December 2025 - TOPICS
Short News A&A Awards 2026 ACME Centres of Expertise: Remote Tutorials and Hands-On Sessions 6th HelAS Summer School Upcoming Astronomy Meetings and Schools in Greece About this Newsletter
1. Short News
We would like to congratulate Román Fernández Aranda  for successfully completing his PhD thesis entitled "The interstellar medium of active galaxies and Quasars in the high-redshift universe"  at the  Department of Physics the University of Crete under the supervision of Dr. Tanio Diaz-Santos. The Society extends its best wishes to Dr. Aranda for further successes in his professional pursuits. We would like to congratulate Stelios Romanopoulos  for successfully completing his PhD thesis entitled "Cosmic rays at the highest energies"  at the  Department of Physics the University of Crete under the supervision of Prof. Vasiliki Pavlidou. The Society extends its best wishes to Dr. Romanopoulos for further successes in his professional pursuits. We would like to congratulate Elias Kyritsis for successfully completing his PhD thesis entitled "“The first unbiased X-ray survey of normal galaxies in the Local Universe: Understanding the connection between their X-ray emission and stellar populations” at the Department of Physics of the University of Crete under the supervision of Prof. Anreas Zezas. Dr. Kiritsis will be moving to the Max Planck Institute of Extraterrestrial Physics with a postdoctoral fellowship in January. The Society extends its best wishes to Dr. Kyritsis for further successes in his professional pursuits.
2. A&A Awards 2026
The Board of Directors of Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A) attributes two yearly Awards for outstanding research published in A&A by individuals in the initial stages of their careers. With these two Awards, the Board aims to recognise and contribute to the enthusiasm of the new generation of researchers who will shape the future of astronomy for decades to come. The deadline for applications is 31 December 2025. For more details about the application, please visit this page.
3. ACME Centres of Expertise: Virtual Access Platform
We would like to inform our members that the Astrophysics Centre for Multimessenger Studies in Europe ACME EU-funded project has officially launched its online platform for virtual access to multi-messenger expertise: https://support.acme-astro.eu/#login  For detailed information on the software and expertise provided, please visit the Joint Centres of Expertise web pages: https://www.acme-astro.eu/centres-of-expertise/
4. 6th  Hel.A.S. Astrophysics Summer School
We are pleased to announce the 6th Hel.A.S. Astrophysics Summer School, dedicated to the theme “Multi-Messenger Astronomy.” The School will be held at the Physics Department of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens from 24 to 28 August 2026. Further details, including invited lecturers and a provisional schedule, will be shared in the coming months.
5. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings and Schools in Greece
MuMeNTA: Multi-Messenger Numerical Techniques in Astrophysics 2-4 March 2026, Athens, Harokopeio University 5th Olympian Symposium: The Evolution of Interstellar Medium Across Cosmic Times 18-22 May 2026, Paralia Katerini 16th Quadrennial Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposium 1-5 June 2026, Thessaloniki Note: The weekend before the conference a school for young scientists will be held. 6th Hel.A.S. Astrophysics Summer School 24 - 28 August, Athens, Physics Department
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 January 1, 2026. Please send your announcements (e.g., appointments / departures, job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or comments before December 25, 2025. 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.