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Greeks with a PhD in Astronomy |
Vozikis Christos |
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Xanthakis John |
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Faculty, Academy of Athens |
PhD: |
1930, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Athens, Greece |
Thesis: |
A contribution to the theory of anomalies of first order differential equations |
Supervisor(s): |
Zervos Panagiotis |
Biography: |
John P. Xanthakis (1904 - 1994)
Member of the Academy of Athens, Emeritus Professor of Astronomy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (born 1904). He got the degree in Mathematics from the University of Athens, Greece (1925), the Ph.D. from the same University (1929) and further education at the University of Strasburg (1930-1934). He worked as a high school teacher (1934-1939), Professor at the National Military School of Athens (1939-1940) and as Professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1940-1956). He was elected as a member of the Academy on Athens in 1955 and he has served as its President (1964) and Publication secretary and member of its Governing Board since then. He has been twice a vice-minister of Agriculture in temporary Greek Governments (1963 and 1964) and Chairman to many boards of scientific societies. He had served for many years as a Chairman of the National Astronomical Committee. He had written many papers in mathematical Analysis, Astronomy (especially on solar activity) and 7 textbooks. A special “Compedium in Astronomy” has been published by D. Reidel Publishing Co. (1982) on the occasion of his 25 years scientific activity. He had been a warm supporter of the publication of the first edition of this list of Greek Astronomers (1992) as Chairman of the National Astronomical Committee. |
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Xanthopoulos Emily |
Position: |
Private Sector |
PhD: |
1992, Dept. Physics & Astronomy, York University, Canada |
Thesis: |
Broadband imaging of isolated and interacting Seyfert galaxies |
Supervisor(s): |
de Robertis Michael |
Biography: |
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Xanthopoulos Basilis |
Position: |
Faculty, University of Crete |
PhD: |
1978, Dept. of Physics, University of Chicago, USA |
Thesis: |
Exact vacuum solutions of Einsteins equation from linearized solutions. |
Supervisor(s): |
Geroch Robert |
Biography: |
Basilis Xanthopoulos was a greek theoretical physicist, who made several fundamental contributions in General Relativity and Gravitational Physics until his premature death on November 27, 1990.
He was born in Drama, Greece, on April 8, 1951 and studied Mathematics at the University of Thessaloniki. He continued his graduate studies at the University of Chicago (USA) where, in 1978, he obtained his PhD under the supervision of Robert Geroch. He taught and worked as a researcher at Montana State University and at the University of Syracuse (USA) and he was a visitor at Harvard University as well as at the Max Planck Institute of Astrphysics in Germany. He returned to Greece as Chief Assistant at the University of Thessaloniki (1979-1982) before joining the Department of Physics of the University of Crete as an Assistant Professor (1982-1983), Associate Professor (1983-1987), and Professor (1987-1990). He served as the Chairman of the Department of Physics from 1987 until the time of his death. A dedicated page on the life and work of Basilis Xanthopoulos is available in Greek at: https://xanthopoulos.physics.uoc.gr
Basilis was one of the closest collaborators of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (Nobel Prize in Physics 1983). They published together many important papers on black holes, colliding gravitational waves, space time perturbations, and other topics in General Relativity. |
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Xilouris Emmanouel |
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Xiluri-Lauria Kiriaki |
Position: |
Researcher, University of Arizona |
PhD: |
1991, Dept. of Physics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece |
Thesis: |
High Frequency Pulsar Polarization: Theory and Observations |
Supervisor(s): |
Seiradakis John |
Biography: |
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Xiradaki Evaggelia |
Position: |
Private Sector |
PhD: |
1990, Dept. of Physics, University of Athens, Greece |
Thesis: |
Spectral Classification of stars in the LMC clusters |
Supervisor(s): |
Kontizas Mary |
Biography: |
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Zachariades Haris |
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Zachariadis Theodossios |
Position: |
Researcher, Academy of Athens |
PhD: |
1984, Dept. of Physics, University of Ioannina, Greece |
Thesis: |
A contribution of the fine structure in solar active regions |
Supervisor(s): |
Banos George - Alissandrakis Constantine |
Biography: |
Researcher (retired), Research Center for Astronomy and Applied Mathematics Academy of Athens (since 2002). He was born in Athens on the 29th of April, 1944. He obtained the B.Sc. in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (1969), the M.Sc. in Meteorology from the University of Athens, Greece (1976) and the Ph.D. in Solar Physics from the University of Ioannina, Greece (1984). He has worked as a Research Assistant (1974- 1992) and as Senior Researcher (1992-2002) before the present position at the same Center. His main scientific interest is the Solar Physics. |
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Zacharopoulou Olga |
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Zachilas Loukas |
Position: |
Faculty, University of Thessaly |
PhD: |
1988, Dept. of Physics, University of Athens, Greece |
Thesis: |
Numerical and theoretical study of three dimentional stellar systems |
Supervisor(s): |
Contopoulos George |
Biography: |
Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Thessaly, Volos, Greece. He was born in Athens on the 10th of June, 1960. He received his B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Athens, Greece (1982) and his Ph.D. from the Department of Physics of the same University (1988). His scientific interests include Dynamical Astronomy, Chaotic Systems, Molecular Dynamics and Economic Dynamics. He is a member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), of the Hellenic Mathematical Society and he has been a Member of the Hellenic Astronomical Society (Hel.A.S.). |
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Zafiropoulos Basileios |
Position: |
Faculty, University of Patras |
PhD: |
1979, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manchester, United Kingdom |
Thesis: |
Flare stars observations at two frequencies.. |
Supervisor(s): |
Kopal Zdenek |
Biography: |
Assistant Professor (retired), Department of Physics, University of Patras, Greece. He was born in Patras, Greece on the 28th of November, 1947. He received his B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Patras (1973), the M.Sc. from the University of Manchester, U.K. (1979) and the Ph.D. from the same University (1981). His scientific interest is the Dynamical Astronomy (especially in the movements of binary stars and satellites) and he has published scientific papers in international refereed journals and in international conferences as well as 3 textbooks and a special calendar. |
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Zagouras Charalampos |
Position: |
Faculty, University of Patras |
PhD: |
1973, Dept. of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece |
Thesis: |
Second and third order variations in the restricted three body problem |
Supervisor(s): |
Goudas Constantine |
Biography: |
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Zapartas Emmanouil |
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Zesta Eftyhia |
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Zezas Andreas |
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Zhuleku Juxhin |
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Zikides Michael |
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Zouganelis Yannis |
Position: |
Researcher, European Space Agency |
PhD: |
2005, Astrophysics, Paris Diderot University - Paris VII, France |
Thesis: |
Solar wind physics : kinetic models and non thermal distributions |
Supervisor(s): |
Meyer-Vernet Nicole - Maksimovic Milan |
Biography: |
https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/personal-profiles/yannis-zouganelis |
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