George Contopoulos#
| Membership Number: | 471 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GREECE |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2012 President of the Academy of Athens
- since 1997 Academician, Academy of Athens
- since 1996 Emeritus Professor of Astronomy University of Athens
- 1975 - 1996 Professor of Astronomy University of Athens
- 1957 - 1975 Professor of Astronomy University of Thessaloniki
Fields of Scholarship
- General astronomy
- Probability and statistics
- Celestial mechanics
- Cosmology
- Astrophysics
- Quantum mechanics
- Plasma physics
- Nonlinear systems
- Galactic dynamics
- General mathematics
- Dynamical astronomy
Honours and Awards
- 1982 American Astronomical Society, Brouwer Prize. Foreign Affiliate
- 1991 University of Chicago, Honorary Doctor's Degree
- 1967 - 1970 International Astronomical Union. President of Commission 33 (Galaxy)
- 1968 Member of the Royal Astronomical Society, Corresponding Member (elected 1971)
- 1979 - 1993 Chairman, European Journal "Astronomy and Astrophysics"
- 1989 - 2009 Associate Editor of the Journal "Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy"
