AUGUST  2021 - TOPICS

Short News 15th Conference of Hel.A.S. Ph.D. Positions at Universidad Diego Portales The IAU Early Career Astronomer (ECA) Online Discourse Series Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece About this Newsletter

1. Short News

We would like to congratulate Alexander Nindos for his recent promotion to Full Professor at the Department of Physics of the University of Ioannina. The Society extends its best wishes to Prof. Nindos for further success in his professional pursuits. We would like to congratulate Dr. Sophia Derlopa who defended successfully her PhD at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens. Her thesis was entitled, "3D Morpho-kinematic modeling of Supernova Remnants", and it was completed under the supervision of Dr. Panos Boumis. The Society extends its best wishes for further success in her professional pursuits. We would like to congratulate Dr. Stella Boula who defended successfully her PhD at the National Kapodistrian University of Athens, under the supervision of Prof. A. Mastichiadis, former President of our Society. The title of her PhD is "Modeling the multi-wavelength emission from Active Galactic Nuclei". Dr. Boula has recently moved to a postdoctoral researcher position at the Gamma-Ray Astrophysics, H. Niewodniczański Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences . The Society extends its best wishes for further success in her professional pursuits. We would like to congratulate Dr. A. Papaioannou who was recently promoted to Senior Researcher (Researcher B) at the Institute of Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) of the National Observatory of Athens. The Society extends its best wishes for further success in his professional pursuits. We would like to congratulate Dr. Konstantinos Migkas who defended successfully his PhD, entitled: "The isotropy of the Universe as seen through galaxy clusters" and performed under the supervision of Dr. T.H. Reiprich at the University of Bonn, Germany. The Society extends its best wishes for further success in his professional pursuits. The monthly colloquia of our Society, after a successful academic year, will start again in September. The videos of this year's colloquia, are available in the Youtube channel of the Society.

2. 15th Conference of Hel.A.S.

The 15th conference of Hel.A.S. took place the second week of July. We would like to thank the sponsors of the Conference, namely the Region of Western Greece, the University of Patras, the Institute of Astrophysics - FORTH, the National Observatory of Athens and the Academy of Athens who supported the conference. We would also like to thank the 227 registered participants affiliated with institutions from 23 countries, in addition to Greece, who presented their exciting scientific results and contributed to lively discussions. The record number of participants was likely due to the fact that the conference was virtual. During the conference, the 40th General Assembly (GA) of the Society convened on Tuesday, July 6 2021. A number of issues were discussed during the GA and 25 new members joined the Society bringing the total number of members to 292. We would like to welcome them once more to the Society and we look forward to meeting their expectations working all together for improving astronomy in Greece. As usual all members are strongly encouraged to review the minutes of the GA. Please note that the oral contributions of the conference are available online grouped by session as playlists in the YouTube channel of the Society, in particular at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQkoCW2NTewVGjb8AIyZKzw   The latest version of Hipparchos is available online .

3. Ph.D. Positions at Universidad Diego Portales

The Department of Astrophysics at Universidad Diego Portales (Santiago, Chile) offers PhD positions for the academic year 2022. Interested students should send their application before September 10, 2021. The possible research areas are Planetary systems, Stellar and Galactic astronomy, compact objects, or Extragalactic astronomy. Selected candidates will have the opportunity to access all observatories in Chile, including ALMA, Gemini South, VLT, etc. Application material consists of a motivation letter, CV, undergraduate and/or graduate university degrees, undergraduate academic transcripts, 2 or 3 recommendation letters. More information are available in https://jobregister.aas.org/ad/155e4622 .

4. The IAU Early Career Astronomer (ECA) Online Discourse Series

Four new events featured by the IAU ECA Online Series: Thursday August 19th, 2021: 14:00-15:00 UTC / 16:00-17:00 CEST “Open Data, Open Codes and Astronomy” Dr. David Spergel (Flatiron Institute) Business Meeting of the IAU EC WG of JMs: Thursday August 19th, 2021: 15:00-16:00 UTC / 17:00-18:00 CEST  (max 1h) Participation is free. All one has to do is fill out the event registration form no later than 24h (UTC) in advance of the subsequent event: https://forms.gle/o7bH4xxsMWrzpVx36. Recordings of these upcoming events will be available alongside select past events on our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZQsB5LY2Tv_tj9ddVdnPuw. For queries, you may reach the Organizing Committee at: iaujuniormember@gmail.com. You can send your feedback to the Organizing Committee at: https://forms.gle/Wg4PBy5FPHRmdQAS9. Co-chairs of the event are: Maria Drozdovskaya (Universität Bern, Switzerland) & Fatoumata Kebe (Association Ephémérides, France)

5. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece

Workshop on "Non-extensive statistical mechanics and kappa distributions" 12-16 July 2021, Chania, Island of Crete Lensing Odyssey 2021 20-24 September 2021, Kouremenos, Island of Crete 12th Gaia Science Alerts workshop 8-12 November 2021, Heraklion, Island of Crete COSPAR 2022 44th Scientific Assembly 16-24 July 2022, Athens.

6. About this Newsletter

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 September 1, 2021.  Please send your announcements (e.g., appointments / departures, job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or comments before August 25, 2021. 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. at secretary@helas.gr.