Kanaris Tsinganos

<p class="MsoNormal">Kanaris Tsinganos is a Professor of theoretical astrophysics at the University of Athens. With a PhD from the University of Chicago under Eugene Parker. The author has lectured at the Universities of Chicago, Harvard, Paris, Louvain, St.Andrews, Turin, Porto, Crete, and Athens. He has held several distinguished positionsincluding a Directorship of the historic National Observatory of Athens, a Presidentship of the Hellenic Astronomical Society, and national representation to ESA/SPC. He has published over 300 research papers and books, including University textbooks on theoretical mechanics and plasma astrophysics, while he has also organized many international conferences and advanced study institutes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">His ongoing research topics are theoretical astrophysics and magnetohydrodynamics with applications to our Sun, star formation and the study of plasma jets from newborn stars, AGN, quasars and black holes and participates in space missions, such as Solar Orbiter and Proba 3.</p>