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.