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Professor Emeritus of Astronomy and Astrophysics. Born in Athens, in 1948, Costas Alissandrakis obtained his Degree in Physics from the University of Athens (1966-1971) and his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland (1971-1977) under the supervision of M. R. Kundu. Upon his return to Greece he was employed at the University of Athens as a research associate at the Laboratory of Astronomy (1977-1978), as a teaching/research associate (επιμελητής) in the Laboratory of Astrophysics (1978-1982), as a lecturer (1982-1986) and assistant professor (1986-1994) in the Department of Physics. In 1994 he became professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics in the University of Ioannina, a position from which he retired in 2015. He has also held several visiting positions abroad. He has served as a member the Organizing Committee of Commission 10 (Solar Activity) of the International Astronomical Union (1985-1988), the Greek National Committee for Astronomy (1994-1999), the board of the Solar Physics Section, European Physical Society (1994-1999), the board of the Community of European Solar Radio Astronomers (CESRA, 1996-2000) and as national representative of Greece to the board of JOSO (Joint Organization for Solar Observations, 1995-2000). His research focuses on solar physics, including the solar chromosphere and corona, solar radio emission, solar magnetic fields, and plasma flows. He has been a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (1991-2008), the European Parliament (1999-2004), and the Hellenic Parliament (2007-2009).

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Coordinator of the local Plasma Physics research team associated with the participation of the University of Ioannina in the National Program of Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion. Member (national delegate) of Fusion Physics Committee (1999-2002) and Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (2002-2007) of EURATOM.  Research interests focused on theoretical studies of plasma equilibrium, stability, relaxation and dynamics, primarily in relation with magnetically confined fusion plasmas,  in the framework of a variety of models, such as magnetohydrodynamics, multi-fluid, hybrid fluid-kinetic, reduced kinetic  and fully kinetic ones.