| JULY 2011 - TOPICS |
- Short News
- The 10th Hellenic Astronomical Conference - reminder
- NOA's public outreach activities
- NOA wins EU's prize for Cultural Heritage
- IMPRS for Astronomy and Astrophysics at MPIfR
- 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. Theodoros Nakos who was offered an ALMA test scientist position and will be moving to the facilities of the European Southern Observatory in Chile in August 2011.
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We would like to congratulate Dr. V. Archontis who received a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. These fellowships are highly prestigious and competitive, and they are awarded to outstanding scientists who have the potential to become leaders in their field. Funding is provided initially for 5 years and up to a maximum of 10 years.
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Dr. S. Basilakos will be at the Department of Physics (Group of Cosmology & High Energy), University of Barcelona, for 6 months as visiting professor (sabbatical).
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| 2. THE 10th HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL CONFERENCE |
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We would like to remind our members that the abstract submission deadline for the upcoming 10th Conference of our Society is July 10th 2011. Please note that this is the final deadline and no abstracts will be considered for the conference past that date. Furthermore, any interested PhD students, who are members of our Society, have already submitted a contribution (oral or poster) at the conference, and wish to receive financial support, should send a message to the Society's secretary before July 10th. Everyone is invited to visit the conference web site, register online, and submit an abstract for an oral or poster contribution. More information is available at:
http://www.helas.gr/conf/2011
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| 3. NOA's PUBLIC OUTREACH ACTIVITIES |
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The National Observatory of Athens (NOA) organised a public outreach event on June 15th at its Thission headquarters, on the occasion of last month's full moon eclipse. The event was very successful and hundreds of people attended talks on related topics, such as, on how the classical Greek astronomers used lunar eclipses to determine the dimensions and distance of the moon and the Sun (by Prof. K. Tsinganos), as well as on the decoding and use of the Antikythera Mechanism (by Prof. J. Seiradakis). The public had also the chance to admire the full moon eclipse and observe Saturn with its satellites by the NOA Doridis telescope and other telescopes set up on the Pnyka hill across Acropolis by various members of our Society.
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| 4. NOA WINS EU's PRIZE FOR CULTURAL HERITAGE |
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On June 23rd, Mrs. Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education and Culture, presented to NOA the 2010 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage/Europa "Nostra Award" for the restoration of the historic NOA buildings on the Hill of the Nymphs. Several hundred of prominent guests from Greece and abroad attended the ceremony at the grounds of the National Observatory of Athens.
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| 5. IMPRS for Astronomy and Astrophysics at MPIfR |
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The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Astronomy and Astrophysics (a collaboration of MPIfR, University of Bonn and University of Cologne in Germany, is offering a number of funded PhD positions. The PhD course is limited to three years. The IMPRS is open to students from all countries. Applicants must have (or are about to obtain) a degree equivalent to the German Diploma (e.g., a Master of Science degree including a Master Thesis) in Physics or other related field in Natural Sciences. The application deadline is November 15, 2011. More information is available at:
http://www.mpifr.de/english/IMPRS/
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| 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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| 7. 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 August 1, 2011. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures, job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or comments before July 25, 2011. 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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