Vassilis Charmandaris#
| Membership Number: | 7441 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Affiliated section(s): | PHYSICS |
| Elected: | 2026 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GREECE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.physics.uoc.gr/~vassilis |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-2688-1956 |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/charmandaris |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/vassilis/ |
| Publication Link: | https://www.physics.uoc.gr/~vassilis/publications.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2025 - present Chairman of the Board of Directors of FORTH, Greece
- 2022 - present Adjunct Research Professor, European University Cyprus
- 2014 - present Professor, Dept. of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
- 2019 - 2025 Director of Institute of Astrophysics, FORTH, Greece
- 2019 - 2025 Director of Skinakas Observatory, University of Crete & FORTH, Greece
- 2013 - 2018 Director of IAASARS, National Observatory of Athens, Greece
- 2005 - 2009 - 2014 Assistant/Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
- 1999 - 2005 Research Associate, Astronomy Department, Cornell University, USA
- 1997 - 1999 “Marie Curie” Postdoctoral Fellow, Observatoire de Paris, France
- 1996 - 1997 Postdoctoral Researcher, Service d’Astrophysique, CEA-Saclay, France
Fields of Scholarship
- Interacting galaxies and AGN
- Observational extragalactic astrophysics
- Galaxy evolution
- Infrared & millimeter observations
- Mid-/far-infrared properties of Luminous Infrared Galaxies
Honours and Awards
- 2026 "Lodewijk Woltjer Lecture", European Astronomical Society
- 2024 “Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques” by the French Republic
- 2023 Public Service Award, University of Crete, Greece
- 1997 “Marie Curie” Postdoctoral Fellowship, Observatoire de Paris
- 1996 Outstanding PhD Thesis Award, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Iowa State University, USA
- 1992 Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Iowa State University, USA
- 1989 J.W. Fulbright Fellowship for PhD studies in the USA
