Vasiliki Pavlidou is a Greek astrophysicst and Full Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Crete[1] and an Affiliated Faculty at the Institute of Astrophysics - Foundation for Research & Technology - Helas.[2] Since July 2023 she serves as an associate editor in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Astronomy & Astrophysics[3] Her research interests focus on cosmology, high energy physics and radio astronomy.[4]
Vasiliki Pavlidou | |
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| Nationality | Greek |
| Alma mater | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Chicago University of Crete Caltech |
| Thesis | An Analytic Model of Environmental Effects on Cosmic Structure Formation and an Application to Cosmic Accretion Shock. (2005) |
Education
editPavlidou received her BSc from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1999. She continued her studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, where she completed her doctoral thesis on astrophysics, and received her doctoral title in 2005.[5]
Research
editFrom 2005 to 2008, Pavlidou held a postdoctoral position at the Institute of Cosmology at the University of Chicago.[6] From 2008 to 2011 she was awarded the Einstein scholarship at Caltech.[7][8] In 2010 she was elected as an assistant professor at the University of Crete, but that appointment was delayed due to the financial crisis in Greece. In 2011-2012 she was visiting researcher at the Max-Planck Institute for Radioastronomy[9] and in 2012 she accepted a temporary research position at the University of Crete.[5] Her delayed appointment as an assistant professor at the University of Crete finally begun in 2013, and she was successively promoted to associate professor in 2018 and Full Professor in 2023.[5]
Pavlidou has been the chair of the management panel of the RoboPol collaboration since 2012.[10]
Science communication
editPavlidou has promoted science communication by giving talks and presentations to the general public. She has been in the organizing committee of workshops targeting a specialist audience.[11] Vasiliki Pavlidou together with Konstantinos Tassis have developed two introductory astronomy MOOCs for the general public at the mathesis platform.[12][13]
Awards
edit- 1999 Theoretical Physics Fellowship Greek State Scholarships Foundation[14]
- 2002 Amelia Earhart Fellowship Zonta Foundation
- 2008 GLAST (Einstein) Fellowship NASA[8]
- 2014 Award for Women in Science (Greece) L’Oreal-UNESCO[15]
Selected publications
edit- Pierre Auger Collaboration; J Abraham; P Abreu; et al. (1 November 2007). "Correlation of the highest-energy cosmic rays with nearby extragalactic objects". Science. 318 (5852): 938–943. arXiv:0711.2256. doi:10.1126/SCIENCE.1151124. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 17991855. Wikidata Q34712024.
- J Abraham; P Abreu; Marco Aglietta; et al. (4 August 2008). "Observation of the suppression of the flux of cosmic rays above 4 x 10 (19) eV". Physical Review Letters. 101 (6): 061101. arXiv:0806.4302. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.101.061101. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 18764444. Wikidata Q27350475.
- J. Abraham; M. Aglietta; I.C. Aguirre; et al. (May 2004). "Properties and performance of the prototype instrument for the Pierre Auger Observatory". Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. 523 (1–2): 50–95. doi:10.1016/J.NIMA.2003.12.012. ISSN 0168-9002. Wikidata Q57533100.
References
edit- ^ "Pavlidou Vasiliki | Department of Physics". www.physics.uoc.gr. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "Person Info | Institute of Astrophysics".
- ^ "Astronomy & Astrophysics (A&A)".
- ^ "Person Info | Institute of Astrophysics". www.ia.forth.gr. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ a b c "Παυλίδου Βασιλική | Τμήμα Φυσικής". www.physics.uoc.gr. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "Physics Tree - Vasiliki Pavlidou". academictree.org. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "Cosmic magnifying lens reveals inner jets of black holes". EurekAlert!. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ a b "NASA - Meet the GLAST Fellows: Vasiliki Pavlidou". www.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ^ "Welcome". www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "RoboPol". robopol.physics.uoc.gr.
- ^ "KICP Workshops & Events | KICP Workshops, 2008". kicp.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ^ "Journey to the Universe - First Stop: The solar system". mathesis.cup.gr.
- ^ "Journey to the Universe - Second Stop: Are we alone?". mathesis.cup.gr.
- ^ "ΠΡΟΣΩΡΙΝΟΙ ΠΙΝΑΚΕΣ ΕΠΙΛΕΓΕΝΤΩΝ ΥΠΟΨΗΦΙΩΝ ΑΝΑ ΕΙΔΟΣ ΣΠΟΥΔΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΠΙΣΤ" [Provisional Tables of Selected Candidates by Type of Study and Majority]. www.iky.gr (in Greek). Archived from the original on 4 Aug 2021. Retrieved 2021-08-04 – via webcache.googleusercontent.com.
- ^ "Greek Astrophysicist Receives L'Oréal - UNESCO Award". GreekReporter.com. 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2021-08-03.