Vagenas Elias
Position: Faculty, Kuwait University PhD: 2002, Dept. of Physics, University of Athens, Greece Thesis: Thermodynamics and Hawking radiation of low dimensional black holes Supervisor(s): Christodoulakis Theodosios Biography: https://sites.google.com/site/evagenas
Vaiopoulos Dimitrios
Position: Faculty, University of Athens PhD: 1976, Dept. of Physics, University of Athens, Greece Thesis: Stellar Evolution with Variable gravitational constant Supervisor(s): Laskarides Paul - Contopoulos George Biography: Dimitrios Vaiopoulos (1941-2019( was Emeritus Professor at the Department of Geology, University of Athens, Greece. He was born in Karditsa, Thessaly, Greece on the 5th of May, 1941. He received his B.Sc. from the Department of Mathematics of the University of Athens, Greece (1968) and his Ph.D. from the Physics Department of the same University (1977). He has held the position of Assistant and Head Assistant at the Laboratory of Astronomy, Department of Physics, University of Athens (1968 – 1980). His research interests included the construction of mathematical models in astronomy, astrophysics, geology, physicogeography and dynamic systems, the latter mainly including the motion of heavenly bodies, as well as for the processing of data from remote sensing. He completed more than 125 research projects that have been published in peer reviewed Greek and International journals or have been presented in Greek and international meetings. He had been the author of 6 scientific publications and of many scientific articles in printed or electronic form in the areas of mathematical geography, informatics, applications in space science and technology, geomathematics and statistics. He was a member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and of the Hellenic Astronomical Society (Hel.A.S.).
Valaris Evangelos
Position: Private Sector PhD: 2000, Engineering Sciences, University of Patras, Greece Thesis: Three dimentional periodic motion of a charged particle in the field of two dipoles and a complete solution of the dynamical problem with two degrees Supervisor(s): Goudas Constantine Biography:
Valogiannis George
Position: Postdoc, University of Chicago PhD: 2020, Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, USA Thesis: Testing gravity with cosmology: efficient simulations, novel statistics and analytical approaches Supervisor(s): Bean Rachel Biography:
Vamvatira-Nakou Chloe
Position: Private Sector, Infrabel PhD: 2015, Dept. of Astronomy, University of Liege, Belgium Thesis: Studies of nebulae ejected from massive stars based on observations with the Herschel space observatory Supervisor(s): Hutsemekers Damien Biography: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vamvatiranakou/
Vardaxis George
Position: Private Sector, The Aerospace Corporation PhD: 2015, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University, USA Thesis: Advanced mission planning and impact risk assessment of near-Earth asteroids in application to planetary defense Supervisor(s): Wie Bong Biography:
Vardoulaki Eleni
Position: 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 Biography:
Varvoglis Harry
Position: 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.
Varvoglis Petros
Position: 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:
Vasilopoulos Georgios
Position: Postdoc, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens PhD: 2018, MPE, Technical University of Munich, Germany Thesis: Study of highly magnetised accreting neutron stars in the Magellanic Clouds and beyond Supervisor(s): Haberl Frank - Greiner Jochen Biography:
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:
Vassiliadis Emanuel
Position: Private Sector PhD: 1993, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Australian National University, Australia Thesis: Evolution from AGB star to planetary nebula Supervisor(s): Wood Peter - Dopita Michael Biography: https://au.linkedin.com/in/evassiliadis
Vavoulidis Miltiadis
Position: High School Teacher PhD: 2008, Dept. of Physics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece Thesis: Rotating relativistic stars Supervisor(s): Kokkotas Konstantinos Biography:
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).
Vernardos Georgios
Position: Postdoc, Lehman College - CUNY PhD: 2015, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Thesis: Data intensive quasar microlensing Supervisor(s): Fluke Christopher - Croton Darren Biography:
Vika Marina
Position: Private Sector PhD: 2011, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom Thesis: Supermassive black holes : the local supermassive black hole mass function Supervisor(s): Driver Simon Biography:
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 Supervisor(s): Biography:
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.
Vlahakis Nektarios
Position: Faculty, University of Athens PhD: 1998, Dept. of Physics, University of Crete, Greece Thesis: Analytical modeling of Cosmic Winds and Jets Supervisor(s): Tsinganos Kanaris Biography:
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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