| NOVEMBER 2012 - TOPICS |
- Short News
- "Jobs for Astronomers"
- Research Exchanges under the "Black Holes in a Violent Universe" COST action
- The EUROPLANET prize and funding scheme for 2013
- Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece
- About this Newsletter
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| 1. SHORT NEWS |
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We would like to congratulate Dr. Zach Ioannou who was recently elected as an Assistant Professor of Astronomy at the Sultan Qaboos University, in Muscat, Oman.
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We would like to congratulate Dr. Mathew Katsanikas, a junior member of our Society, who obtained recently his PhD from the Department of Physics of the University of Athens under the co-supervision of Prof. A. Pinotsis (University of Athens) and Dr. P. Patsis (RCAA, Academy of Athens). The title of his thesis was "The structure of phase space in galactic type rotational Hamiltonian systems with three degrees of freedom".
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| 2. "JOBS FOR ASTRONOMERS". |
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This is a world-wide based group of young astronomers with over 700 members. Their main task is to gather and provide information on non-academia career paths for astronomers and astrophysicists, who might or might not have postdoctoral experience. For more information, you can visit their web page at:
http://www.jobsforastronomers.com
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| 3. RESEARCH EXCHANGES UNDER THE "BLACK HOLES IN A VIOLENT UNIVERSE" COST ACTION. |
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The European COST action "Black Holes in a Violent Universe" has announced their seventh call for applications to fund exchange visits between scientists in Institutes which are located in countries which participate in this COST action (Greece is a participant country). Support will be provided for visits which aim to strengthen current collaborative projects, establish new collaborations, obtain necessary knowledge for the application of new techniques, and/or use host infrastructures that are not available at the home institute. The applicant could be either a PhD student, a PostDoc or a staff member in an organization of either the public or the private sector. Only projects related to one of the main research areas supported by the action ("Quantum black holes", "stellar mass black holes & pulsars", "the Galactic center", and "supermassive black holes") will be considered. For further information, you can visit the action's web site:
http://www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de/div/vlbi/COST/
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| 4. THE EUROPLANET PRIZE AND FUNDING SCHEME FOR 2013. |
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The call for nomination for the 2013 EUROPLANET PRIZE for Public engagement with Planetary Sciences is now open. The closing date is November 16th 2012. The Prize is awarded annually. Through the Prize, Europlanet aims to recognise the achievements of outreach providers in planetary science in Europe and raise the profile of outreach within the scientific community. The call for projects for the 2013 EUROPLANET OUTREACH Funding Scheme is also open. The closing date is November 16th, 2012. The Europlanet Outreach Funding Scheme aims at developing new ways of bringing planetary science to audiences across Europe. Each year, Europlanet will award grants of between 5000 and 15000 Euros for public engagement activities relating to planetary science. For more information you can visit:
http://www.europlanet-eu.org
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| 5. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE |
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| 5. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER |
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This Newsletter was sent to all members of Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access. The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around December 1st, 2012. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures, job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or comments before November 25, 2012. 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 inform the Secretary of Hel.A.S.
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