Professional Experience

Georgios Balasis is a Senior Researcher of the Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) at the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), Greece. Dr. Balasis received a BSc in Physics from the University of Athens (Greece) in 1995, followed by an MSc by Research with Distinction in Geophysics from the University of Edinburgh (UK) in 1997, an MSc in Condensed Matter Physics in 1998 and a PhD in Applied Electromagnetism in 2001 both from the University of Athens. From 2002 to 2006 he was the specialist for global electromagnetic induction in the CHAMP satellite team at GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) Potsdam. He returned to Greece in 2006 as an Assistant Researcher of the former Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing (ISARS) at NOA. He has published 50 refereed papers, which have received 978 citations (h-index=18), and has contributed 186 papers in international conferences. One of his papers was highlighted as Science magazine Editor's Choice in the field of Astrophysics (October 2006) and three other papers were highlighted as American Geophysical Union (AGU) Editor's Choice - Space Weather (February 2006, August 2008 and July 2011). He is an Editor for Magnetosphere and Space Plasma Physics of European Geosciences Union (EGU) journal Annales Geophysicae and Review Editor of Frontiers in Physics and Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. He currently serves as the National Greek Delegate to the Board of European Space Agency (ESA) Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Programme [since March 2009] and Secretary of Earth Magnetism and Rock Physics (EMRP) Division of EGU [since April 2014].

Research Interests

Georgios Balasis is a Senior Researcher of the Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) at the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), Greece. Dr. Balasis received a BSc in Physics from the University of Athens (Greece) in 1995, followed by an MSc by Research with Distinction in Geophysics from the University of Edinburgh (UK) in 1997, an MSc in Condensed Matter Physics in 1998 and a PhD in Applied Electromagnetism in 2001 both from the University of Athens. From 2002 to 2006 he was the specialist for global electromagnetic induction in the CHAMP satellite team at GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) Potsdam. He returned to Greece in 2006 as an Assistant Researcher of the former Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing (ISARS) at NOA. He has published 50 refereed papers, which have received 978 citations (h-index=18), and has contributed 186 papers in international conferences. One of his papers was highlighted as Science magazine Editor's Choice in the field of Astrophysics (October 2006) and three other papers were highlighted as American Geophysical Union (AGU) Editor's Choice - Space Weather (February 2006, August 2008 and July 2011). He is an Editor for Magnetosphere and Space Plasma Physics of European Geosciences Union (EGU) journal Annales Geophysicae and Review Editor of Frontiers in Physics and Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. He currently serves as the National Greek Delegate to the Board of European Space Agency (ESA) Space Situational Awareness (SSA) Programme [since March 2009] and Secretary of Earth Magnetism and Rock Physics (EMRP) Division of EGU [since April 2014].