Antonia Loufardaki is a PhD student at the Technical University of Crete and Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL-FORTH). She received her bachelor in Physics and her master in Material Science and Technology from the University of Crete. She joined the Transparent Conductive Materials and Devices Group of IESL in 2023, where she is conducting her PhD. Her current research interests include the rational design, synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials for environmental applications, emphasizing Single-Atom Catalysts (SACs) supported on 2D graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C3N4).
Education:
2022 - PhD student at School of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete
2020 - MSc in Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete
2017 - BSc in Physics, University of Crete
Interests:
Heterogeneous Catalysis
Nanocatalysis
Single-Atom Catalysts
Surface Science
Laser Processing
Education
- 2020, Master of Science, Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
- 2017, Bachelor, Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
Career
- 1/11/2018-30/6/2020: Master thesis at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IESL-FORTH)
- 1/10/2015-30/11/2016: Undergraduate thesis at the IESL-FORTH
- 1/8/2013-31/7/2015: Research internship with undergraduate scholarship from IESL-FORTH
Interests
- Laser sintering techniques
- Reversible wettability of solid surfaces
- Pulsed Laser Deposition
Education
- 2015, PhD, Chemistry Department, University of Crete, Greece
- 2008, MSc, Chemistry Department, University of Crete, Greece
- 2006, BSc, Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Greece
Career
- 3/2019 – today, Post Doctoral Researcher, Hybrid Nanostructures Group, FORTH – IESL, Greece
- 2016 – 2019, Research and Development Manager, Natural Cosmetics and Natural Oil Products Light Industries, Rethimno, Greece
- 2010, Production Manager, Plastic Packaging Products Light Industry, Heraklion, Greece
Interests
- Synthesis and characterization of organic – inorganic hybrid materials
- Polymer surfaces and interfaces
- Responsive polymer systems
- Synthesis and characterization of novel polymers of various architectures
Education
- 2017, M.Sc. in Environmental Design of Cities and Buildings, School of Science & Technology, Hellenic Open University, Greece
- 2015, M.Sc. in Photonics & Nanoelectronics, Dpt. of Physics, University of Crete
- 2002, M.Sc. in Technologies for Broadband Communications, Dpt. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London (UCL)
- 2001, B.Eng. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Career
- 07/2018 - today, Technical Assistant, Microelectornics Research Group, FORTH - IESL, Greece
- 12/2017 - 06/2018, Teacher of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, State Secondary School of Heraklion, Greece
- 11/2016 - 06/2017, Teacher of Electrical Engineering, State Secondary School of Rethymnon, Greece
- 09/2009 - 11/2017, Technical Assistant, Microelectornics Research Group, FORTH - IESL, Greece
- 01/2006 - 12/2008, Research asistant, Microelectornics Research Group, FORTH - IESL, Greece
- 08/2004 - 12/2005, Tecnhical assistant, Microelectornics Research Group, FORTH - IESL, Greece
Interests
- Optical Lithography
- Reactive Ion Etching (RIE)
- Vacuum Depositions Techniques
- Wet Etching Techniques
- Wafer Cleaning Techniques
- Lapping – Polishing Techniques
Sotiria (Iro) Kogou studied Physics at the Physics Department of the University of Crete (B.Sc.) and received her B.Sc. in 2010. She joined IESL-FORTH to pursue her undergraduate thesis under the title “The role of the substrate in the laser cleaning process; a study on the laser-assisted removal of polymeric consolidation materials from various substrates” under the supervision of Prof. C. Fotakis and Dr. P.Pouli.
In 2013 she received a scholarship to pursue PhD studies at the Department of Physics and Mathematics, School of Science & Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, and in 2018 she received her PhD title for her research related to the “Investigation of the complementary use of non-invasive techniques for the holistic analysis of paintings and automatic analysis of large-scale spectral imaging data” with supervisor prof. Haida Liang.
Since 2018 is an active member in Haida Liang’s research group “Imaging & Sensing for Archaeology, Art History & Conservation (ISAAC)”
Education
- 2013-09-28 to 2017-09-15 | PhD (Physics & Maths), Nottingham Trent University: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, GB
- 2004-09-28 to 2010-03-10 | BA (Physics), University of Crete: Heraklion, Crete, GR
Career
- 2021-08-01 to present | Academic Fellow (Physics & Maths),Nottingham Trent University: Nottingham, United Kingdom, GB
- 2017-10-01 to 2021-07-31 | Research Fellow (Physics & mathematics), Nottingham Trent University: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, GB
- 2009-04-01 to 2011-11-30 | Research Assistant, FORTH Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser: Heraklion, GR
Education
- 2014, MSc, Univ. Thessaloniki , Greece
Career
- IESL-FORTH, MSc (2013-2014)
- Private sector (2014-today)
