashid - Gilfanov Marat Biography:
Kolokotronis Evaggelos
Position: Researcher, National Observatory of Athens PhD: 1998, Astronomy, Queen Mary, University of London, United Kingdom Thesis: Modelling large-scale structure and the value of the density parameter Supervisor(s): Coles Peter Biography:
Kolokoutsas Konstantinos
Position: Private Sector, SWIFT (USA) PhD: 2003, Astrophysics, Imperial College London, United Kingdom Thesis: MWC 297 : a case study of a massive young stellar object Supervisor(s): Drew Janet Biography: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kolokoutsas/
Kolokythas Konstantinos
Position: Postdoc, North-West University (NWU) PhD: 2015, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom Thesis: Radio properties of a complete sample of nearby groups of galaxies Supervisor(s): Raychaudhury Somak Biography:
Konstantinidis Symeon
Position: Private Sector PhD: 2011, Dept. of Physics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece Thesis: Gravitational radiation from star clusters Supervisor(s): Kokkotas Konstantinos Biography:
Konstantopoulos Hercules
Position: Private Sector, Atlassian PhD: 2009, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University College London, United Kingdom Thesis: Studies of the formation and evolution of extragalactic star clusters Supervisor(s): Bastian Nate - Smith Linda Biography:
Kontizas Evangelos
Position: Researcher, National Observatory of Athens PhD: 1978, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Thesis: Photoelectric spectrophotometry of early-type stars Supervisor(s): Nandy Kashinath - Smyth Michael Biography: Evangelos Kontizas obtained his BSc in Physics from the University of Athens in 1969 and his PhD in Astrophysics with a dissertation on “The temperatures of Early Type Stars” from the University of Edinburgh (UK) in 1978. He was a researcher at the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the National Observatory of Athens from 1972 until his retirement in 2011. Dr. Kontizas served as the Director of the Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (one of the two institutes which merged to form IAASARS) from 1994 until 1999. He held research appointments at the Observatoire de Haute Provence (France) in 1979, at Trieste Observatory (Italy) in 1980, and he was Senior Associate at NASA/GSFC (USA) in 1989-1990. He was a member of the Council of the Greek National Committee for Astronomy, 1994-1996 and 2001-2003 as well as Chairman during 1997-2001. He was member of the WG of IAU on SKY-SURVEYS and a representative of Greece in the Study Panel on Ground Astronomy & Astrophysics European Commission Unit XII-G2, 1994-1995. He was also a member of the Council of Hel.A.S., 1996-1998 and 1998-2000. https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ευάγγελος_Κοντιζάς
Kontizas Maria
Position: Faculty, University of Athens PhD: 1977, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Thesis: Photographic photometry of star clusters in the Small Magellanic Cloud Supervisor(s): Bruck Mary - Cannon Russell Biography: Maria (Mary) Arzoglou Kontizas was born in Piraeus on August 3, 1945. She obtained he BSc in Mathematics from the University of Athens in 1969 and her PhD in Astrophysics from the Univ. of Edinburg in 1977. She joint the faculty of the Dept. of Physics of the Univ. of Athens in 1978 and she retired as an Assistant Professor in 2012. Her research interests were in the area of globular clusters and stellar evolution. She was closely involved in preparatory work for the scientific exploitation of the GAIA data on unresolved galaxies. She is married to Evangelos Kontizas. https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Μαίρη_Κοντιζά
Kontogeorgos Athanasios
Position: Faculty, University of Thessaly PhD: 2006, Dept. of Physics, University of Athens, Greece Thesis: Detection of solar radio flares Supervisor(s): Moussas Xenophon Biography:
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