Hel.A.S. Newsletter 312 - February 2024

FEBRUARY 2024 - TOPICS
 
  1. Short News
  2. Elections to Hel.A.S.
  3. Check your Address!
  4. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings and Schools in Greece
  5. About this Newsletter
1. Short News

We would like to congratulate Dr. Yannis Zouganelis (ESA) who recently became ESA's Solar System Coordinator and Executive Secretary of the SSEWG (Solar System and Exploration Working Group). The Society extends its best wishes for further success in his professional pursuits.

We would like to congratulate Dr. Maria Kopsacheili who has recently been awarded the "Juan de la Cierva Fellowship" , funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, that allows outstanding young researchers to establish a postdoctoral career in Spanish research institutions. Dr. Kopsacheili has been a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Space Sciences (ICE) in Barcelona since September 2022, after having received the ICE Junior Postdoctoral Fellowship. The Society extends its best wishes for further success in her professional pursuits.

We would like to congratulate Ms. Athanasia Gkogkou who has recently successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Intensity mapping from 2D to 3D: Evaluating the feasibility of interpreting upcoming data” at the Université Aix-Marseille in France under the supervision of Dr. Guilaine Lagache and Dr. Mathhieu Béthermin. Dr. Gkogkou has since moved as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Astrophysics & the Institute of Computer Science at the Foundation for Research and Technology - Helas. The Society extends its best wishes for further success in her professional pursuits.

We would like to congratulate Ms. Evangelia Liokati for successfully completing her PhD thesis at the Department of Physics of the University of Ioannina, under the supervision of Prof. Alexander Nindos. The thesis was entitled "A study of eruptive phenomena in solar active regions". The Society extends its best wishes to Dr. Liokati for further successes in her professional pursuits.

We would like to congratulate Dr. Stella Boula who has recently accepted an offer for a postdoctoral position at the Brera Astronomical Observatory, INAF, in Merate, Italy. Dr. Boula will work on the topic of  "Relativistic jets: from simulations to comparison with observations". The Society extends its best wishes for further success in her professional pursuits.

We would like to congratulate Stavros Avgoloupis, Emeritus Professor at the Univ. of Thessaloniki and Founding Members of our Society, who was recently awarded the "Praise of the the Kostas and Eleni Ourani Foundation" by the Academy of Athens, in recognition of his astronomy books for children.

We would like to inform our members that Dr. Georgia Tsiropoula has recently retired from her position of Director of Research (Researcher A), at IAASARS/NOA. The Society extends its best wishes and all the best for this new phase in her personal and professional life.

All members are encouraged to review the minutes of the 10th meeting and the 11th meeting of the Governing Council of HelAS, which took place on November 28, 2023 and January 18, 2024 respectively.

 
2. Elections to Hel.A.S.

The Governing Council of the Hel.A.S. informs all members that the next elections for the Council of the Society for 2024-2026 term will take place on Friday June 28 2024, along with the 43th General Assembly (GA). The call for nominations and the corresponding forms are already available in the "News and Events" section of the Society's website. More information on the forthcoming GA and the elections will become available in the following Newsletters. The elections will be organized according to the new Constitution of our Society which was approved during the 39th GA.

Please note that according to Article 29 of the Constitution only Ordinary Members of the Society who have no outstanding membership fees, that is they have paid their 2023 membership fee, may nominate themselves or other Ordinary Members for the Council and the Auditors. Moreover, all candidates must be residing in Greece during the time of their term in office (Article 27), as well as that the nomination forms have to be returned to the Secretary of the Society no later than February 29, 2024.

 
3. 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.

 
4. Upcoming Astronomy Meetings and Schools in Greece
 
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 March 1, 2024. Please send your announcements (e.g., appointments / departures, job openings, research opportunities, awards, conferences in Greece) or comments before February 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.

 


 
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