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- Short News
- A Recognition for Prof. Nick Kylafis
- Two positions at the RCAAM of the Academy of Athens
- IAU membership applications for 2020
- Lecture by Françoise Combes: The Black Holes
- IAU prize for the best PhD of 2019
- Student and Postdoctoral Research Opportunities Abroad
- Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece
- About this Newsletter
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| 1. Short News |
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The Society wishes to remind its Junior Members of the December 15 travel grant deadline for meeting trips planned for the first half of 2020. Notice that every PhD student and every meeting (Conference, Workshop or School) is eligible for partial reimbursement of expenses, provided that the meeting is deemed paramount for the completion of the student's PhD Thesis. More information, including the travel grant request form, is available here.
The Society would like to congratulate Prof. Konstantinos Tassis, Associate Professor of Physics at the Univ. of Crete and Affiliated researcher at the Institute of Astrophysics of FORTH, who has been awarded the 2019 "Researcher of the Year" Prize by FORTH. The society extends its best wishes to Prof. Tassis for further success in his professional pursuits.
The Society would like to congratulate Angelos Nersesian who recently complete his PhD at the Department of Physics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens under the supervision of Dr. M. Xylouris. His thesis is entitled "A study of the effects of interstellar dust in nearby galaxies". The Society extends its best wishes to Dr. Nersesian for further successes in his professional pursuits.
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2. A Recognition for Prof. Nick Kylafis
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We are delighted to inform our members that the Institute of Astrophysics of FORTH established, in 2019, the “Nick Kylafis Lectureship” in order to honor Nick Kylafis, Emeritus Professor at the Department of Physics of the University of Crete and past President of Hel.A.S., for his 35 years of scientific contributions and leadership towards the founding and continuous improvement of the astrophysics group at the University of Crete and FORTH.
This lifelong commitment has been instrumental in the international recognition of the research activities of the Crete astrophysics group, which led to the creation of the Institute of Astrophysics at FORTH in 2018. Under the auspices of the Lectureship, one distinguished theoretical astrophysicist will be invited annually at FORTH for a brief visit.
The inaugural 2019 "Kylafis Lecturer" is Prof. Dr. Rashid Sunyaev, Emeritus Director of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (Germany).
The GC of the Society extends its warmest congratulations to Prof. Kylafis for this wonderful honour. Moreover it would like to applaud this decision of the Institute of Astrophysics of FORTH and acknowledge his contributions towards the advancement of astrophysics in Greece.
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3. Two positions at the RCAAM of the Academy of Athens
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We announce the opening of two research C positions at the Research Center for Astronomy and Applied Mathematics (RCAAM) of the Academy of Athens. One position is in the field of dynamical astronomy and the second in the field of Cosmology. The deadline for candidature submission will be on 5 November. For the announcement in Greek look here.
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4. IAU membership applications for 2020
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The call for IAU membership application for 2020 is open. Applications of Individual and Junior membership to the Union are encouraged. Interested candidates should contact the National Member in the country of work. The contact list is here.
For more details, including deadlines and application criteria, please revisit the following announcements:
Individual member application announcement.
Junior Member applications announcement.
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5. Lecture by Françoise Combes: The Black Holes
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We would like to inform our members that the Ιnstitut Français de Grèce, the Embassy of France in Athens, and the Collège de France are bringing to Athens Françoise Combes, Professor at the Collège de France and Chair of ‘Galaxies and Cosmology’, for a few days in mid-November. Professor Combes will give a lecture for the general public, entitled "The Black Holes”, at the Megaron Concert Hall on November 12, 2019 at 19:00. More information is available here.
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6. IAU prize for the best PhD of 2019
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The IAU prize for the best PhD of 2019 is open for applications. The deadline is 15 December 2019. The application form is available here. For the conditions and details of the application look here.
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7. Student and Postdoctoral Research Opportunities Abroad
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The list below may be refreshed or updated with further established lists:
- Two post-doc positions for solar coronal modeling open at the University of Helsinki. Positions can start on October 1, 2019. For more info consult here.
Any Member of the Society who wishes to contribute another credible link with opportunities, or individual opportunities that will, however, be shown in a single-liner format as above, is encouraged to contact the Secretary of the Society.
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| 8. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings in Greece |
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| 9. 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 December 1, 2019. Please send your announcements (e.g., appointments / departures, job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or comments before November 25, 2019. 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.
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