Biography

• 1961-1986, Junior Research Associate Riga Polytechnical Institute
• 1974, Visiting Professor, Corneal University (Ithaca
  Ithaca
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  ), Iowa State University
  Iowa State University
  Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant and space-grant research university located in Ames, Iowa, United States. Iowa State has produced astronauts, scientists, and Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, along with a host of...
  
   (Ames
  Ames, Iowa
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  ), University of California, Berkeley
  University of California, Berkeley
  The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
  
  , USA
• 1976, Visiting Scientist, McGill University
  McGill University
  Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
  
   (Montreal
  Montreal
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  ), Canada
  Canada
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• 1993, Visiting Professor, Manchester University, GB
  Great Britain
  Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
  
  
• 1986-1994, Professor, Riga Technical University
  Riga Technical University
  Riga Technical University is located in Riga, Latvia.- Riga Polytechnical Institute, 1862-1918 :...
  
  
• 1990 - Director Institute of the Physical Energetics, Latvian Academy of Sciences
• 2004 - President Latvian Academy of Sciences

Honours and awards

• Order of the Three Stars
  Order of the Three Stars
  Order of the Three Stars is order awarded for merits in service for Latvia. It was established in 1924 in remembrance of founding of Latvia. Its motto is "Per aspera ad astra"...
  
   (Latvia
  Latvia
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  ), 2009
• The Latvian Academy of Sciences Alfreds Vitols Prize, 1999

Research Projects

• J.Ekmanis (Administrator, Latvian Academy of Sciences). INCO - COPERNICUS #20533: Creation and Development of Fellow Members to the Innovation Relay Centres in Latvia. European Commission (1997–1999)
• J.Ekmanis (Coordinator, Latvian Academy of Sciences). Project IPS1999 02066 “INNOLAT”- IRC LATVIA. European Commission (1999–2001)
• J.Ekmanis (Coordinator, Latvian Academy of Sciences). Project “IRC-LATVIA. Contract # IRC 4.60 European Commission (2002–2004)
• J.Ekmanis (Head of the Latvian Part of Programme). Inter-Baltic Energy Research Program (1996–2000)
• J.Ekmanis (Head of Project). Latvian Heat Energy Production and Consumption System, Optimisation. Latvian Council of Science Program (1996–2000)
• J.Ekmanis (Programme Director). Basic and Applied Research Based on the Feasibilities of the VIRAC Radiotelescopes and Their Employing for Receiving, Processing and Transmitting of the Cosmic Information. Latvian Council of Science (2001–2004).
• J.Ekmanis (Programme Director). Optimisation of Heat Energy Production in Latvia. Latvian Council of Science (2001–2004).
• J.Ekmanis (Head of Programme, Latvian Academy of Sciences). Innovation Relay Centre Latvia – Promoter of Transnational Technology Transfer within EU IRC Network (LATIRC). Contract No 510423 (IRC6) European Commission (2004–2006)
• J.Ekmanis (Programme Director).VIRAC Research Equipment and Establishment of R&D Infrastructure for Long-term Radioastronomy and Satellite Observations in the Framework of Latvian and International Programmes. Latvian Council of Science (2005–2008).
• J.Ekmanis (Programme Director).Promotion Energy Efficiency and Renewable Resources as the Basis for Secure Power and Fuel Supply and Sustainable Development of the Latvian Energy Sector.Latvian Council of Science (2006–2009).
• J.Ekmanis(Programme Director).Development of Modern Methods and Technologies for Utilisation of Renewable Energy Resources, Rational Use of Energy and Improvement of Security of Energy Supply. National Research Program (2006–2009)
• J.Ekmanis (Expert) Special Preparatory Programme for Structural Funds. Contract # LE805.03/0001 European Commission (2000–2002)
• J.Ekmanis (Expert) Analysis of Policy Instruments and Identification of Tools for the Implementation of Rational Energy Use and Renewable Energy Sources in EU Candidate Countries. Contract # NNE5/2001/421 European Commission (2002–2005)

External links

• CV — Professor Juris EKMANIS
• Ирина Акопова, Науку уничтожить невозможно