Rovithis-Livaniou Heleni (PhD)
Position: Faculty
PhD: 1976, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Supervisor(s): Zdenek Kopal
Biography:
Assistant Professor (retired), Department of Physics, University of Athens, Greece, (since 1986). She was born in Serifos, Cyclades, Greece. She received her B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Athens, Greece (1969), her M.Sc. (1974), and her Ph.D. (1976), both from the Victoria University of Manchester. She has worked as Teaching Assistant in the Astronomical Laboratory at the University of Patras. (1970- 1973) and at the University of Athens (1974-1978) and as Chief Assistant in the latter (1978-1982). She became Lecturer in 1982 and Assistant Professor in 1986 at the Department of Physics of the University of Athens. Her scientific and research interests are both theoretical and observational. The first include Stellar Structure and Evolution of Binary Stars, and the latter ground based and satellite Photometric and Spectroscopic Observations of various types of variable stars, like eclipsing binaries, CVs, symbiotics, pulsating. On these subjects she has published about 230 papers. Moreover, she has published, in Greek, 20 scientific and a number of popular articles, while she is interested in the History and Education of Astronomy. Moreover, she has authored or co-authored Lecture Notes and Laboratory Exercises and edited the Proceedings of an International Astronomical Meeting.
Assistant Professor (retired), Department of Physics, University of Athens, Greece, (since 1986). She was born in Serifos, Cyclades, Greece. She received her B.Sc. in Mathematics from the University of Athens, Greece (1969), her M.Sc. (1974), and her Ph.D. (1976), both from the Victoria University of Manchester. She has worked as Teaching Assistant in the Astronomical Laboratory at the University of Patras. (1970- 1973) and at the University of Athens (1974-1978) and as Chief Assistant in the latter (1978-1982). She became Lecturer in 1982 and Assistant Professor in 1986 at the Department of Physics of the University of Athens. Her scientific and research interests are both theoretical and observational. The first include Stellar Structure and Evolution of Binary Stars, and the latter ground based and satellite Photometric and Spectroscopic Observations of various types of variable stars, like eclipsing binaries, CVs, symbiotics, pulsating. On these subjects she has published about 230 papers. Moreover, she has published, in Greek, 20 scientific and a number of popular articles, while she is interested in the History and Education of Astronomy. Moreover, she has authored or co-authored Lecture Notes and Laboratory Exercises and edited the Proceedings of an International Astronomical Meeting.