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Dr. Niarchos, President of Greece's largest research institution visits CCNY
The City College of New York in collaboration with the office for Economic & Commercial Affairs of the Embassy of Greece in Washington DC welcomes Dr. Dimitris Niarchos, Director and President of the Board of the Greek National Centre of Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS" (NCSR-Demokritos) on Tuesday October 13, 2009.
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Oct 13, 2009 from 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM |
| Where | NAC building in Room 1/214 |
| Contact Name | Dr. Angelo Lampousis |
| Contact Phone | (212) 650-6984 |
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Jeff Steiner, Professor and Chair, City College of New York, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences |
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The City College of New York in collaboration with the office for Economic & Commercial Affairs of the Embassy of Greece in Washington DC welcomes Dr. Dimitris Niarchos, Director and President of the Board of the Greek National Centre of Scientific Research "DEMOKRITOS" (NCSR-Demokritos) on Tuesday October 13, 2009.
NCSR-Demokritos is Greece's largest self-governing research institution, under the supervision of the Greek Government (for additional background information visit: http://www.demokritos.gr/istoriko_uk.asp).
Dr. Niarchos will be guest lecturer at the City College Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences in the context of a new course on global climate change. This course is a component of the general education core program for all non-science majors (about 65% of entering freshman in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences). The lecture will take place at City College's NAC building in Room 1/214 and it is open to the public.
Dr. Niarchos will meet with CCNY officials, including Dr. Daniel E. Lemons, Dean of Sciences of the City College of New York and Dr. Jeff Steiner, Chair of the City College Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, among others. Following months of preparation on behalf of both institutions, Dr. Niarchos' visit is expected to culminate into the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between City College of New York and NCSR-Demokritos.
For more information on Dr. Dimitris Niarchos' itinerary you may contact CCNY Seminar Series Faculty Coordinator Dr. Angelo Lampousis at alampousis@ccny.cuny.edu or call (212) 650-6984.
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Dimitris Niarchos - Biography
Dr. Niarchos is an internationally recognized materials scientist and has assumed the leadership of the NCSR “Demokritos” as of May 9th 2005. He received his B.Sc (1972) and PhD (1978) from the Department of Physics of the University of Athens, Greece. He became a Post-Doctoral Fellow of the University of Chicago in 1979 and in 1981 was appointed as Assistant Professor at the Physics Department of the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago Illinois until 1985, then returned to Greece as a scientist at the Institute of Materials Science of the NCSR “Demokritos”. In 1994 he was elected as Director of the Institute of Materials Science and from 1996-1999 as V. President of the Center. He also has been Associate Professor of the University Joseph Fourier- CNRS-Lab Lois Neel, Grenoble France in 1989. His scientific activities cover a wide span of the materials science, such as: Nanostructured Magnetic Materials, Superconducting Materials, Magnetic MEMS, Left-Handed Magnetic Materials, Combinatorial Magnetic Materials synthesis, Energy.
He managed his own portfolio of research grants in excess of €8 M and has co-authored more than 350 publications in refereed journals, with more than 3000 citations and more than 150 publications in domestic and foreign workshops and summer schools. He has supervised 19 PhD students and 11 Master’s Theses.
Niarchos’ many scientific services include current positions, as member of the committee for the new law of Science and Technology in Greece, coordinator of the committee for the Large Scale Facilities National Roadmap, member of the ESFRI EU project, National representative to the JRC –Center of EU from 1996-1998 and National Representative to the NMP program of the EU from 2004-2006, external advisor and evaluator of the EU and National Research programs. He also was among the starting members of the EU funded project CEAM, president of the Greek Foresight Exercise group on Materials and advisor to a number of start-up companies in USA and Greece.
As head of the NCSR “Demokritos”, Dr Niarchos is an opinion leader on several subjects including Nanoscience and Magnetic Materials, Energy and Metamaterials development, health and application of radiopharmaceuticals and accelerator and reactor science. He plays a key role in developing mechanisms and the environment for technology transfer. His interviews have appeared in daily journals, magazines and on television.
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