Announcements
17 September 2021
Prof. Dr. Ignatios Antoniadis Appointed Editor-in-Chief of Astronomy
We are pleased to announce that Prof. Dr. Ignatios Antoniadis has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of Astronomy (ISSN 2674-0346).
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Name: | Ignatios Antoniadis |
| Academic title: | Prof. Dr. | |
| Affiliation: | Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Énergies - LPTHE, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 4 Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France | |
| Homepage: | http://string.lpthe.jussieu.fr/members.pl?key=840 | |
| Research fields: | quantum field theory; particle physics phenomenology; quantum gravity; cosmology; string theory | |
| Education | ||
| 1983 | Doctorat d’Etat, école Polytechnique, Paris, France (EP) | |
| 1980 | Ph.D., école Normale Supérieure, Paris, France | |
| 1978 | DEA de Physique Théorique, Paris, France | |
| 1977 | B.Sc. Mathematics, National Kapodistrian University of Athens | |
| Employment record—Academic positions: | ||
| 2021 | International Franqui Chair, KU Leuven-ULB-VUB, Belgium (6 months) | |
| 2014–2020 | Senior Scientist, Institute for Theoretical Physics, AEC, Bern University | |
| 2015–now | Directeur de Recherche class 1 of CNRS, France | |
| 2009–2015 | In charge of the joint Master EP-ETHZ on High Energy Physics | |
| 2000–2014 | Senior Staff Member of CERN, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| 1997–2009 | Professeur chargé des cours of the école Polytechnique, France (part time) | |
| 1996–1997 | Scientific Associate, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| 1992–2015 | Directeur de Recherche class 2 of CNRS, France | |
| 1986–1988 | Fellow of CERN, Geneva, Switzerland | |
| 1986–1992 | Chargé de Recherche of CNRS, France | |
| 1983–1986 | Research Associate of SLAC Stanford, California, USA | |
| 1982–1986 | Attaché de Recherche of CNRS, école Polytechnique, France | |
| Employment record—Administrative positions: | ||
| 2020 | Evaluator of EU Marie-Curie programs | |
| 2019 | Evaluation committee HCERES of IHES, Bures-sur-Yvette, France | |
| 2015 | Evaluation committee of NORDITA, Stockholm | |
| 2014–now | Scientific Council of the ICTP-ECAR institute, Izmir, Turkey | |
| 2013–2018 | Scientific Advisory Committee of APPEC (Astroparticle physics European consortium) | |
| 2013–2016 | Board of Trustees of National Technical University of Athens | |
| 2013 | President of the evaluation committee AERES of UPMC (University Paris 6) | |
| 2013 | President of the search committee for the director of INPP institute of Demokritos | |
| 2011–2014 | Head of the CERN Theory Unit and deputy of the Physics Department | |
| 2011–2013 | Evaluation committee of the ARISTEIA grants of Excellence, Greece | |
| 2010–2013 | Organizer of the CERN Colloquium | |
| 2007–2009 | Senior jury of the Institut Universitaire de France | |
| 2005–now | Evaluation committees for the selection and promotion of professors, Greece | |
| 2003–now | Expert of grant evaluations for NSF (US), ANR (France), STFC (UK), JSPS (Japan), Italy, etc | |
| 1999–now | Member of Physics panels for EU actions (networks and ERC grants) | |
| Academic Awards | ||
| 2008 | European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Award of the EU. | |
| 2002 | Prix Special of the Société Française de Physique | |
| 2000 | Médaille d’Argent of the CNRS, France | |
| 1995 | “Honoris Causa” of the University of Ioannina, Greece | |
| 1995 | Particle Physics Award of the Bodosaki Foundation | |
The following is a short Q&A with Prof. Dr. Ignatios Antoniadis:
1. What appealed to you about the journal that made you want to take the role as its Editor-in-Chief?
I have known already other journals of MDPI (as part of the editorial board of Universe and Symmetry) and was attracted by the idea of setting up a new one.
2. What is your vision for the journal?
The main goals should be the scientific excellence from the members of the editorial board, the quality of publications and the referee procedure, so that it receives an excellent reputation within the scientific community of its research field.
3. What does the future of this field of research look like?
Astronomy from cosmology to astrophysics is a fascinating research field with recent breakthrough achievements and bright future in observations and in theories.
4. What do you think of the development of Open Access in the publishing field?
The concept is good and consistent with the principles of science, but I am skeptical of the way it is implemented. The cost of libraries in scientific institutions and universities is replaced by the participation to open access groups of journals, while many more are outside and apply a dual policy: imposing fees to authors or publishing without open access. This is not a healthy situation and it is becoming worse with the multiplication of journals.
