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Professor of
Theoretical Physics
at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece
Born on April 10 1950
in Thessaloniki, Greece. From 1968 to 1973, undergraduate student at
the Physics Department, University of Thessaloniki. On June 1973 he
obtained the B.Sc. degree with the note “excellent” (9/10). From 1973
to 1978, graduate studies at McGill University (Montreal, Canada), in
the field of Theoretical Physics of Elementary Particles. On September
1978 he obtained the Ph.D. degree with the note “excellent”. During the
period 1978-1980, 1982-1983, he worked at College de France (Paris).
Since October 1980, professor of Theoretical Physics at the University
of Thessaloniki.
His scientific work is
centred on QCD, phenomenology of electroweak interactions, neutrino
astrophysics, cosmic rays, extra dimensions of space, strings and black
hole dynamics. He received the
- Empirikion prize for Natural Sciences (1988)
- Fulbright scholar the year in 1995
- National Research Council of Canada (NRC)
scholarship (McGillUniversity, 1974 - 1978)
- France - Quebec scholarship (College de France,
Paris, Sept. 1978 - March 1980)
- “Best Scientific Secretary” dinstinction
(Erice, Sicily,August 1979)
- Joliot - Curie scholarship (Ecole
Polytechnique, Paris, January 1981)
Member of the scientific council of NESTOR (Institute of Deep Sea
Research and Technology and Astroparticle Neutrino Physics).
Author also of articles, published in the press, on topics in the
interface of Science - Philosophy - Religion. Active participant in
discussion panels on interdisciplinary issues. Coordinator of the
project “Cosmos in Science and Religion” (Thessaloniki, June 2002-June
2004). Member of the editorial advisory board of the "European Journal
of Science and Theology". He gave numerous talks, as invited
speaker, in International Conferences and workshops.
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