Dr. Georgios Balasis

Dr. Georgios Balasis is a Research Director of the Institute for Astronomy, Astrophysics, Space Applications and Remote Sensing (IAASARS) at the National Observatory of Athens (NOA), Greece. Dr. Balasis received a BSc in Physics from the University of Athens (Greece) in 1995, followed by an MSc in Research with Distinction in Geophysics from the University of Edinburgh (UK) in 1997, an MSc in Condensed Matter Physics in 1998 and a PhD in Applied Electromagnetism in 2001 both from the University of Athens. From 2002 to 2006 he was the specialist for global electromagnetic induction on the CHAMP satellite team at GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) Potsdam, Germany. He returned to Greece in 2006 as an Assistant Researcher at the former Institute for Space Applications and Remote Sensing (ISARS) at NOA. He continues to be involved in magnetic satellite missions; in particular, he is a member of the Data Quality Group and Validation Team of the Swarm satellite mission of the European Space Agency (ESA). His primary interest lies in Space Physics, with a focus on magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling and space weather using information theory approaches and complex systems methods. He currently serves as an Editor for the MDPI journals Atmosphere, Geosciences, and Heritage.