Tsinganos Kanaris (PhD)
Position: Faculty
Webpage: http://users.uoa.gr/~tsingan/CV.pdf
PhD: 1981, Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Chicago, USA
Supervisor(s): Eugene Parker
Biography:
Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Athens, Greece. He was born in Filiatra, Messinias on the 29th of July, 1951. He obtained his B.Sc. in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1974) and the M.Sc. in Physics (1976) and the Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, U.S.A. He has worked as Research Associate at the Enrico Fermi Institute, Univ. of Chicago (1980-1981) and at the Harvard University (1981-1983) where he worked as a Lecturer (1983-84) before elected as Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, University of Crete (1984-1988). He worked at the University of Crete as Associate Professor at the Department of Physics (1988-1997) and as Professor, (1997-2001) before elected at his present position. He served as the President of the National Observtory of Athens from 2011 until 2016. He has worked as Visiting Professor at the University of St-Andrews (UK, 1991-1992), at the University of Torino (Italy) (1992) and at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, (Belgium) (1996), and as Visiting Scientist at the Observatoire de Paris (France) (1991-1992). For two years (1989 -2001) he has worked also as a Researcher at the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), IESL. His scientific interests include Plasma Astrophysics, Magnetohydrodynamics, Cosmical Magnetic Fields, Solar Physics, Solar and Stellar Winds, Accretion Disks, Star Formation, Cosmic Jets, Active Galactic Nuclei, Quasars, Black Holes, Plasma Equilibrium and Stability, Nonlinear Differential Equations and Space Instrumentation. He has published over 100 scientific papers in refereed journals and more than 100 papers in conference proceedings and special volumes / books. He has published three textbooks: “Classical Mechanics” (2002), “Introduction to Theoretical Mechanics” (2004) and “Plasma Physics/ Astrophysics” (2005). He is a member of the Hellenic National Committee for Astronomy (2002 -), Hellenic Delegate to ESA’s Science Program Committee (2004 -) and Member of the Hellenic Council for Research & Technology–Physics, Chemistry, Materials (2004 -). He is a member of the American Physical Society, of the American Astronomical Society, of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and a Founding member, Secretary (2002- 2006) and President (2006-2010) of the Hellenic Astronomical Society (Hel.A.S.).
Emeritus Professor of Astrophysics, Department of Physics, University of Athens, Greece. He was born in Filiatra, Messinias on the 29th of July, 1951. He obtained his B.Sc. in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1974) and the M.Sc. in Physics (1976) and the Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, U.S.A. He has worked as Research Associate at the Enrico Fermi Institute, Univ. of Chicago (1980-1981) and at the Harvard University (1981-1983) where he worked as a Lecturer (1983-84) before elected as Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, University of Crete (1984-1988). He worked at the University of Crete as Associate Professor at the Department of Physics (1988-1997) and as Professor, (1997-2001) before elected at his present position. He served as the President of the National Observtory of Athens from 2011 until 2016. He has worked as Visiting Professor at the University of St-Andrews (UK, 1991-1992), at the University of Torino (Italy) (1992) and at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, (Belgium) (1996), and as Visiting Scientist at the Observatoire de Paris (France) (1991-1992). For two years (1989 -2001) he has worked also as a Researcher at the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH), IESL. His scientific interests include Plasma Astrophysics, Magnetohydrodynamics, Cosmical Magnetic Fields, Solar Physics, Solar and Stellar Winds, Accretion Disks, Star Formation, Cosmic Jets, Active Galactic Nuclei, Quasars, Black Holes, Plasma Equilibrium and Stability, Nonlinear Differential Equations and Space Instrumentation. He has published over 100 scientific papers in refereed journals and more than 100 papers in conference proceedings and special volumes / books. He has published three textbooks: “Classical Mechanics” (2002), “Introduction to Theoretical Mechanics” (2004) and “Plasma Physics/ Astrophysics” (2005). He is a member of the Hellenic National Committee for Astronomy (2002 -), Hellenic Delegate to ESA’s Science Program Committee (2004 -) and Member of the Hellenic Council for Research & Technology–Physics, Chemistry, Materials (2004 -). He is a member of the American Physical Society, of the American Astronomical Society, of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and a Founding member, Secretary (2002- 2006) and President (2006-2010) of the Hellenic Astronomical Society (Hel.A.S.).