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Greeks with a PhD in Astronomy |
Vardoulaki Eleni |
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Postdoc, National Observatory of Athens |
PhD: |
2009, Dept. of Physics, University of Oxford, United Kingdom |
Thesis: |
Understanding the nature of the faint radio-source population |
Supervisor(s): |
Rawlings Steven |
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Varvoglis Harry |
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Faculty, University of Thessaloniki |
PhD: |
1980, Dept. of Physics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece |
Thesis: |
A study of the motions in the thermonuclear reactor Astron |
Supervisor(s): |
Contopoulos George - Persides Sotirios |
Biography: |
Professor Emeritus, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (since 2007). He was born in Thessaloniki, Greece on the 3rd of April, 1949. He obtained his B.Sc. Degree in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece (1972) and his Ph.D. from the same University (1980). His scientific interests include Non-linear Dynamics and applications to Celestial Mechanics, Plasma Astrophysics, and Gravitational wave-particle interactions. He has published more than 40 scientific papers in refereed journals and more than 10 in conference
proceedings and special volumes. He has been a Research
Associate at the University of Maryland, U.S.A (1980-82), Lecturer (1982-85), Assistant Professor (1985-93) and Associate Professor (1993-2007) at the University of Thessaloniki. He has served as Director, Section of
Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics (1998-99) at the same University. He is a member of the International
Astronomical Union (IAU), of the European Astronomical
Union (E.A.S.), of the Hellenic Astronomical Society
(Hel.A.S.), of the American Physical Society and of the Union of Greek Physicists. He has served for four years as the Secretary of the Hel.A.S. |
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Varvoglis Petros |
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Faculty, Democritus University of Thrace |
PhD: |
1984, Dept. of Physics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece |
Thesis: |
Contribution to the study of the period change of Cepheid variables |
Supervisor(s): |
Mavridis Lyssimachos |
Biography: |
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Vasilopoulos Georgios |
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Vassilaki Antonia |
Position: |
High School Teacher |
PhD: |
1994, Dept. of Physics, University of Athens, Greece |
Thesis: |
Large and short scale variations of solar wind using satellite data |
Supervisor(s): |
Mavromichalaki Helen |
Biography: |
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Vassiliadis Emanuel |
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Vavoulidis Miltiadis |
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Ventura Joseph |
Position: |
Faculty, University of Crete |
PhD: |
1975, Dept. of Physics, City University of New York, USA |
Thesis: |
Dielectric properties of the magnetic surface of neutron stars |
Supervisor(s): |
Canuto Vittorio |
Biography: |
Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece. He was born in Athens, Greece on March 7, 1938 and passed away in Heraklion on October 5, 2020. He obtained his Diploma in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece (1962), his M.Sc. in Physics from the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (1966) and his Ph.D. in Physics from the City University of New York, U.S.A. (1975). He worked as Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, and the University of Tubingen, Germany (1976–1980) before joining the Department of Physics of the University of Crete, Greece as Professor (in 1980). He was a Visitor Research Fellow at the Institute d’ Astrophysique Paris and at the Universitat Tubingen (1981-83) His scientific interests include theoretical Physics and Theoretical Astrophysics. He has published many scientific papers in refereed journals as well as conference proceedings and special volumes. He has written a book on the plasma in the magnetospheres and other textbooks. He is a member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), of the Hellenic Astronomical Society (Hel.A.S.) and of the European Physical Society. He has served as a Vice- Chairman of the National Committee for Astronomy (1990- 1992) and as a national representative on the board of the “Astronomy and Astrophysics” journal (2000 – 2005). |
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Vernardos Georgios |
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Vika Marina |
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Vlachogiannis Diamanto |
Position: |
Private Sector |
PhD: |
1997, School of Physics and Astronomy, Imperial College London, United Kingdom |
Thesis: |
The impact of solar proton events on stratospheric zone |
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Vlachos Dimitrios |
Position: |
Faculty, University of Thessaloniki |
PhD: |
1969, Rural and Surveying Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece |
Thesis: |
High precision triangulations for detection distortions in dams |
Supervisor(s): |
Argyrakos Ioannis |
Biography: |
Emeritus Professor of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He was born in Dicastro, Fthiotis on the 4th of September, 1935. He obtained his B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Athens, Greece (1959) and a second degree on Agronomy Surveyor from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece (1965), where he also completed his Ph.D. (1969). He worked as Head assistant at the National Technical University of Athens, before joining the University of Thessaloniki. He is a member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and of the ICOMOS. His scientific research includes Astronomy and Topography. |
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Vlahakis Nektarios |
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Vlahos Loukas |
Position: |
Faculty, University of Thessaloniki |
PhD: |
1979, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, USA |
Thesis: |
Plasma properties and radiation signatures of current driven active region loops on the sun |
Supervisor(s): |
Kundu Mukul |
Biography: |
Professor (retired), Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He was born in Levadia, Greece on the 22nd of April, 1949. He received the B.Sc. in Physics
from the University of Thessaloniki (1973), the M.Sc. in
Astrophysics from the University of Maryland, U.S.A. (1976)
and the Ph.D. in Astrophysics-Space physics from the
same University in 1979. He has worked as a Postdoctoral
Fellow in APL, U.S.A., as Research Professor University of
Maryland, U.S.A. and as Assistant Professor and Associate
Professor at the University of Thessaloniki before elected in
the present position. His research interests are in High
Energy Astrophysics, Solar Physics and Plasma Physics
and he has published more than 100 scientific papers in refereed journals and more than 40 papers in conference proceedings and special volumes / books. He has published two textbooks (“Introduction to plasma Physics” and “Differential Multivariable Calculus”). He is a member of the European Physics Society (E.P.S.) and of the Hellenic Astronomical Society (Hel.A.S.). |
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Vlasis Alkis |
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Voglis Nikolaos |
Position: |
Researcher, Academy of Athens |
PhD: |
1984, Dept. of Physics, University of Athens, Greece |
Thesis: |
The evolution of density fluctuations in the universe |
Supervisor(s): |
Contopoulos George |
Biography: |
Voglis Nikolaos (1948-2006)
Director of the Research Center of Astronomy and Applied Mathematics of the Academy of Athens, Greece. He was born in Avlon, Attica Greece and received the B.Sc. in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1971) and the Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of Athens, Greece (1984). He worked as Lecturer (1996-1990), Assistant Professor (1990-1996) and Associate Professor (1996-2000) in the Department of Physics, University of Athens and as Director of Research in the Research Center for Astronomy of the Academy of Athens (2000- 2001). His scientific interests were mainly the Dynamical Astronomy, the Galaxy Formation, the Cosmology, the Chaotic Dynamics and the Solitons. He had published more than 35 scientific papers in refereed journals and more than 40 papers in conference proceedings and special volumes / books. He has been honored with the Award of the Academy of Athens. He was a member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and of the Hellenic Astronomical Society (Hel.A.S.). |
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Vourellis Christos |
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Vourlidas Angelos |
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Voyatzi Despina |
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Voyatzis Georgios |
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