Biographical notes
Date and Place of birth:1937, Thessaloniki, Hellas
Nationality:Hellenic
Education
BSc in Mathematics 1959, University of Thessaloniki
PhD in Physics and Astronomy 1965, University of Manchester, England
Career
1970 - 2004: Professor in the Chair of
Theoretical Mechanics,
Department of Physics,
Section of Astrophysics,
Astronomy and Mechanics,
Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece
From September 2004: Professor emeritus,
Department of Physics, University of Thessaloniki.
Corresponding member of the Academy of Athens,
2008
Other activities
- Member of the International
Astronomical Union (IAU).
- Member of the Scientific
Organizing Committee of Commission 7
(CelestialMechanics
and Dynamical Astronomy) of the IAU
(1979-1991, 2003-2006).
- Founding member of the European
Astronomical Society.
- Vice-Chairman of the Hellenic
Astronomical Society (1994-1998).
- Affiliated member of the Solvay
Institutes for Physics and Chemistry.
- Member of the Celestial Mechanics
Institute.
- Associate Editor of Celestial Mechanics and
Dynamical Astronomy.
- President of Commission 7 (Celestial Mechanics
and Dynamical Astronomy)of the International
Astronomical Union, 2000-2003.