29/12/2005

Prof. Emmanuel Anagnostou is among the winners of the Marie Curie Excellence Awards, which were awarded in Dublin on 9 December 2005. The objective of the Awards is the public recognition of excellence in researchers that have benefited, in the past, from the union's support for training and activity.

Prof. E. Anagnostou is a graduate of the National Technical University of Athens, Faculty of Civil Engineers. He continued his postgraduate and doctoral studies on Hydrometeorology at the University of Iowa. He has worked, notably, in a research laboratory of NASA, the National Observatory of Athens, as well as the Universities of Connecticut, Iowa, Padova and the National Technical University of Athens. His research interests include remote sensing application in hydrometeorology and the forecasting of hydrological hazards, new technologies and techniques for the remote sensing of water, etc.

As a scholar of the Marie Curie programme, he returned to Greece and got involved in flood forecasting. According to him, the reasons for his return are mainly personal. Regarding his professional motives, which he also considers important, he claims that research in Greece has made great progress in recent years.

The other researchers awarded are Arno Rauschenbeutel from Germany, working on quantum processing, Sofia Calero from Spain, working on developing calculation methods for designing multi-functional nanomaterials, neuroscientist Juan Bolanos from Spain and Maria Pia Cosma from Italy, who is involved with genetics science.

Commenting on the Awards, Janez Potocnik, the Commissioner on Research topics, underlined that the activity programme offers researchers in Europe important career opportunities, while the Chairman of the Committee for the Marie Curie Awards, renowned astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell noted that these scientists will be a positive model for younger researchers.

Source: European Commission