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HELLENIC ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER
NUMBER 99 May 2006
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E-mail: elaset@astro.auth.gr WWW: http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset
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TOPICS:
1. Forthcoming Elections of Hel.A.S.
2. Greek Astronomers Yearbook
3. Members in new positions
4. Job opening in Crete
5. Upcoming Astronomy meetings in Greece
6. About this Newsletter
1. FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS OF Hel.A.S.
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In the beginning of April, HelAS mailed to all voting ordinary
and junior HelAS members the ballots along with instructions on the
voting procedures, the agenda of the general assemply, a brief CV
of all candidates together with a summary of what has been
accomplished during the term of the present G.C. The address for
each member was written according to the data base of Hel.A.S.
If you have not received the envelope with the ballots by now, it
probably means that you have changed your address and so please
contact the secretary giving your new address.
2. GREEK ASTRONOMERS YEARBOOK
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After a substantial effort by Prof. Laskarides, the president of
Hel.A.S. the first draft of the 2005 yearbook of greek astronomers
is now available. You may download it from:
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/forms/YEARBOOK_2005.pdf
The information on this file was based on input of the community,
after completing the form,
http://www.astro.auth.gr/elaset/forms/STENCIL_2005.doc
as well as from personal information collected by the editor. All
members of Hel.A.S. as strongly encourage to peruse the file and
send any corrections/updates they may have to Prof. Laskarides.
by e-mail to plaskar@phys.uoa.gr.
3. MEMBERS IN NEW POSITIONS
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Dr. Panayotis Hantzios was recently appointed to the level of
Researcher-C (Associate Researcher) at the Institute of Astronomy &
Astrophysics of the National Observatory of Athens.
Dr. Ioannis Bellas-Velidis was recently appointed to the level of
Researcher-C (Associate Researcher) at the Institute of Astronomy &
Astrophysics of the National Observatory of Athens.
4. JOB OPENING IN CRETE
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The Astrophysics Group at the Foundation for Research & Technology
- Hellas (FORTH) and the Physics Department at the University of
Crete (Greece) has been recently awarded a four-year Marie Curie
Transfer of Knowledge grant from the European Union. The scope of
the grant is to improve upon the existing research capabilities of
the group, which will act as host for a number of senior researchers
and we expect to hire three postdoctoral fellows over the next two
years.
Currently there is an opening for one postdoctoral position in the
area of temporal studies of compact sources in the X-ray, gamma-ray,
optical domain. The successful candidate is expected to make use of
the local facilities and in particular the data obtained with
OPTIMA, a versatile high-speed (2 microsec) photo-polarimeter
intended for time resolved observations of compact objects, at
http://www.mpe.mpg.de/OPTIMA/. The duration of the position is for
a period of 2 years. The starting date is negotiable and could be as
early as September 2006.
Interested applicants are requested to send a cover letter with a
CV, publication record, and description of research interests along
with the names of three individuals who could write letters of
recommendation to Prof. N. Kylafis, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of
Crete, P.O. Box 2208, GR-71003 Heraklion, Greece. Applications by
e-mail to kylafis@physics.uoc.gr are strongly encouraged. The
application deadline is August 1st 2006.
5. 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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"7th mtg of European Network for the Investigation of Galactic
nuclei through Multifrequency Analysis (ENIGMA)"
8-10 May 2006, Hydra, Greece
More information can be found at:
http://www.phys.uoa.gr/~jgracia/enigma7/
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"Galaxy Evolution with Spitzer and Herschel"
Agios Nikolaos, Crete, 28 May-2 June 2006
More information can be found at:
http://galev06.physics.uoc.gr
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"Solar Orbiter Workshop II"
Acropolis Divani Hotel, Athens, 16 - 20 October 2006
More information can be found at:
http://conferences.phys.uoa.gr/solo2006/
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6. ABOUT THIS NEWSLETTER
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This Newsletter was edited by Vassilis Charmandaris and Kanaris
Tsinganos. It was forwarded to the 250, out of the 268, members of
Hel.A.S. who have e-mail access.
The next edition of the Newsletter will be mailed around June 1st
2006. Please send your announcements (e.g. appointments/departures,
job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in
Greece) or comments before May 25, 2006. All correspondence
concerning the Newsletter should be addressed to:
tsingan@phys.uoa.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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