JANUARY  2024 - TOPICS

Short News Check your Address! Postdoctoral positions at IA-FORTH Upcoming Astronomy Meetings and Schools in Greece About this Newsletter

1. Short News

The GC wishes to all members of Hel.A.S. a Happy, Healthy and Productive NEW YEAR 2024! We would like to congratulate Dr. Ioannis Liodakis who was recently awarded the "2023 Prize in Memory of Academician Ioannis N. Xanthakis", by the Academy of Athens. The prize is awarded "for scientific work by a Greek researcher in Greek, English or French in the field of Astronomy, Astrophysics or Space Sciences".

2. Check your Address!

All members are strongly encouraged to verify that their postal and e-mail address listed in the online directory of the Society is up to date. Please inform the Secretary for any changes that may have occurred. Moreover, do inform us for any updates in your status, completion of PhD, new position, to share the good news with all the members of the Society.

3. Postdoctoral Positions at IA-FORTH

The Institute of Astrophysics at the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (IA-FORTH) invites applications for several post-doctoral positions broadly on supermassive black hole binaries to work in Prof. Maria Charisi's group, funded by the ERC Starting Grant MMMonsters. MMMonsters aims to detect supermassive black hole binaries using electromagnetic (time-domain) and gravitational-wave (via pulsar timing arrays) data and the combination of the two. For more information see here. The application deadline has been extended to January 15, 2024.

4. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings and Schools in Greece

"Supernova Remnants III: An Odyssey in Space After Stellar Death" 9-15 June 2024, Platanias Chania, Crete "Tidal Disruption Events and Nuclear Transients: Entering the Data-Rich Era" 2-6 September 2024, Heraklion, Crete The Nature and the Dynamics of Structures Observed in Galactic Disks (a WE Heraeus-EAS Early Career Researchers in Astronomy Workshop) 15-20 September 2024, Academy of Athens, Athens

5. About this Newsletter

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 February 1, 2024. Please send your announcements (e.g., appointments / departures, job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or comments before January 25, 2024. 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.