Haldoupis Christos (PhD)
Position: Faculty
PhD: 1978, Dept. of Environmental Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Supervisor(s): George Sofko
Biography:
Professor (retired), Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece. Born in Mendenitsa Lokris, Greece in 1947. He received the B.Sc. in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1970) and his Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada (1978). He is involved with the University of Crete since its beginning in 1978. He worked for two years (1979-81) as a Postdoctoral fellow in the Institute of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway, and as a reasearch associate (1984-85) in the Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewn, Canada. During the 20-year period from 1984 to 2004, he worked for a total of 3 years as a Research Scientist in the Max- Planck Institut fuer Aeronomie, Germany, for several months in the Universite de Paris VI (Pierre and Marie Curie), and for 6 months as a visiting professor in the Universite de Rennes I, France. Also he spent in 2005 four months as a visiting Professor in the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Japan. In the Physics Department, University of Crete, he is responsible for the Laboratory of Ionospheric Physics. His scientific interests are in Upper Atmospheric and Ionospheric Physics: Ionospheric coherent and incoherent radio wave scattering; Ionospheric Plasma irregularities and instabilities; midlatitude sporadic E-layers, formation, plasma instabilities and electrodynamics; Midlatitude E/F region electrodynamic coupling; Coupling of Mesosphere Lower Thermosphere (MLT) dynamics (winds, gravity, tidal and planetary waves) with sporadic E layer plasma; VLF propagation and ionospheric modification during thunderstorms and Transient Luminous Events (sprites and elves). Geophysical data analysis techniques. Radar coherent backscatter experimentation. Digital Ionosonde, Geomagnetometric and VLF subionospheric measurements. Also he has done applied research on wind potential and energy Studies. He is author of more than 90 refereed papers, and has about 20 invited talks and 140 presentations in international conferences. He received The Max-Planck Institute Golden Pin award for Research in 1999. He served as a guest editor of the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics and of Annales Geophsicae. He served as Associate Editor of the Radio Science Bulletin, and since 2006 he serves as associate Editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union and the European Geophysical Union.
Professor (retired), Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece. Born in Mendenitsa Lokris, Greece in 1947. He received the B.Sc. in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1970) and his Ph.D. from the University of Saskatchewan in Canada (1978). He is involved with the University of Crete since its beginning in 1978. He worked for two years (1979-81) as a Postdoctoral fellow in the Institute of Physics, University of Oslo, Norway, and as a reasearch associate (1984-85) in the Institute of Space and Atmospheric Studies, University of Saskatchewn, Canada. During the 20-year period from 1984 to 2004, he worked for a total of 3 years as a Research Scientist in the Max- Planck Institut fuer Aeronomie, Germany, for several months in the Universite de Paris VI (Pierre and Marie Curie), and for 6 months as a visiting professor in the Universite de Rennes I, France. Also he spent in 2005 four months as a visiting Professor in the Solar-Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Japan. In the Physics Department, University of Crete, he is responsible for the Laboratory of Ionospheric Physics. His scientific interests are in Upper Atmospheric and Ionospheric Physics: Ionospheric coherent and incoherent radio wave scattering; Ionospheric Plasma irregularities and instabilities; midlatitude sporadic E-layers, formation, plasma instabilities and electrodynamics; Midlatitude E/F region electrodynamic coupling; Coupling of Mesosphere Lower Thermosphere (MLT) dynamics (winds, gravity, tidal and planetary waves) with sporadic E layer plasma; VLF propagation and ionospheric modification during thunderstorms and Transient Luminous Events (sprites and elves). Geophysical data analysis techniques. Radar coherent backscatter experimentation. Digital Ionosonde, Geomagnetometric and VLF subionospheric measurements. Also he has done applied research on wind potential and energy Studies. He is author of more than 90 refereed papers, and has about 20 invited talks and 140 presentations in international conferences. He received The Max-Planck Institute Golden Pin award for Research in 1999. He served as a guest editor of the Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics and of Annales Geophsicae. He served as Associate Editor of the Radio Science Bulletin, and since 2006 he serves as associate Editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research - Space Physics. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union and the European Geophysical Union.