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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 59 January 2003
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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. Members in new positions
3. New postdocs at the National Observatory of Athens
4. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
5. About this newsletter...
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1. SHORT NEWS
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The Council of Hel.A.S. would like to wish to all members and their
families Merry Christmas and a Happy, Healthy and Productive New Year.
The 6th conference of Hel.A.S. will take place from September 15 to
September 17, 2003 at the National Observatory of Athens. Details
regarding the various deadlines and the scientific program will be
announced in our next E-Newsletter and will soon be posted in our in
Society's home page.
We would like to remind all members that the proceedings of the 5th
conference of Hel.A.S. which took place in Crete in September 2001
are available on-line through the web server of the Society under:
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/meetings.html
For economy reasons, no hard copy of the proceedings will be distributed.
2. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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We would like to congratulate Dr. Ioannis Daglis who was recently
promoted to Research Director (EREYNHTHS A') at the Institute for Space
Applications and Remote Sensing of the National Observatory of Athens.
We would like to congratulate Prof. Leandros Perivolaropoulos who
was recently elected and moved to an associate professor position at
the Department of Physics at the Univ. of Ioannina.
We would also like to congratulate Dr. Iosif Papadakis currently at
the Foundation for Research and Technology at Herakleion, who was
recently elected as an assistant professor at the Department of
Physics of the University of Crete.
3. NEW POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS AT THE NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS
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Using the "Aristeia" grant that had been awarded to the Institute
of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the National Observatory of Athens,
the following young colleagues (three of which are also members of
Hel.A.S.) have been selected for an over 2 year postdoctoral
appointment each.
o Dr. Spyros Basilakos (PhD Unif. Of Athens, +
Post-doc at Imperial College-UK)
Research: Observational Cosmology: Multiwavelength data analysis,
modeling as well as purely analytical work.
o Dr. Antonios Georgakakis (PhD Imperial College-UK, +
Post-doc at Birmingham University-UK)
Research: Extragalactic Astrophysics - Star formation in other
galaxies: Multiwavelength observations and data analysis.
o Dr. Spyros Kitsionas (PhD Cardiff-UK)
Research: Stellar hydrodynamics: Numerical work using and
developing the SPH+ code.
o Dr. Vaggelis Kolokotronis (PhD Queen-Mary College-UK, +
Post-Doc at NOA)
Research: Observational Cosmology: Multiwavelength data analysis
and modeling.
The grant "Aristeia" has as an objective to analyze data from ESA's
cornerstone X-ray mission, XMM. The scientific goals are the study of
clusters and groups of galaxies as well as obscured AGNs at high
redshifts.
The council of Hel.A.S. would like to congratulate all four
young astronomers as well as the permanent staff of IAA/NOA who were
successful in securing this funding, thus increasing the research
potential of their Institute.
4. UPCOMING ASTRONOMY MEETINGS IN GREECE
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The following meetings will take place in Greece in the coming
months. Please check the corresponding web pages or contact the
organizers by e-mail for more information.
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NATO Advanced Research Workshop on
Effects of Space Weather on Technology Infrastructure
Rhodes, 25-29 March 2003
http://www.space.noa.gr/esprit2003/
or contact:
Dr. I. Daglis (daglis@space.noa.gr)
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International Conference on
Multi-Wavelength Cosmology
Myconos Island, 16-20 June 2003
http://www.astro.noa.gr/~my03/
or contact:
Dr M. Plionis (my03@astro.noa.gr)
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6th Hellenic Astronomical Conference
Athens, 15-17 September 2003
Details to be announced soon
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5. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was edited by Vassilis Charmandaris and Kanaris
Tsinganos. It was forwarded to the 219, out of the 237 members of
Hel.A.S., who have e-mail access.
The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around February
1st 2003. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece)
or comments before January 25, 2003. All correspondence concerning
the Newsletter should be addressed to:
elaset@astro.auth.gr
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
let us know.
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