COST Action MP0905 Short Term Scientific Mission, €1,200 (2012)
Latsis Foundation grant for Scientific Studies, €12,000 (2011, PI)
IAU Travel Grants, €4,160 (2010–2015)
Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant, €100,000 (2009–2013, PI)
NSF Grant AST-0707982: “Most Massive Stars in the Local Universe”, $360,000 (Senior Personnel, 2007–2010)
Miscellaneous
88 papers in refereed journals (17 as first author,
39 as second/third author), plus circulars and
conference abstracts; publications cited >4,800 times
(h-index = 37)
(see ADS,
ORCID)
Seminar coordinator roles at Carnegie/DTM, STScI, and IAASARS
Invited talks and seminars at international
institutions (Hawaii, CTIO, Toronto, ESO, NASA/Goddard,
Academy of Athens, etc.) and conferences (e.g. invited
plenary talk at EAS 2025, June 2025)
Fluent in Greek; conversant in Russian; reading knowledge of French
Selected Telescope Time Allocations
Spitzer Space Telescope, Cycle 8 (GO 80063), 119
hrs in 2011–12
VLT 8-m telescope allocations for multiple programs
(>8 nights in 2009–2025)
DuPont 2.5-m telescope – PI (31 nights in 2005–2008)
Magellan 6.5-m telescope – PI (17 nights in 2006–2008)
Gemini Observatory 8-m telescope - PI (50 hrs in
2004, 2007)
MMT Observatory 6.5-m telescope - PI (5.5 nights in 2004)
W.M. Keck Observatory 10-m telescope - CoI (11
half-nights in 2002–2004)
MMT Observatory 6.5-m telescope - PI (5.5 nights in 2004)
Public Outreach & Media
Interview on ERTnews weekly TV show Syntheseis
(December 6, 2025)
100 Χρόνια Stellar Atmopsheres: Η Επανάσταση της
Cecilia Payne (NOA visitor centers, June 2025 & February
2026)