Vassiliki Pavlidou
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| Nationality | Greek |
| Citizenship | Greece |
| Alma mater | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
| Occupation | Astrophysicist |
Dr. Vassiliki Pavlidou is a astrophysicst, who works as a professor at the University of Crete[1]. Her research interests focus on cosmology, on high energy physics and on radio astronomy.[2]
Education
Pavlidou received her BSc from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1999. Then, 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.[1]
Research
She held a postdoctoral position at the Institute of Cosmology at the University of Chicago, where she stayed from 2005 to 2008[3]. She was awarded the Einstein scholarship at Caltech for the years from 2008 to 2011.[4][5] In 2010 she became Emeritus Professor, while in the year 2011-2012 she was visiting researcher at the Max-Plank Institute for Radioastronomy.[6] In 2012, she accepted a research position at the University of Crete[1], where in 2014 she is awarded the L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science» prize for Greece.[7] In 2018 she became Assistant Professor at the University of Crete.[1]
Research Interests
Pavlidou's research interests lie within Astroparticle physics και Cosmology.
Awards
Pavlidou has received a number of awards, including:
- το 2014, Award for Women in Science (Greece) L’Oreal-UNESCO[7]
- το 2008, GLAST (Einstein) Fellowship NASA[5]
- το 2002, Amelia Earhart Fellowship Zonta Foundation[8]
- το 1999, Theoretical Physics Fellowship Greek State Scholarships Foundation[9]
Science Communication
Pavlidou 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.[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Παυλίδου Βασιλική | Τμήμα Φυσικής". www.physics.uoc.gr. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ↑ "Person Info | Institute of Astrophysics". www.ia.forth.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.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "NASA - Meet the GLAST Fellows: Vasiliki Pavlidou". www.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ↑ "Welcome". www3.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Greek Astrophysicist Receives L'Oréal - UNESCO Award". GreekReporter.com. 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
- ↑ "Download Limit Exceeded". citeseerx.ist.psu.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ↑ "ΠΡΟΣΩΡΙΝΟΙ ΠΙΝΑΚΕΣ ΕΠΙΛΕΓΕΝΤΩΝ ΥΠΟΨΗΦΙΩΝ ΑΝΑ ΕΙΔΟΣ ΣΠΟΥΔΩΝ ΚΑΙ ΕΠΙΣΤ". webcache.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
- ↑ "KICP Workshops & Events | KICP Workshops, 2008". kicp.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2021-08-03.
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