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Ioannis (Yannis) Kourakis

Professional affiliation:

Queen's University Belfast (QUB)
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Centre for Plasma Physics (CPP)
Office Q047 (IRCEP Physics Bldg.)
BT7 1 NN Northern Ireland, UK.

Contact:

Office Fax: +44 28 90 97 31 10
E-mail address: Please address ALL email correspondence to
Academic (non-research related) email (ONLY) may also be sent to:
Personal www pages: www.kourakis.eu, www.tp4.rub.de/~ioannis.

Research metrics www page: www.researcherid.com/rid/B-7885-2010.

Find us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ioannis.Kourakis.

Previous affiliation:

Ruhr Universität Bochum (RUB), Fakultät für Physik und Astronomie, Theoretische Physik IV (TP4), Gebäeude NB7/33, D-44801 Bochum, Germany.


  • VITAE information & PROFESSIONAL RESUME: follow this link.


  • RESEARCH - Publication List (+ reprints to download):

    - List of Publications in Refereed Journals; also: Publication List, as registered in ADS (NASA database): http://adsabs.harvard.edu ; Research metrics on Thomson Scientific.

    - List of Publications in Conference Proceedings and collective Volumes/Books;

    - Complete text of some recent Presentations and/or Invited Talks in Sci. Meetings / Conferences / Schools (talks/posters);

    - Some introductory texts/tutorials;

    - List of dissertations defended;


  • TEACHING (+ material to download):

    1. Teaching @ QUB, Postgraduate Level: MSc in Plasma Physics (web-based); detailed information on the MSc programme here.

    - Direct link to the MSc server on Moodle (restricted access): all courses (restricted access).

    i) QUB MSc Module PHY9013 - Introductory Plasma Theory; teaching material: 2011-12 on Moodle (restricted access); also: back years available (2010-11, 2009-10, 2008-09); 2007-08 (on Sharepoint).

    ii) QUB MSc Module PHY9016 - Laser Produced Plasmas; teaching material: 2011-12 on Moodle (restricted access); also: back years available (2010-11, 2009-10, 2008-09); 2007-08 (on Sharepoint).

    iii) QUB MSc Module PHY9014 - Short Projects; number of projects supervised in 2011-12, and also back years (2010-11, 2009-10, 2008-08: details to follow).

    iv) QUB MSc Module PHY9019 - Long Research Project; number of projects supervised in 2010-11, and also back years (2009-10, 2008-08: details to follow).

    2. Teaching @ QUB, Undergraduate Level: Applied Mathematics:

    - 2011-12 QUB Level 3 Module AMA3013 - Calculus of Variations and Hamiltonian Mechanics; also, in 2010-11 and in 2009-10 (50%); Course description; teaching material: on Queen's Online (QOL) (requires QUB access rights).

    3. Several, Teaching @ Summer Schools: introductory texts/tutorials.


  • ADMINISTRATION:

    - QUB - Queen's University Belfast, Postgraduate: Admissions Officer, Student Advisor, Assistant to the Course Coordinator: MSc in Plasma Physics: Student advising, admission selection/recruitment, monitoring tasks, Internationalisation and Outreach activities.

    - QUB - Queen's University Belfast, Undergraduate: Adviser of Studies (2011-12, 2010-11).

    - Direct link to the MSc server (restricted access): all courses (restricted access).


  • SCIENTIFIC ASSIGNMENTS, SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY:

    - External examiner of PhD theses (3 assignments in 2010-12: UK, Australia, Pakistan).

    - Reviewer for UK Research Councils (Royal Society, EPSRC).

    - Regular reviewer (referee) for international journals.

    - Member of the International Scientific Committee: 5th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference (CHAOS2012), Athens, Greece (12-15 June 2012).

    - Member of the Advisory Committee: International Scientific Spring - 2012 (ISS-2012), Islamabad, Pakistan (5-9 March 2012).

    - Member of the Local Organizing Committee: 30th International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases (ICPIG2011), Belfast, Nothern Ireland, UK (28 Aug.-2 Sept. 2011).

    - Member of the International Advisory Committee: XII Latin-American Workshop on Plasma Physics (XII LAWPP), Caracas, Venezuela (September 17-21, 2007).


  • MISCELLANEA / PRESS: international Press excerpts, publicity and Book Reviews: follow this link.


    Notice:

    This web page was conceived and is meant as a convenient working tool, only;
    as such, it is under constant revision and re-construction;
    it may be more elegant (with more personal stuff added, as well) soon: Keep patient! :-)

    (last update: 25 May 2010)


    PERSONAL SPACE: document retrieval area (transcripts, employment docs etc.): enter here.


    PHOTO Album: THE link is here: Aris in person :-) :-) :-) (Aristotelis Mihail Kourakis, born 29 May 2005): Aris in Crete, Greece (2006), in Bangor, NI, UK (2007), on Skype.


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