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Accomplishments (1989-Present)

  • Research, promotion, and project development in the Earth/Planetary Sciences disciplines.

Participation in NASA funded missions to the inner and outer solar system. Extensive involvement with the United States, Canadian, European, and Japanese space agencies (NASA,CSA,ESA,NASDA).

  • Data Analysis for the Planetary Data System Geoscience, Planetary Plasma, and Small Bodies nodes, (PDSGEO,PDSPPI,PDSSBN). Participation with renowned US universities conducting

investigative planetary probe mission analysis through NASA,ESA, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL/Caltech).

  • Submissions to the International Astronomical Union Working Group for Planetary System

Nomenclature (IAU/WGPSN), for the official naming of planetary features (craters, mountains, volcanoes, continents, etc.) under IAU nomenclature conventions.

  • Participation in the United States Department of Energy/Education NEWTON "Ask A Scientist"

BBS at Argonne National Laboratory, where I was assigned the task of Planetary Science forum administrator.

  • Completion of planetary maps of the surface area of Venus in the English and Hellenic (Greek)

languages in Mercator projection, which have been archived and distributed worldwide.

  • Written articles in the fields of Space Exploration, Culture, Education, Medicine, Physics and Poetry, which have been published by the International News Media, and book and magazine publishers worldwide.
  • CBC Radio Interview Broadcasts on the subject of Solar System Exploration and Education, and

interviews by major newspaper publishers on the subject of IAU official planetary nomenclature.

see URLs:

http://www.archive.org/details/John_koulouris_esq_on_Cbc_radio_canada_on_mars


  • International Press, Media interviews, and News coverage, on Canadian planetary feature nomenclature (IAU/WGPSN adopted and approved).

see URLs:

http://www.archive.org/details/JohnKoulourisesq.AptnNationalNews_PlanetaryNomenclature

http://www2.canada.com/globaltv/national/news/story.html?id=489cc554-964e-41ca-b70a-76eac7307af0

http://www.chtv.com/ch/cjntmontreal/news/story.html?id=180b75cd-8d75-4dca-b7b0-806aa9676c51

http://www2.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=489cc554-964e-41ca-b70a-76eac7307af0

http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=17544014278&id=30866730061&index=3

http://news.therecord.com/printArticle/364675

http://www2.canada.com/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=3cea3a3b-2e7b-4cd0-b60b-57482b2f680d&k=37298

http://www2.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=489cc554-964e-41ca-b70a-76eac7307af0


Projects and Interests

  • Classical literature, Cultures, Philosophy, Sciences, Education and Poetry.

(Poetry and written Science articles have been published).

  • Participation in the BOINC ( Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network

Computing) SETI, ROSETTA, EINSTEIN, LHC, NANOHIVE, and QMC Projects. Participation also includes the STARDUST Comet Sample Return analysis project, the Mars Crater Marking project at Ames Research Center (ARC/NASA), and the FOLDING Project of Stanford University which focuses to understand protein folding, misfolding, and related diseases.


Awards Granted

Several awards granted for voluntary contributions towards science, education, and poetry.

Languages

English, French, and Hellenic (all spoken, written, and read).

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