MAY 2016 - TOPICS

Short News Upcoming elections of Hel.A.S. New Web-page for High-Energy Astrophysics PhD position in Astrophysics at Trinity College Dublin Constantine and Patricia Mavroyannis Scholarship Post-doctoral position at IPAG for the SSHADE database infrastructure (Europlanet 2020-RI) July events of Europlanet 2020-RI in Athens< Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece About this Newsletter

1. Short News

The Council of Hel.A.S. would like to wish to all our members a Happy Easter!

We would like to congratulate Dr. Manos Chatzopoulos, Enrico Fermi Fellow at the Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics of the Univ. of Chicago, who has recently accepted an Assistant Professor position at the Dept. of Physics & Astronomy of Luisiana State Univ. Dr. Chatzopoulos obtained his BSc degree in Physics from the Univ. of Crete in 2007 and his PhD from the Univ. of Texas at Austin in 2013. The Council wishes to Manos a successful career in his new post.

2. Upcoming elections of Hel.A.S.

All members of Hel.A.S. must have received by now an envelope containing the ballots and all other relevant material for the upcoming elections. The envelope would not have reached you if your address had changed in the meantime and you forgot to notify us of this change! If this is the case, and you still wish to cast your vote by post, please contact the Secretary (Dr. K. Tsiganis) by e-mail, so we can try sending you the elections material anew and on time. We remind our members that the next elections for the GC and Auditors of Hel.A.S. will take place on June the 17th, 2016. The 34th General Assembly (GA) of the Society will also take place at the University of Athens, on the same day. Several of you have pointed out to us that, contrary to what was mentioned in the "Voting Guide", an "extra envelope" (addressed to the E.E. - item 8 in the corresponding list) was not included in the material sent to you. We apologize for the inconvenience, but please note that this does not raise any issue for the voting procedure, as sending this extra envelope is not really required by the Constitution (see http://www.helas.gr/const.php, Articles 31-33). Hence, if you wish to vote by post, please use any normal envelope, addressed to the E.E. and send it by post to the Secretary (K. Tsiganis), at the address written at the bottom of this Newsletter. This "larger" envelope will be opened by the Electoral Committee and should contain: (a) the small, white, stamped envelope that has been sent to you, in which the ballots should be put. You should seal the white envelope. (b) A singed copy of your photo ID or passport. (c) A bank receipt, proving that you have payed your dues to Hel.A.S., for the amount indicated on your "voting guide" (not necessary if you had already payed your fees prior to us sending you the material for the elections).

3. New Web-page for High-Energy Astrophysics

The National Observatory of Athens has undertaken the action of developing and maintaining a new web-page for popularizing High-Energy Astrophysics, as part of a European-funded H2020 Project, entitled "Activities for High Energy Astrophysics (AHEAD)".  This web-site will feature news, videos and material relevant to teachers, updated weekly, and is managed by Dr. I. Georgantopoulos. The AHEAD web-site can be found here.

4. PhD position in Astrophysics at Trinity College Dublin

A PhD position is available to work on supernova progenitors and massive star evolution under supervision of Prof. Jose Groh at Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin. The project involves the use of state-of-the art numerical codes to investigate the properties of SN progenitors, SN impostors, and the evolutionary channels leading to the different types of stellar explosions. The preferred start date is 1 Sep 2016. Interested candidates should send a CV, a brief statement of research interests (1 page), and the names and contact details of two individuals that have agreed to provide recommendation letters to Prof Jose Groh at Jose.Groh@tcd.ie The deadline for applying for this position is April 20, 2016. The position will remain open until filled.

5. Constantine and Patricia Mavroyannis Scholarship The Greek America Foundation is proud to announce that the Constantine and Patricia Mavroyannis Scholarship will be offered for the 2016-2017 academic year for the fourth consecutive year. The Scholarship is open to graduate students who are either Greek or of Greek heritage and are enrolled in a PhD program in either theoretical physics or physical chemistry in the Faculty of Science at a North American university. The scholarship is in the amount of $5,000 and will be awarded in the fall semester. The deadline for scholarship applications and all application materials is June 1, 2016. For more information please visit  this site 6. Post-doctoral position at IPAG for the SSHADE database infrastructure (Europlanet 2020-RI) IPAG is looking for a young PhD that will be the expert in solid spectroscopy and in the SSHADE database infrastructure of solids spectroscopy in the frame of the Europlanet 2020-RI program. She/He will help us in the training of our partners and support them in spectroscopic data preparation and import. She/He will also have scientific activities in determination of optical constants of solids.  The description of the Post-doctoral position is attached and can also be found on the SSHADE blog at:  http://blog.sshade.eu/post-doctoral-position-at-ipag-for-sshade/

7. July events of Europlanet 2020-RI in Athens A series of events is planed to take place in Athens on July 4-5, 2016, as part of the activities of the Europlanet 2020 Research Infrastructure. The project is funded by the EU under the Horizon 2020 framework. These events are: - Daily meeting on innovation in disseminating science: "Planets meeting the Public", on July 4 (see http://www.europlanet-eu.org/outreach/best-practice ) - A "Communication Training Workshop", on July 5. (see http://www.europlanet-eu.org/outreach/call-meeting-and-training) - An Open Night, for the arrival of JUNO at Jupiter, on July 5. For more information please check also the relevant post at the Hel.A.S. web-site, under "News & Events". Please note that there is a limited number of positions available for participating in these events and that the deadline for applications is May 7, 2016. Greece is represented in EUroplanet 2020-RI by the Institute of Accelerator Systems and Applications of the University of Athens (P.I: Prof. Ioannis Daglis, Coordinator: Dr. Eleni Chatzichristou). For more information you can e-mail Dr. Chatzichristou directly (elthchatz@gmail.com) and also visit the above mentioned web-sites.  8. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece

The following meetings are scheduled to take place in Greece during 2016: Astronomical Data Analysis 2016 Summer School Chania, 22-24 May, 2016 Statistical Challenges in 21st Century Cosmology Chania, 24-27 May, 2016 Supernova Remnants: An Odyssey in Space after Stellar Death Chania, Crete, 6-11 June, 2016 Hot spots in the XMM sky: Cosmology from X-ray to Radio Mykonos, 15-18 June, 2016 The 2016 NEON Observing School  Heraklion, Skinakas Observatory, June 19- July 2, 2016 European Week of Astronomy and Space Science Athens, 4-8 July, 2016 2nd Hel.A.S. Summer School Athens, 11-15 July, 2016 17th NEB conference on “Recent Developments in Gravity” Mykonos, September 19-22, 2016 The ISM-SPP Olympian School of Astrophysics  Paralia Katerinis, October 3-7, 2016

9. 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 June 1st, 2016. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures, job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or comments before May 26, 2016. 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.