Nikolaos Kylafis
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Born | Nea Avorani, Greece | 1 January 1949
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Doctoral advisor | Donald Q. Lamb |
Nikolaos Kylafis (Greek: Νικόλαος Κυλάφης) is a Greek Theoretical Astrophysicist, who is professor emeritus[1] at the Department of Physics of the University of Crete, Greece.
Kylafis contributed to the founding of the Astrophysics Group of the University of Crete and the Foundation for Research & Technology - Helas (FORTH) in 1985 and led, together with his colleague Ioannis Papamastorakis, the effort to create the Institute of Astrophysics at FORTH in 2018.[2] He has been teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in the Department of Physics since 1985. He has published research works in refereed journals.[3]
Education
Nikolaos (Nick) Kylafis was born in Nea Avorani, Greece, on 1 January 1949, where he grew up. In 1966 he was admitted at the Department of Physics of the University of Patras and graduated in 1971.[citation needed] The next year he started his graduate studies in the US at the University of Illinois from where he received his master's degree in 1973 and PhD in 1978. His PhD dissertation was entitled "X and UV radiation from accreting non-magnetic degenerate dwarfs"[4] and it was completed under the supervision of Donald Q. Lamb.[5]
Academic career
After a short break to complete his compulsory military service in Greece, Kylafis continued his academic career as a postdoctoral fellow at
Academic recognition
In 2019, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, the Institute of Astrophysics of FORTH founded the "Nick Kylafis Lectureship"[10] in recognition of his 35 years of scientific and administrative leadership, which contributed to the creation of the Institute of Astrophysics in 2018.[11] Under the auspices of the Lectureship, one distinguished Theoretical Astrophysicist is invited annually at FORTH for a brief visit.[12]
The scientists who have been awarded the Lectureship are:
- 2019, Rashid Sunyaev,[13] Director Emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany[14]
- 2020, Joseph Silk, Professor Emeritus at University of Oxford, UK[15]
- 2021, Ewine van Dishoeck, Professor at Leiden University, The Netherlands[16]
- 2022, Observatoire de Paris, France [17]
- 2023, Steven Balbus, Savilian Professor of Astronomy at the University of Oxford, UK[18]
Scientific contributions
Kylafis has contributed to topics related to the production and transfer of radiation in spiral galaxies,
Selected publications
- Kylafis, N.D., Bahcall, J. N., "Dust Distribution in Spiral Galaxies", 1987, ApJ, 317, 637
- Xilouris, E. M.; Byun, Y. I.; Kylafis, N. D.; Paleologou, E. V.; Papamastorakis, J. "Are spiral galaxies optically thin or thick?", 1999, A&A, 344, 868
- Titarchuk, L.; Mastichiadis, A.; Kylafis, N. D., "X-Ray Spectral Formation in a Converging Fluid Flow: Spherical Accretion into Black Holes", 1997 ApJ, 487, 834
- Goldreich, P.; Kylafis, N. D., "On mapping the magnetic field direction in molecular clouds by polarization measurements", 1981, ApJ, 243, 75
- Kylafis, N. D.; Lamb, D. Q., "X-ray and UV radiation from accreting degenerate dwarfs", 1982, ApJS, 48, 239
References
- ^ a b "Kylafis Nikos | Department of Physics". www.physics.uoc.gr. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ Λακασάς, Απόστολος (March 2018). "Στην Κρήτη Ινστιτούτο Αστροφυσικής | Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ". www.kathimerini.gr. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
- ^ "Nick Kylafis". scholar.google.gr. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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- ^ "ΙΝΣΤΙΤΟΥΤΟ ΑΣΤΡΟΦΥΣΙΚΗΣ ΣΤΟ ΙΤΕ: Το όραμα έγινε πράξη σε δέκα χρόνια". ΠΑΤΡΙΣ (in Greek). 1 March 2018. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ ""Διάλεξη Ν. Κυλάφης" για την αστροφυσική - ertnews.gr". www.ertnews.gr (in Greek). 24 October 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
- ^ "Rashid Sunyaev". Wikipedia. 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Ένας διάσημος αστροφυσικός στο Ηράκλειο". ΠΑΤΡΙΣ (in Greek). 24 October 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
- ^ "Το μέλλον της κοσμολογίας στη "διάλεξη Κυλάφη"". ΠΑΤΡΙΣ (in Greek). 1 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Η διάσημη Αστροφυσικός Ewin van Dishoeck ομιλήτρια στο ΙΤΕ". RethNea.gr (in Greek). 19 October 2021. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
- ^ "Nick Kylafis Lectureship". FORTH Institute of Astrophysics. Retrieved 9 August 2022.
- ^ "Διακεκριμένη διάλεξη «Νικόλαος Κυλάφης 2023» στο ΙΤΕ - HANIA.news" (in Greek). 16 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
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