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Athanasios (Thanos) MANOS
Citizenship:  Greek
Address:              
ETIS Laboratory, CNRS UMR 8051
CY Cergy Paris Université - CY Tech - Institut des Sciences et Techniques                      
2 av. Adolphe Chauvin                       
95302 Cergy-Pontoise Cedex France                       
Site: St Martin / Office: 586
e-mail:                   thanos.manos@cyu.fr, thanos.manos@gmail.com
web-page:           https://sites.google.com/site/thanosmanos/

Education

2020: Habilitation à  Diriger des Recherches (HDR) in Physics
​Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modélisation, CY Cergy Paris Université, ​Cergy-Pontoise France.
Title: "Non Linear Dynamics in Complex Systems: From Quantum Systems to Brain Neurons and Galaxies"
Supervisor (Garant): Professor A. Torcini
Thesis defense: 15 December 2020 -  ​Cergy-Pontoise (France)

2008: PhD in Physics under international co-direction
Laboratoire Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), Université d'Aix-Marseille I, France &
Center for Research and Applications of Nonlinear Systems (CRANS), University of Patras, Greece.
Title: "A Study of Hamiltonian Dynamics with Applications to Models of Barred Galaxies".
Supervisors: Professor E. Athanassoula and Professor T. Bountis.
Thesis defense: 7 November 2008 - Marseille (France), Graduated with honors (excellent/très honorable)

2004: Master in Applied Mathematics
Center for Research and Applications of Nonlinear Systems (CRANS), University of Patras, Greece
Title: "Regular and Chaotic Dynamics of Multi -Degree of Freedom Hamiltonian Systems".
Supervisor: Professor T. Bountis.

2001: B.Sc. in Mathematics
Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece

Research activity, work experience and visits

• 01/09/2022-today: Associate Professor (HDR), Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Technology, ETIS Laboratory of CNRS, CY Cergy Paris University, (lecturer at the Bachelor Program "International Bachelor Data Science by Design" organized by the CY Cergy Paris University and ESSEC Business School) Cergy-Pontoise, France.

• 01/09/2019-31/08/2022: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modélisation, CY Cergy Paris University, (lecturer at the Bachelor Program "International Bachelor Ygrec in Modelling and Data Science" organized by the CY Cergy Paris University and ESSEC Business School) Cergy-Pontoise, France.

• 23-27/05/2022: Research visit, Department of Computer Science, Centre for Complexity Science, University of Warwick, UK.

• 04-08/04/2022: "Research in Paris" visit, Institut Henri Poincaré, France.

• 01/09/2014-31/08/2019: Research scientist, Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7), Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Jülich, Germany.

• 01/10/2011-31/08/2014: Research scientist, CAMTP-Center for Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Maribor & School of Applied Sciences, University of Nova Gorica (joint project), Slovenia.

• 08/11-03/12/2013: "Research in Paris" visit, Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, France.

• 06/10-20/10/2013: FAPESP visit-grant, Department of Astronomy, IAG,University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

• 01/05-30/09/2011: Postdoctoral fellow, Center for Research and Applications of Nonlinear Systems (CRANS), Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece.

• 01/01-31/04/2011: Research associate, School of applied sciences, University of Nova Gorica, Ajdovščina, Slovenia & Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece.

• 10/05-31/12/2010: Invited researcher, University of Nova Gorica,School of applied sciences, Ajdovščina, Slovenia.

• 01/01-09/05/2010: Research associate, Universitá di Firenze/Dipartimento di Energetica "Sergio Stecco", Florence, Italy.

• 01/07-31/12/2009: Postdoctoral fellow, Universitá di Firenze/Dipartimento di Energetica "Sergio Stecco", Florence, Italy.

• 01/05-30/06/2009: Invited researcher, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany.

• 01/01-30/04/2009: Research associate, Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece & Laboratoire de Marseille Provence (LAM), Université d'Aix-Marseille, France.

• 10/11-31/12 2008: ANR postdoctoral fellow, Université de Provence, Laboratoire de Marseille Provence (LAM), Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille-Provence (OAMP), France.

• 05/06-23/06/2006: Invited researcher, Observatoire de Paris, IMCCE, Paris, France.

Editorial board membership

• Scientific Reports - Editorial Board Member (2023 - )

• Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience (Research Topic) - Guest Associate editor (2023 - 2024)

• Frontiers in Physiology (Fractal and Network Physiology) - Guest Associate editor (2021 - 2022)

• Mathematics (MDPI) journal (Special Issue  "Advances in Chaos Theory and Dynamical Systems") - Guest editor (2022--2023)

Reviewer in Journals
Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Astrophysics and Space Science, Biological Cybernetics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Canadian Journal of Physics, Central European Journal of Physics, Chaos, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, Chinese Journal of Physics
Entropy, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, Frontiers in Physiology  (Fractal and Network Physiology), Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience , International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics, Lecture Notes in Physics, Meccanica, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Physica A, Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, PLoS Computational Biology, Physics Letters A, Scientific Reports

Research support, Awards and Grants

• National Institutes of Health (NIH) - National Institute On Aging - R21/R33 research grant (University Of Illinois Chicago, University of Pittsburgh and CY Cergy Paris University).

• EUTOPIA PhD cotutelle funding scholarship, CY Cergy Paris University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel, France-Belgium.

• CY Initiative – CY Generations 2023 research project - "Slow and low dimensional dynamics in the brain", CY Cergy Paris University, France.

• 2022-2023: Computing Time (Human Brain Project/EBRAINS: European Neuroscientists) on the Jülich Supercomputing Centre cluster CPU/GPU (project ID: 25228), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany.

• 2021-2024: Incentive and scientific excellence bonus for the period 2016-2017 to 2019-2020 / Prime d’intéressement et d’excellence scientifique (PIES) - Période d’évaluation: 2016/2017 - 2019/2020, CY Cergy Paris University, France.

• Apr-Sept 2022: Master (M2) 6-month funded internship (Cognitive Group), CY Cergy Paris University, France.

• 2021-2024: PhD cotutelle funding - Labex MME-DII Admission, CY Cergy Paris University and University of Warwick, France.

• Mar-Aug 2021: Master (M2) 6-month funded internship (Cognitive Group, CY Cergy Paris University, France.

• April 2022: "Research in Paris" visit-grant, Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, France

• 2020-2022: Research grant Labex MME DII (ANR-11-LBX-0023-01), CY Cergy Paris University, Cergy-Pontoise, France

• 2018-2019: Computing Time on the Supercomputer JURECA cluster CPU/GPU (project ID: CJINM71), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany

• 2015-2018: Computing Time on the Supercomputers JUQUEEN and JURECA cluster (3 proposals, project ID: JINB33), Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany

• November 2013: "Research in Paris" visit-grant, Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, France

• October 2013: FAPESP visit-grant, Department of Astronomy, IAG,University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

• 2012-2014: Financial support of the Slovenian Research Agency ARRS, CAMTP - Center for Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics,  University of Maribor & School of Applied Sciences, University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia

• 2011-2012: Complex Matter research support under the auspices of the ERA Complexity Network [Patras (GR), Brussels (B), Manchester (UK) and Twente (NL)], Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece

• 2005-2007: Pythagoras II Grant, Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece

• 2005: Marie Curie COFUND Fellowship, Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille-Provence, Université d'Aix-Marseille I, France

• 2004-2007: Karatheodoris Scholarship, Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece

• 2004: Association of Physical and Biological Processes Acting on Recruitment and Post-recruitment of Anchovy - Research support (external collaborator), Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece

• 2004: 2nd best poster award, 17th International Sum. School/Conf. "Nonlinear Dynamics: Chaos and Complexity", University of Patras & Ancient Olympia, 14-26 July, Greece

Presentations in Conferences

1. Bernstein Conference, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany,  Sep 29-Oct 2, 2024 (poster presentation).

2. International Multiple Sclerosis Cognition Society, Bern, Switzerland, 2-3 Sep, 2024 (poster presentation).

3. 30th Summer School-Conference "Dynamical Systems and Complexity'", Calandra University Camping, Halkidiki, Greece, 28 August - 6 September, 2024 (invited speaker).

4. Days of Applied Nonlinearity and Complexity, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece 12-14 January 2024 (oral presentation).

5. 1st EBRAINS National Node Germany Workshop, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany 26 September 2023 (invited speaker).

6. 29th Summer School ``Dynamical Systems and Complexity'', NCSR Demokritos, Greece, 17-26 July 2023 (invited oral presentation).

7. Computational Neuroscience (CNS) Conference 2023, Leipzig, Germany, 15-19 July 2023 (invited oral presentation).

8. Human Brain Project Summit 2023, Marseille, France, 28-31 March 2023 (poster presentation).

9. Online Conference on Nonlinear Science and Complexity,  Thessaloniki, Greece, 26-29 September, 2022 (invited oral presentation).

10. 28th Summer School “Dynamical Systems and Complexity” dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Prof Thanasis Fokas, Chania, Greece, 18-26 July 2022 (invited oral presentation).

11. Symposium: From Cortical Microcircuits to Consciousness, Institut Catholique de Paris, 11–13 April 2022 (poster presentation).

12. Outstanding Challenges in Nonlinear Dynamics 2022, École de Physique - Les Houches, 20-25 March 2022 (oral presentation).

13. NeuroFrance 2021, International virtual conference, 19-21 May 2021 (poster presentation).

14. Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2020), online, 23 June - 3 July 2020 (poster presentation).

15. 28th Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting CNS*2019, Barcelona, Spain, 13--17 July 2019 (poster presentation).

16. INM/ICS Retreat 2019, Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany, 25--26 June 2019 (tutorial & poster presentation).

17. Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM 2019), Rome, Italy, 9--13 June 2019 (poster presentation).

18. INM/ICS Retreat 2018, Research Centre Jülich, Jülich, Germany, 2--3 July 2018 (poster presentation).

19. Analysis and Modeling of Complex Oscillatory Systems, Barcelona, Spain, 19--23 March 2018 (poster presentation).

20. INM/ICS Retreat 2017, Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany, 11--12 July 2017 (poster presentation).

21. International Workshop on Brain-Inspired Computing: Computational Models, Algorithms and Applications, Cetraro, Italy, 12--16 June, 2017 (oral presentation).

22. Dynamics Days Latin America and the Caribbean, Puebla, Mexico, October 24 - November 01, 2016 (oral presentation).

23. Perspectives in Nonlinear Dynamics 2016 (PNLD 2016), Humboldt-University Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 24--29 July 2016 (oral presentation).

24. 5th INM Retreat 2016, Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany, 5--6 July 2016 (co--organizer and poster presentation).

25. XXXVI Dynamics Days Europe, Corfu, Greece, 6--10 June 2016 (oral presentation).

26. 4th INM Retreat 2015, Research Center Jülich, Jülich, Germany, 17--18 September 2015 (co--organizer and poster presentation).

27. 5th Ph.D. School/Conference on "Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems", University of Patras, Patras, Greece, 20--30 July 2015 (2 invited lectures).

28. "Japan-Slovenia Seminar on Nonlinear Science", Nara Women’s University, Kansai, Japan, 28-29 October 2014 (invited talk).

29. Waseda AICS Symposium and the 14th Slovenia-Japan Seminar: "New Challenges in Complex Systems Science", Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan 24-26 October 2014 (invited talk).

30. “Quantum and classical chaos: What comes next?”, symposium in honour of Prof. Marko Robnik on the occasion of his 60th birthday, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana 9–11 October 2014 (co–organizer and oral presentation).

31. 4th PhD Summer School/Conference on "Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems", Kritiki Estia, Athens, Greece, 14-25 July 2014 (oral and two poster presentations).

32. 9th International Summer School/Conference: "Let's face chaos through nonlinear dynamics", University of Maribor, Slovenia, 22 June - 6 July 2014 (invited lecture and two poster presentations).

33. 12th Christmas Symposium of Physicists, Mariner, Slovenia, 12-14 December 2013 (oral presentation).

34. 3rd European PhD School: Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Heraklion, Greece, 15-27 July 2013 (oral presentation).

35. International Workshop on Methods of Chaos Detection and Predictability: Theory and Applications, Dresden, Germany, 17-21 June 2013 (oral and poster presentation).

36. 6th International Workshop on Quantum Chaos and Localization Phenomena, Warsaw, Poland, 24-26 May 2013 (poster presentation).

37. 11th Christmas Symposium of Physicists, Mariner, Slovenia, 6-8 December 2012 (oral presentation).

38. European Conference on Complex Systems, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 3-7 September 2012 (oral and poster presentation).

39. Conference on Disordered Quantum Systems - Special thematic school supported by CNRS, Institut Henri Poincaré, Paris, France, 18-22 June 2012 (poster presentation).

40. 10th Christmas Symposium of Physicists, Maribor, Slovenia, 8-10 December 2011 (oral presentation).

41. 9th Christmas Symposium of Physicists, Maribor, Slovenia, 9-11 December 2010 (oral presentation).

42. Nonlinear Dynamics and Complexity: Theory, Methods and Applications, Thessaloniki, Greece 12-16 July 2010 (oral and poster presentation).

43. Hamiltonian Approaches of ITER Physics, Marseille, France, 2-6 November 2009 (oral presentation).

44. Vlasovia - International Workshop on Theory & Applications of the Vlasov Equation, Marseille, France, 31 August - 4 September 2009 (oral presentation).

45. 22nd Summer School-Conference: "Nonlinear Science and Complexity", Pescara, Italy, 15-31 July 2009 (poster presentation).

46. 21st International Conference "Nonlinear Science and Complexity" Athens, Greece, 21 July - 2 August 2008 (oral and poster presentation).

47. Chaos in Astronomy, Athens, Greece, 17-20 September 2007 (oral and poster presentation).

48. 20th Conference and Summer School "Complexity and Nonlinear Dynamics", Patras, Greece, 19-31 July 2007 (poster presentation).

49. Chaos, Complexity and Transport: Theory and Applications, Marseille, France, 4-8 June 2007 (poster presentation).

50. 19th International Conference and Summer School "Complexity and Nonlinear Dynamics", Thessaloniki, Greece, 10-22 July 2006 (poster presentation).

51. 7th Astronomy Conference of the Hellenic Astronomical Society, Kefallinia, Greece, 8-11 September 2005 (oral presentation).

52. 5th International Conference "The Fabulous Destiny of Galaxies: Bridging Past and Present", Marseille, France, 20-24 June 2005 (poster presentation).

53. Semaine de l'Astrophysique Française Journées de la SF2A, Strasbourg, France, 27 June - 1 July 2005 (poster presentation).

54. 1st IC-SCCE, Athens, Greece, 8-10 September 2004 (oral presentation).

55. 17th International Sum. School/Conf. "Nonlinear Dynamics: Chaos and Complexity", University of Patras & Ancient Olympia, Greece, 14-26 July 2004 (poster presentation).

Schools, Conferences and Colloquiums participation

• Human Brain Project Summit, Maastricht, the Netherlands, 15-18 October 2018.

• Human Brain Project Colloquium at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Jülich, Germany, 4 October 2018.

• 1st International Spring School on Physics -Introduction to Quantum Field Theory and Applications, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia, 3-7 June 2013.

• Out of the box conference - on innovative ways to improve the culture of living, Maribor, Slovenia, 15-17 May 2012.

• Symposium on Physics in Honour of Professor Wolfgang Kundt, CAMTP - Center for Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Maribor, Slovenia, 19 October 2011.

• PhD School "Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems", Patras, 18-30 July 2011.

• 15th Summer School/Conference "Nonlinear Dynamics: Chaos and Complexity", University of Patras, 19-30 August 2002.

• 14th Summer School/Conference "Nonlinear Dynamics: Chaos and Complexity", University of Patras, 23 July - 3 August 2001.

• 1st International Seminar on "Mathematics of Computers and Decision Making", University of Patras, 25-26 May 2001.

• 12th Summer School/Conference "Nonlinear Dynamics: Chaos and Complexity", University of Patras, 14-24 July 1999.

Computer skills
Programming Languages: Fortran 77/90/95, Python, R
Parallel Programming: OpenMP, MPI
Symbolic Computing: MATLAB, Mathematica, Maple
Operating Systems: Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS
Neural Simulation Platforms: The Virtual Brain, NEST/NESTML, AUTO
Other Programs: FSL, FreeSurfer, Microsoft Office, LaTeX, GnuPlot, Origin, FrontPage

Training Courses

• Formations Français Langue Étrangère pour la recherche, Centre de langue française, CY Cergy Paris Université, Cergy, France 5-16 December 2022.

• H2020 & Horizon Europe training, MIR - Maison Internationale de la Recherche, rue Descartes, 95000 Neuville-sur-Oise, France 10–11 March 2020.

• Formation Think Design, Strate (Ecole de design), Saint-Ouen, France 2–4 September 2019.

• First JuPluS training: Supervision 101, Research Centre J¨ulich, Germany, 30 January 2019.

• "Research Funding in Germany and Europe'', Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, 18 April 2018.

• "HHU Research funding day'', Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, 7 March 2018.

• "Porting code from Matlab to Python'', Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, 9--10 October 2017.

• "The Virtual Brain (TVB) workshop - Node #5", Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France, 15--16 May 2017.

• "Structural plasticity hackathon", Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, 22--24 March 2017.

• "Code Generation from Model Description Languages II", Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, 7--9 December 2016.

• "How to lead and coach PhD candidates", Forschungszentrum  Jülich, Germany, 8 November 2016.

• "NESTML Community Workshop", Chair of Software Engineering of RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, December 7-8, 2015.

• "Introduction to the programming and usage of the supercomputer resources at Jülich", Forschungszentrum  Jülich, Germany, 27-28 November 2014.

• "Data analysis and data mining with Python'',  Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, 17-19 November 2014.

Other academic activities

• Proposal reviewer for the South Africa’s National Research Foundation (NRF) - 2024.

• PhD thesis jury member - Arnau Dillen, international cotutelle between  CY Cergy Paris Université (France) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), October  2024.

• Member of PhD thesis monitoring committee - Alessandra Calvi, CY Cergy Paris Université, Cergy-Pontoise, France (2022).

• Grade Professeur des universités: Qualifié, Section 34 - Astronomie, astrophysique (2022).

• Proposal reviewer for the EUTOPIA European University (EUTOPIA SIF - Science and Innovation Fellowship Programme).

• Proposal reviewer for the CY Initiative of Excellence (Fellows-in-Residence Programme).

• Proposal evaluator for the Human Brain Project (2020).

• Member of the hiring committee for a W2 position (Professorship) at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (2018).

• Member of the committee for the inverse appointment of a director of the INM-7 at the Research Centre Jülich (2017).

• Elected INM-7 representative member in the Scientific-Technical Council (WTR) at the Research Centre Jülich (2015-2019).

Memberships

• Société des Neurosciences.

• Member of the Organisation of the Human Brain (OHBM).

• Member of the Organisation for Computational Neurosciences (CNS).

Languages
Greek: Native, English: Fluent, French: Advanced, Spanish: Advanced, German: Intermediate