Loucas Christophorou#
| Membership Number: | 3812 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2014 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GREECE |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2001 - Present Permanent member of the Academy of Athens, Director of the Office of Research in Experimental Physics and Chair of Academy’s Energy Committee
- 1995 - 2001 Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
- 08/1990 - 09/1991, Visiting Professor, Free University of Berlin, Germany
- 1964 - 1997 Ford Foundation Professor of Physics, University of Tennessee (concurrent position)
- 1963 - 1995 Researcher, head of the Atomic and Molecular Radiation Physics Program; Corporate Fellow; Senior Corporate Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Technological innovations derived from basic research
- Electron, chemical and plasma physics
- Atomic and molecular radiation physics
- Energy production and use and its impact on society and the environment
- Interactions of photons, slow electrons, and ions with atoms and molecules
Honours and Awards
- 2013 Member of EASAC’s Presidium
- 2012 Member of the Highest Governing Council of the University of Thessaloniki
- 2011 Corresponding Member of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 2009 Honorary Doctor of Science degree, University of Patras, Greece
- 2003 Dedication of The Second International Symposium on Low Energy Electron Molecule Interactions, Poland, 2003, to Loucas G. Christophorou on his 65th birthday
- 2001 Permanent Member of the Academy of Athens
- 2000 Distinguished Visiting Scientist, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- 1997 Medal of The Order of Phoenix of Greece
- 1995 Senior ORNL Corporate Fellow Emeritus
- 1991 Senior ORNL Corporate Fellow
- 1991 Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Research Award (for excellence in teaching and research), Germany
- 1981 ORNL Corporate Fellow
- 1976 Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
- 1974 Fellow, American Physical Society
- 1969 DSc University of Manchester UK
- Ten awards from ORNL/Martin Marietta Energy Systems (for significant event, invention, publication, technical achievement, and excellence in research)
