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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 104 October 2006
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E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset
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TOPICS:
1. Short News
2. The General Assembly of Hel.A.S.
3. The Elections of Hel.A.S.
4. Job openings
5. Members in new positions
6. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
7. About this Newsletter
1. SHORT NEWS
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We would like to congratulate Prof. D. Hatzidimitriou (Univ. of Crete)
who was elected as the Vice President of the IAU Division VII
(Galactic System) as well as the new President of the IAU Commission
37 (Star Clusters and Associations) for the 2006-2009 term.
Following a proposal of Prof. Christos Zerefos, Director of the National
Observatory of Athens (NOA), a chair of UNESCO on Natural Disasters
will be created at NOA. UNESCO also proposed to the United Nations that
the year 2009 is declared as the Year of Astronomy.
Dr. Petropoulos Vassilios (Academy of Athens), a founding member of
Hel.A.S. passed away on Sunday September 17, 2006. On behalf of all
member of the Society the Council of Hel.A.S. would like to express
its condolences to his family.
2. GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF HEL.A.S.
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During the 24th General Assembly of Hel.A.S. which took place on
September 22, 2006 the President of the Society Prof. P. Laskarides
presented a summary of the activities of HelAS during the last two
years, the Treasurer Assoc. Prof. E. Theodossiou a detailed account
of the finances. The Secretary Prof. K. Tsinganos presented an
update on the HelAS membership status over the past year which was
summarized to the following:
- Members of Hel.A.S. moving from Junior to Ordinary status:
Dr Olga Bitzaraki (PhD 2003, University of Athens)
Dr Alceste Bonanos (PhD 2005, Harvard University, USA)
Dr Dimitris Giannios (PhD 2005, University of Crete)
Dr Ioannis Gonidakis (PhD 2005, University of Manchester, UK)
Dr Paschalis Paschos (PhD 2005, Un.of Illinois Urbana-Champaign,USA)
Dr Emmanouel Rovilos (PhD 2004, University of Manchester, UK)
- Newly elected Ordinary members:
Dr Zacharias Ioannou (PhD University of Keele, UK)
Dr Styliani Kafka (PhD 2005, University of Indiana, USA)
Dr Maria Kroustalloudi-Flerianou (PhD 2006, Nat. Tech. Un. of Athens)
Dr Athena Meli (PhD 2002, Imperial College, Univ. of London, UK)
Dr Polychronis Papaderos (PhD 1998, University Gottingen, Germany)
Dr Spiros Patsourakos (PhD 2000, In. of Paris XI, Orsay, France)
Dr Jason Spyromilio (PhD 1989, Imperial College, Un. of London, UK)
Dr Christos Tzanavaris (PhD 2003, Cambridge, Institute of Astronomy, UK)
- Newly elected Junior members:
Panagiotis Gavras (Graduate student, University of Athens)
Eva Lefa (Graduate student, University of Athens)
Maria Magkanari (Graduate student, University of Athens)
Kostas Moraitis (Graduate student, University of Athens)
Periklis Rammos (Graduate student, University of Athens)
- Newly elected Associate members:
Alexandros Liakos
Kostantinos Markakis
Kostantinos Stamou
- Members who asked to cancel their membership, or members who no
longer fulfill the membership criteria, as stated by the Constitution
and were removed from the Society :
Fereos Graos (J)
Prof. Panagiotis Michaelidis (O)
Nikos Mylonas (J)
Dr. Konstantinos Pavlakis (O)
Prof. Ilias Vardavas (O)
- Members who passed away:
Prof. Vassilios Barbanis (FO)
Dr. Vassilios Petropoulos (FO)
3. THE ELECTIONS OF HEL.A.S.
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In the elections that followed the 24th General Assembly of
September 22, 2006, the members of Hel.A.S. voted for a President,
as well as a new Council and Auditors. The total number of eligible
to vote members was 82 and an equal number of ballots were collected.
The results were:
President: Prof. Tsinganos Kanaris (73 votes)
Council: Assoc. Prof. Kokkotas Kostas (39 votes)
Dr. Plionis Manolis (37 votes)
Assis. Prof. Charmandaris Vassilis (32 votes)
Assoc. Prof. Mastichiadis Apostolos (28 votes)
Dr. Daglis Ioannis (25 votes)
Assis. Prof. Papadakis Iosif (20 votes)
Assoc. Prof. Anagnostopoulos Georgios (19 votes)
Dr. Efthymiopoulos Christos (19 votes)
Auditors: Dr. Xilouris Emmanuel (53 votes)
Lect. Vlahakis Nektarios (45 votes)
Assis. Prof. Nindos Alexandros (23 votes)
Following the constitution of Hel.A.S. Prof. K. Tsinganos will be the
President of the Society for the 2006-2008 term, Prof. Kokkotas, Dr.
Plionis, Prof. Charmandaris, Prof. Mastichiadis, Dr. Daglis and Prof.
Papadakis will be the members of the Council for the same period,
while Dr. Xilouris, Prof. Vlahakis and Prof. Nindos will act as
Auditors.
4. JOB OPENINGS
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An opening for a PhD dissertation on the subject of Star Formation
and the Low-Mass Initial Mass Function, under the supervision of
Dr. D. Gouliermis is available at MPIA in Heidelberg. For more
information visit:
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/events/PhD_MPIA_2006.pdf
We would like to remind all members that a number of links poining
to sources of job openings in astronomy all over the world are
available at:
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/jobs.html
5. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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We would like to congratulate Prof. Christos Goudis, who was recently
unanimously reelected as the director of the Institute of Astronomy
and Astrophysics of the National Observatory of Athens.
We would like to congratulate Dr. Kleomenis Tsiganis, who recently
commenced his appointment as Lecturer in the Dept. of Physics of the
University of Thessaloniki.
We would like to congratulate Dr. Nektaria Gizani who recently
commenced her appointment as Lecturer in the Section of Astroparticle
Physics of the Hellenic Open University.
6. 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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"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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"Extreme solar Systems"
Santorini Island, 24 - 29 June 2007
http://www.astro.northwestern.edu/Santorini2007/
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7. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was edited by Vassilis Charmandaris and Kanaris
Tsinganos. It was forwarded to the 254, out of the 266, members of
Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access.
The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around November 1st
2006. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in
Greece) or comments before October 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
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