Information regarding ΛISA-GR

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With the recent developments within the LISA Consortium, following the adoption of the mission by both ESA and NASA,  existing Working Groups are being refined, while new Member Groups are being established by institutions, universities, and countries eager to contribute meaningfully to this groundbreaking scientific endeavor.

Greece has officially formed its own Member Group, named ΛISA-GR, comprising 16 core members and a broader community of contributing scientists. The group is led by Dr. Nikolaos Karnesis of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, who was elected as Team Leader. Dr. Kyriakos Destounis from CENTRA-IST has been elected as the group’s Representative to the Consortium Council.

We recognize and celebrate all members, across both Working and Member Groups, whose dedicated efforts drive forward this inspiring collaboration, paving the way for the eventual success of the LISA mission.

More information will appear on this website as group and Council meeting progress in order to better understand the new era of the LISA Constortium.​

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ΛISA-GR and the LISA Consortium news

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• 12/05/2025: The main items on the agenda concerned the creation of our LISA Consortium Greek Team:                                          1. Organization (soft rules, representative(s), members, etc)                                                                                                                           2. Resources (book-keeping, documents, etc)                                                                                                                                                     3. Plan forward (actions, internal meetings, etc)                                                                                                          Memorandum of Understanding and Code of Conduct of the LISA Consortium Greek Team was established. It can be found in this google doc.                                                                                                                               

• 19/05/2025: Official formation of the ΛISA-GR: The Greek Team of the LISA Consortium! The Group Leader was voted. Dr. Nikolaos Karnesis will be serving for the next four years.                                                             

• 12/06/2025 (LISA): We are in the process of forming the first Council of the new LISA Consortium. The Council is the primary governing body of the new Consortium and has the decision-making authority within the Consortium governance structure. The Council will be responsible for setting the scientific and administrative priorities of the Consortium and will comprise of two of the chairs from each Working Group, Member Group Representatives, Science Working Group Representatives and the Consortium Spokesperson and LISA Science Team representative.                                                                                                                                            

• 13/06/2025: Official establishment of the ΛISA-GR Member Group of the LISA Consortium. Dr. Kyriakos Destounis was elected as the Representative of the Team for the next four years. A new era of Greek LISA Science has begun!                                                                                                                                                                                   

• 26/06/2025 (LISA): With the adoption of the LISA mission by the European Space Agency, the scientific community is organizing itself into a revitalized LISA Consortium. To celebrate this transition and to begin organizing the scientific and engineering community around the exciting work needed to bring LISA to fruition, you are warmly invited to an online kick-off meeting that aims to bring together long-time LISA community members and people new to the LISA effort. The evolved LISA Consortium kick-off meeting will be on June 26 at UTC 13:00-16:00 via zoom (the link will be available about a week before the meeting). The meeting is open to all interested people regardless of consortium membership status and aims to share the evolution of the consortium structure and membership with brief presentations from the working groups. It will also present the wider LISA landscape, status of the mission, new consortium governance, and interaction with ESA, NASA, and the LISA Science Team. There will be ample time for Q&A.                                                                   

         Notes from the meeting: ...