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
- Quantum Mechanics
- General Mathematics
- Dynamical Astronomy
- Probability and Statistics
- Cosmology
- Celestial Mechanics
- Nonlinear Systems
- General Astronomy
- Astrophysics
- Plasma Physics
- Galactic Dynamics
Honours and Awards
- 1982 American Astronomical Society, Brouwer Prize. Foreign Affiliate 1984
- 1991 University of Chicago, Honorary Doctor's Degree
- International Astronomical Union. President of Commission 33 (Galaxy) 1967-1970
- 1989 Member of Academia Europaea
- 1967 Member of the Royal Astronomical Society. Corresponding Member (elected 1971)
- European Journal "Astronomy and Astrophysics", Chairman 1979-1993
- 1989 - 2009 Associate Editor of the Journal "Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy"
