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 - present: Professor in the Chair of Theoretical Mechanics,
 Department of Physics,
 Section of Astrophysics, Astronomy and Mechanics,
 Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece

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).
- 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.