Education
- 2023, PhD in Nano Photonics, Materials Science & Technology Department, University of Crete, Greece
- 2017, M.Sc. in Photonics and Nanoelectronics, Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Greece
- 2015, B.Sc. in Physics, Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Greece
I am an experimental physicist specializing in micro and opto electronics, with research and analytical skills, background in light-matter interaction, experience in teaching, and strong interest in lab automation and data analysis. I like technology, food, and cats.
Education
- 2012, M.Sc in Microelectornics / Optoelectornics, Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Greece
- 2009 B.Sc in Physics, Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Greece
Career
- 04/2008 - 03/2009, Customer Service and Marketing, OTE (Greek telecomm company),Heraklion, Greece
I am a Semiconductor Research Engineer with more than 10 years of experience in R&D projects related with static and dynamic measurements, characterization and device modeling of various commercial and research oriented CMOS and wide bandgap processes. Deep understanding of semiconductor devices’ operation and performance issues.
- Extensive hands-on experience setting-up and performing on-wafer DC,CV and RF measurements.
- Design oriented characterization and modeling of CMOS technology node’s statistical behavior.
- Utilizing high level languages for modeling and characterization purposes (ex. Java application for modeling and characterization (MOSGUI project), measurement and data acquisition lab setups using PyVISA).
- Extensive experience in commercial and open-source simulators (ex. NGSPICE, Cadence Spectre) and EDA tools (ex. KeySight ICCAP).
- Verilog-A Charge based Compact Model development ( EKV3, CJM ), customization and integration in analog simulators.
- Authored or co-authored 11 journal and 26 conference papers.
Starting 2016, I am with Microelectronics Research Group (MRG)/ Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL)/ Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) working on development, modeling and characterization of SiC JFETs and GaN HEMTs.
Awards/Acknowledgments:
- Received "Best Paper Award in 48th European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC 2018), Sept. 3-6, 2018 Dresden (Germany)"
- Received "Best Paper Award in 41st IEEE International Semiconductor Conference (CAS 2018), Oct. 10-12, 2018 Sinaia (Romania)”
Education
- 2011, M.Sc., School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete (TUC), Chania, Greece
- 2006, B.Sc. in Electronic and computer engineering, School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete (TUC), Chania, Greece
Education
- 2009, M.Sc, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2004, B.Sc, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Career
- 07/2011 - 08/2012, designing electromechanical, photovoltaic and solar thermal installations for tecnhical engineering office
- 12/2011 - 06/2012, Technical Service, Municipality of Malevizi, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Interests
- Nitride based FETs
- FinFETs
- Nanowire FETs
Education
- 1989, Ph.D., Applied Physics Dpt, Hull University, Hull England, U.K.
- 1984, M.Sc, Physics Dpt, Dundee University, Dundee Scotland, U.K.
- 1983, B.Sc, Physics Dpt, University of Patra, Patra, Greece
Career
- 2024 - today, Senior Scientist, Microelectronics Research Group, FORTH - IESL, Greece
- 2019 – today, Member of Health & Safety Committee of employees at FORTH-Heraklion, Crete
- 2017 - today, Safety manager, Microelectronics Rersearch Group, FORTH - IESL, Greece
- 2004 - 2024, Principal application acientist, Microelectronics Rersearch Group, FORTH - IESL, Greece
- 2000 – 2005 Adjunct Professor, Department of Applied Information & Multimedia, School for Technological Applications, Tecnological Educational Institute, Crete, Greece
- 1992 - 2000, Adjunct Professor, Physics Department, Crete University, Crete, Greece.
- 1991 - 2004, Application acientist, Microelectronics Rersearch Group, FORTH - IESL, Greece
Interests
- Oxide-based thin film materials & devices for transparent optoelectronic applications
- Photovoltaics (transparent and non-transparent)
- Materials and devices for smart windows and energy efficient buildings
- Nanostructured materials based on strongly correlated oxides for energy saving and storage.
Efthymis Serpetzoglou is a PhD Candidate of “Ultrafast Laser Micro and Nano Processing” Group in “Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser” on “Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH)”. He obtained his 5 years Diploma in Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in 2012 and his M.Sc. in Micro-systems and Nano-devices in Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences from NTUA (Athens) in 2014. He has experience in Laser Laboratory, as well as fabrication and characterization of Organic Photovoltaics (OPVs) and Biosensors. His current research interests involve Spectroscopy Techniques, such as Transient Absorption, Photo-induced Absorption and Laser Induced Fluorescence, in OPVs and Perovskite Solar Cells (PSCs).
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Education
- 2015-Present, PhD Candidate, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL), Foundation of Research and Technology – Hellas, University of Crete, Physics Department
- 2014, Master of Science, Applied Mathematics and Physical Science, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
- 2012, Diploma, Diploma “Integrated Master” Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
Career
- 02/2015 - Present, PhD Candidate
- 02/2015 - Present, Assistant Researcher, Physics Department, University of Crete
- 09/2006 - 02/2015, Personal Tutor
- 0/2011 – 12/2011, Trainee, Air Traffic Safety Electronic Engineer at Civil Aviation Authority of Greece, Athens, Athens (Greece)
Interests
- Ultrafast Transient Absorption Spectroscopy
- Perovskite Solar Cells and Organic Photovoltaics
- Optics and Quantum Optics
- Applications of Laser
- Nanoelectronics
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- 2018 Best Oral Presentation, 7th International Symposium on Transparent Conductive Materials & 4th EMRS & MRS-J Bilateral Symposium on Advanced Oxides and Wide Bandgap Semiconductors (2018)
- 2018 Best Poster Award, 2nd NFFA-Europe Summer School, Nanoscience Foundries and Fine Analysis (NFFA), available instruments and techniques
Dr. Abdus Salam Sarkar is a Post Doctoral Research fellow in the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL), Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH). He received his B.Sc degree in Physics (Honors) from University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India. He obtained his M.Sc in Physics from Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. He received his Ph.D degree in Emerging two dimensional (2D) materials and their van der Waals heterostructures for electronic applications from School of Basic Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India. He joined in Ultrafast Laser Micro- and Nano- Processing Laboratory of IESL in September 2018 as a member of the 2D materials research. His research focus on the preparation/synthesis of structural anisotropic 2D Group IVA-VI transitional metal monchalcogenides and other emerging novel 2D materials using exfoliation and laser-based techniques for fundamental sciences (Valley polarization and Polarized Second Harmonic Generation) and electronic device applications (Solar cells, FET and sensors).
Career
- Sep 2018 –present Post-Doctoral Researcher (Physicist), Institute of Electronic Structures and Laser (IESL), Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Crete, Greece 70013
- Nov 2017 – July 2018 Researcher, School of Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India.
- 2012 – 2017 PhD student, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, India.
- 2014 – 2017 Senior Research Fellowship from Ministry of Human Research Development, Govt. of India.
- 2012 – 2014 Junior Research Fellowship from Ministry of Human Research Development, Govt. of India.
Dr. Ioanna Sakellari is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser of the Foundation for Research and Technology (IESL-FORTH). She received her PhD in Physics from the University of Crete in 2011 and, soon after, moved as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley in USA. Later on, in 2013, she joined the 4th Physics Institute at the University of Stuttgart in Germany, where in 2015 she was awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship funded under the European program Horizon2020. In 2017, she moved at IESL-FORTH as a Stavros Niarchos Postdoctoral Fellow. Dr. Ioanna Sakellari joined the Ultrafast Laser Micro and Nano Processing Laboratory at IESL since December 2018.
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Education
- 2011, Ph. D. in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
- 2007, Master in “Optics and Vision”, Department of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
- 2005, Bachelor, Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Career
- 12/2018 - Today, Postdoctoral Researcher, Ultrafast Laser Micro and Nano Processing Laboratory, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- 07/2018 - 08/2018, Postdoctoral Researcher, Nonlinear Lithography group, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- 07/2017 - 06/2018, Stavros Niarchos Postdoctoral Fellow, Nonlinear Lithography group, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- 04/2017 - 06/2017, Postdoctoral Researcher, Ultrafast Laser Micro and Nano Processing Laboratory, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- 03/2015 - 02/2017, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, 4th Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
- 08/2013 - 02/2015, Postdoctoral Researcher, 4th Physics Institute, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
- 07/2011 - 06/2013, Postdoctoral Researcher, Laser Thermal Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA
Interests
- Nanotechnology
- Linear and Nonlinear 3D Photonic Crystals
- Metamaterials, Metasurfaces
- Plasmonics
- Nonlinear Optics
- Materials Science including hybrid inorganic/organic sol gel composites, quantum dots, graphene materials
- Lasing in quantum dots
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- 2017, Stavros Niarchos Postdoctoral Fellowship: “Development of novel 3D nanomaterial-based devices for their implementation as anodes in photo-electrochemical cells for hydrogen generation based on water splitting”, ARCHERS Project, SNF-FORTH
- 2015, Marie Skłodowska Curie Individual Fellowship: “Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Chiral Plasmonic Metamaterials”, Horizon2020-MSCA-IF, G.A. 655249
A. K. Pylostomou is a Master Student at the Dept. of Materials Science and Technology of the Univ. of Crete. She received her bachelor degree in Physics from the same university in 2017 and in the ratings she belonged to the 10% of the students in her graduation.
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Education
- 09/2017, Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM), within the framework of MP1302 Nanospectroscopy COST Action, LP3 Laboratory, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France 10/2017-Today, Master of Science - Department of Materials Science and Technology, Uni
- 3/2017, Bachelor, Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Career
- 10/2018- Today, Master Thesis on Graphene-based biomolecular and electrophysiological sensor in ‘‘all-in-one device’’ for the prediction and control of Epileptic seizures, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- 6/2018, Participation with a Poster entitled ‘‘ Study of cell adhesion and Growth on Thin Films of Two-Dimensional Crystals ’’ for the categories of: a. Nanotechnology and Nanosciences and b. Materials and Molecules with applications in energy, health and
- 06/2015 – 1/2017, Bachelor Thesis on ‘‘ Study of cell adhesion and Growth on Thin Films of Two-Dimensional Crystals ’’ Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- 07/2014 – 09/2014, Internship on Nanotechnology using Ultrafast Laser Pulses , Creation of Nanoparticles using Laser Ablation in Liquids (LAL) technique, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Interests
- Two-Dimensional Materials (Graphene and TMDs)
- Thin films of two-dimensional materials
- Nanotechnology and Nanosciences
- Nanomaterials and applications in Biomedicine-BioNanosciences
- Laser-Matter Interaction
- Bioengineering
- Bioelectronics
Dr Sotiris Psilodimitrakopoulos is a post-doctoral researcher with specialty in polarization non-linear microscopy (P-NLM) in the ULMNP. He received his BSc in Physics from the University of Crete and his MSc in Microsystems and Nanodevices from the National Technical University of Athens. He then received his PhD in Photonics from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) at the Universitat Politechnica de Catalunya in Barcelona Spain, while studying nonlinear optics. He then continued as a research engineer at the Super-resolution Light Microscopy & Nanoscopy Facility of ICFO and as a post-doctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Optics & Biosciences, at Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, France. His main scientific interest is the design and development of advanced non-linear microscopy techniques based on raster-scanning of fs laser beams. His latest implementation (October 2018) is the upgrade of a Zeiss Axio Observer, simple one-photon excited fluorescence microscope, into a fully-motorized, polarization-resolved, SHG, THG, 2PEF and 3PEF, dual-beam, dual-scanner, 6-detection channels, multi-photon microscope [1-4].
Education
- 2012, PhD in Photonics – The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain.
- 2005, MSc in Microsystems and Nanodevices – Faculty of Applied Mathematics & Physics, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
- 2003, BSc in Physics – School of Sciences & engineering, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece.
Career
- 2014 - Today, Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
- 2013 - 2014, Postdoctoral Researcher, CNRS, Laboratoire d' Optique et Biosciences, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau Cedex, France.
- 2011 - 2013, Research Engineer, Super-resolution Light Microscopy & Nanoscopy Facility, ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain.
- 2005 - 2006, Research Associate, Institute of Computer Systems, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
Interests
- Non-linear Optics.
- Development of novel measurements and instrumentation for linear and non-linear microscopy.
- Polarization-Resolved Second Harmonic Generation imaging.
- Third Harmonic Generation and Two-Photon Excited Fluorescence imaging.
- Electrical Dynamics and Synchronization in living neural networks
- Two-Dimensional Graphene Related Materials
- Structure and function of Collagen, Muscle, and Neurons in-vitro and in-vivo.
- Dual Scanners Microscopy and Nano-surgery.
- Super-Resolution Microscopy.
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- 2017–2018, Stavros Niarchos Foundation (SNF) Fellowship, “Advancing Young Researchers’ Human Capital in Cutting Edge Technologies in the Preservation of Cultural Heritage and the Tackling of Societal Challenges – ARCHERS”.
- 2007–2011, FPI Fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture.
- 2005–2006, Research Fellowship, Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
- 2005, “Thomaidio Award” for the Best Interdisciplinary MSc Research Project of National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
