Dr. Konstantinos Brintakis is a postdoctoral researcher at the Ultrafast Laser Micro and Nano Processing Laboratory of IESL-FORTH with group leader Dr. Emmanuel Stratakis. He received his PhD in Physics from the School of Physics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Education

• 2017 - Ph. D. Physics – School of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
• 2010 - Master of Science in “Materials Physics and Technology” – School of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
• 2006 - Bachelor of Science in Physics – School of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Career

• 12/2018 - Today, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Ultrafast Laser Micro and Nano Processing Laboratory of the Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
• 02/2011 – 09/2017, PhD candidate at “Functional Nanocrystals and Quantum Magnetism Laboratory”, IESL-FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
• 03/2008 – 10/2010, Trainee at “Functional Nanocrystals and Quantum Magnetism Laboratory”, IESL-FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.

Interests

• Synthesis of nanoparticles
• Perovskite nanoparticles
• Structural properties nanoparticles by means of High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Diffraction
• Energy and sensing applications of perovskite nanoparticles
• Structural changes and dynamics of nanoparticles by means of Lasers

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

• Postdoctoral IKY Scholarship 12/2020-11/2022: “Development of All-Inorganic Perovskite Nanostructures for the Detection of X- or Gamma-Rays”.
• Team member that excelled in the 10 best in the category for Applied Research in the 3rd Competition "Greece innovates!" Organized by Eurobank and SEV (2016) 16890-APPLIED RESEARCH: "Magnetic nanoparticle clusters as multimodal agents for biological appli
• Best poster at "20th International Conference on Magnetism, At Barcelona, 5-10 July 2015 Spain K. Brintakis, A. Kostopoulou, M. Vasilakaki, K. N. Trohidou, A. Ranella, I. Athanassakis, M. Angelakeris, A. Lascialfari, A. P. Douvalis, A. Lappas"Maghemite Na
• Editor's choice as a "Hot Article" for the paper A. Kostopoulou, K. Brintakis, M. Vasilakaki, K.N. Trohidou, A.P. Douvalis, A. Lascialfari, L. Manna, A. Lappas "Assembly-mediated Interplay of Dipolar Interactions and Surface Spin Disorder in Colloidal Mag
• Travel grant for the "10th Meeting-International Conference on the Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Carriers, Dresden, 10-14 June 2014"

05/2014 -  10/2020 Research Assistant on BEC2 and AtomQT
02/2009 – 04/2014 PhD Student
09/2006 – 06/2008 Master Student

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