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Andreas Papageorgiou

Dr Andreas Papageorgiou

Deputy Director of Learning and Teaching
Research Associate
Astronomy Instrumentation Group
Cardiff Hub for Astrophysics Research and Technology

School of Physics and Astronomy

Email
PapageorgiouA@cardiff.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29208 76992
Campuses
Queen's Buildings, Room N/3.22, 5 The Parade, Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 3AA

Overview

Since 2008, I've been full-time involved with with all pahses of space telescope missions [Selection, Pre-launch, Post-launch Comissioning, Operations, Post-Operations], in particular with DefinitionImplementation and finally Operation of the Science Ground Segment of such missions.

Space-telescope projects

Current

  • ARIEL - Atmospheric Remote-sensing Exoplanet Large-survey - (2015 -  ), planned for launch in 2028

Previous

  • Herschel Space Observatory SPIRE Instrument Control Centre (2008-17)
  • EChO - Exoplanet Characterization Observatory (2013-14, ESA M3 Proposal)
  • BETTII - Balloon Experimental Twin Telescope for Infrared Interferometer (2013-14)

Research

  • Extra-solar planets
  • Sub-millimetre astronomy, Galaxy Evolution
  • VLBI Phase-Referencing
  • VLBI Polarimetry, AGN, parsec-scale Radio Jets

Teaching

  • Module Organiser: PX1224 Computational Skills For Problem Solving
  • Deputy Module Organiser: PX2134 Structured Programming
  • Deputy Module Organiser: PX3144 Electromagnetic Radiation Detection
  • Deputy Module Organiser: PX3315 Physics Project
  • Deputy Module Organiser: PX4245/PXT145 Exoplanets and the Search for Life
  • Y1 & Y2 Tutorials
  • Project Supervisor (Y3, Y4, MSc)
  • Postgrad Lecture: "An introduction to scan-imaging in Astronomy"

Admin

  • Deputy Director of Learning & Teaching
  • Year 1 Head Tutor
  • Extenuating Circumstances board member

Other committees

  • Dignity at Work Contact, PHYSX

Publication

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