I was born in Livadeia, Greece, a small town two hours away from Athens, close to Delphi. I was admitted to the Physics Department of the University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1967. I graduated with honors and worked for several months under the supervision of Prof. G. Contopoulos on the "Integrals of motion and resonances in a dipole magnetic". This work opened the door for me to the world of charged particles and plasmas.