
RETIRED

Michalis Andrianakis is an Electrical Engineer, graduated of the Hellenic Mediterranean University of Crete (HelMedU), holding an MSc degree in “Advanced automation system and robotics”. Since 2010, he has been working at IESL-FORTH. His main tasks include the development of electronic and optical systems, imaging, and systems control software. He has conducted numerous measurement campaigns in Greece and around Europe employing a mobile Digital Holographic Interferometry instrument for in-situ, non-destructive survey of museum objects and monuments in the context of several mobile access investigations supported through the IPERION-CH and POLITEIA-I projects or provided on a service basis.
He has actively participated in major national and EU projects at IESL-FORTH including IPERION-HS, HELLAS-CH, POLITEIA-I and II, IPERION-CH, Climate for Culture, CHARISMA, SYDARTA.
Education
- 2015,Msc in Advanced Production Systems, Automation and Robotics, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece
- 2010, Electrical Engineer, Technological Educational Institute of Crete,Greece
Career
- 2010, Technical staff in Photonics group ,FORTH – IESL, Greece
- 2009, Training Scholarship, FORTH – IESL, Greece
Interests
- Computer and machine vision
- Image processing and analysis
- Applications with Scientific and commercial cameras
- Computer software applications
- Systems development
- Use of spectroscopic and interferometric techniques for analysis on Works of Art, Archeological objects and materials
- Acquisition (DAQ) devices control
- Motors speed and position control
- Robotics
- Automations
- Electrical and electronic circuits
Other
I have participate in many training courses within the country and abroad, teaching the use of an interferometric technic
Conducting experiments in 7 countries through a European program, for in-situ non-destructive measurements on artworks and archeological objects (IPERION-CH Molab)
Technical and experimental support to facility users, Post Doc, PhDs, students, conducting experiments in the metrology laboratory at Iesl – Forth, on materials and works of art

S. H. Anastasiadis is a Professor of Polymer Science & Engineering at the Dept. of Chemistry of the Univ. of Crete and the former Director of the Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser (IESL) of the Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas (FORTH). He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University in 1988. He has been a Visiting Scientist at the IBM Almaden Research Center in 1988-1989. He was awarded the John H. Dillon Medal of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1998 and was elected Fellow of APS in 2000. He has been an Editor of the Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics (5/2006-7/2010). He served as a Consulting Editor of AIChE J. and as a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Macromolecules. He is a Member of the Quality Assurance Committee (01/2009–now) whereas he has served as the Vice Chair of the Committee on Research Integrity and Ethics (07/2018–12/2021) and the Vice Chair of the Technical Council (02/2011–10/2016) of the University of Crete. He has served as the elected President of the European Polymer Federation (EPF) for the years 2018 and 2019 whereas he serves as President of the Hellenic Polymer Society (12/2012-now). He was elected a Mary Shepard B. Upson Visiting Professor at Cornell University for the Academic year 2018-2019. He is a Member of the Supreme Council of the Hellenic Authority of Higher Education (8/2023-now) whereas he has served as a Member of the Evaluation and Accreditation Council of the Hellenic Authority of Higher Education (5/2020-5/2023) and the Vice-Chair of the Sectoral Scientific Council on Engineering Sciences of the National Council of Research, Technology and Innovation (11/2020-now). He was elected Director of IESL-FORTH in 05/2013 and was re-elected in 11/2018; his tenure ended in 02/2023.
Education
- 1988 Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, U. S. A.
- 1984, Master of Arts, Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, U. S. A.
- 1983, Diploma, Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Career
- 10/2008 – Today, Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Crete, Heraklion Crete, Greece
- 05/2013 – 02/2023, Director, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- 09/1991 – Today, Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- 09/2005 – 10/2008, Professor, Dept. of Chem. Eng., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
- 05/2004 – 09/2005, Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- 10/1997 – 05/2004, Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- 05/1993 – 10/1997, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
- 04/1988 – 12/1989, Visiting Scientist, IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Interests
- Polymer Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films
- Polymer Blends, Homopolymer / Copolymer Blends
- Block Copolymers - Order/Disorder Transitions
- Dynamics & Diffusion in Multiconstituent Systems
- Organic/Inorganic Nanohybrid Materials
- Responsive Polymer Systems
- Polymer Materials for Energy Applications
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- 1998, American Physical Society John H. Dillon Medal: “For pioneering studies of the structure and dynamics of polymer solutions, melts, interfaces, and thin films”
- 2000, American Physical Society Fellow: “For important contributions to the dynamics of block copolymers in the melt and in solution and on the structure and dynamics of polymer interfaces and thin films” Editor,
- 2018 & 2019, President of the European Polymer Federation (EPF)
- 2018-2019, Mary Shepard B. Upson Visiting Professor, Cornell University
- 8/2023 - Today, Member of the Supreme Council, Hellenic Authority of Higher Education
- 5/2020-5/2023, Member of the Evaluation & Accreditation Council, Hellenic Authority of Higher Education
- 11/2020-Today, Vice-Chair of the Sectoral Scientific Council on Engineering Sciences of the National Council of Research, Technology and Innovation
- 3/2021-Today, Chairman of the Regional Committee of Model and Experimental Schools of the Region of Crete
- 5/2006 - 7/2010, Editor, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics
- 7/2010-12/2021, Consulting Editor, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics
- 8/2012-12/2016, Consulting Editor, AIChE Journal
- 1/2015-12/2017, Member of the Editorial Board, Macromolecules
- 1/2020-Today, Member of the Editorial Board, Polymers
- 02/2003-05/2006, Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics
- 1987, Graduate Student Award, Materials Research Society
- 1985, Best Paper Award, Society of Plastics Engineers - Plastics Analysis Division (ANTEC)
- 1979, 1980, 1983, Hellenic Engineering Society Award - Fellowship
- 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, Greek National Scholarship Foundation Fellowship
- 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, "A. Tiftixi" Foundation Award - Fellowship

Education
- 2016, M.Sc in Micro / Optoelectronics, Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Greece
- 2013, B.Sc in Physics, Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Greece


Education
- 2009, Ph.D., Physics department, University of Crete, Greece
- 2004, M.Sc., Physics department, University of Crete, Greece
- 2001, B.Sc., Physics department, University of Crete, Greece
Career
- 12/2016 - today, Post Doctoral Researcher, Microelectronics Research Group (MRG), FORTH - IESL, Greece
- 10/2015 - 11/2016, Research associate, Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Greece
- 02/2010-09/2015, Research associate, Microelectronics Research Group (MRG), FORTH - IESL, Greece
Interests
- III-Nitride wide band gap semiconductors
- Molecular Beam Epitaxy growth of III-Nitrides
- III-nitride based Heterostructures and Nanostructures for Electronic and Optoelectronic applications
The carrier-envelope phase (CEP) of high-peak-power, many-cycle laser fields becomes a crucial parameter when such fields are used, in conjunction with polarization gating techniques, in isolated attosecond (asec) pulse generation. However, its measurement has not been achieved so far.We demonstrate a physical process sensitive to the CEP value of such fields and describe a method for its online shot-to-shot monitoring. This work paves the way for the exploitation of energetic isolated asec pulses in studies of nonlinear extreme ultraviolet (XUV) processes and XUV-pump–XUV-probe experiments with asec resolutions.
P. Tzallas et al., Phys. Rev. A 82, 061401(R) (2010)

- PERSONAL INFORMATION
Family Name, First Name : Tzallas Paraskevas
Researcher unique identifier: Paraskevas Tzallas on Google Scholar
Date of birth : Grevena-Greece, Feb. 4, 1974.
Nationality: Hellenic
Office address : Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (FORTH-IESL), N. Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton, 70013, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Tel.: +30-81-391127, Fax: +30-81-391305, e-mail: ptzallas@iesl.forth.gr
- CURRENT POSITION (S)
2017-now: Research Director (Researcher A')
2014-now: Senior Research fellow and Scientific Advisor at Extreme Light Infrastructure-Attosecond Light Pulse Source (ELI-ALPS), Szeged, Hungary
- PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2002-2004: Post-Doc in MAX-PlANCK-INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK in Garching (Germany)
2004-2017: Researcher D', Researcher C' and Principal Researcher (Researcher B') at FORTH-IESL
2018-2020: Board member of the scientific council of FORTH-IESL
- EDUCATION: I) 1992 (Oct.)-1996(July): Diploma degree in Physics, Univ. of Ioannina-Greece; 1996 (Oct.)-2002 (Jan.) II) PhD student in AMO Phys. lab. of Department of Phys. of Univ. of Ioannina in close collaboration with Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK).
- CAREER BREAKS (2004): 6 Months military obligation in the Greek Armed Forces. I was acknowledged by the Greek Ministry of National Defence as a Distinguished Scientist of Abroad.
- RESEARCH INTERESTS: Atomic, Molecular and Optical physics (AMO); Attosecond science and strong laser field physics; Quantum Optics in Strong laser field physics
- RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
- First direct observation of attosecond light bursts emitted from gas and sold state media (Nature (2003); Nature Phys. (2009); APL Photonics (2019)).
- First observation of atomic direct double ionization by harmonic superposition (PRA (2006)).
- Generation of intense continuum XUV radiation by multi-cycle laser fields (Nature Phys. (2007)).
- XUV pump-XUV probe studies of 1-fs electron dynamics (PRL (2010); Nature Phys.(2011); PRA (2014))
- Time gated ion microscopy in the XUV spectral range (PRA (2014); Sci. Rep. (2016); J. Opt. (2018)).
- Generation of coherent XUV pulses with the highest ever photon flux (PRA (2018), Sci. Rep. (2020)).
- Linking quantum optics and quantum technologies with strong-laser-field physics: Generation of optical Schrodinger cat states in intense laser-matter interactions (Nature Com.(2017); PRL (2019); Nature Phys. (2021); PRL (2022); PRA (2022)).
- PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL REFEREED JOURNALS: 82 published papers, including 1 Nature, 4 Nature Phys., 1 Nature Comm., 7 Phys. Rev. Lett., 1 Physics Reports, 12 Phys. Rev. A, 3 Optica, 1 Opt. Lett., 5 Sci. Rep., 5 New J. Phys., 6 J. Phys. B, 2 Optics Express, 2 Appl. Phys. B, 2 Chem. Phys. Lett., 2 J. Phys. Chem. A e.t.c., 5 chapters in books, and 5 Invited review/perspective articles in international scientific journals with ≈ 3330 citations, h-factor = 32 (database: Google Scholar).
- TALKS IN CONFERENCES/UNIVERSITIES/INSTITUTES: 2 keynote, 41 invited and 15 oral
- REFEREE IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS: 1) Nature Photon. 2) Nature Phys. 3) Nature Commun. 4) Phys. Rev. Lett. 5) Phys. Rev. A 6) Optics Letters 6) Sci. Rep. 7) New Journal of Physics 8) Optics Express 9) Journal of Physics B 10) Journal of Quantum Electronics 11) Applied Physics B.
- PROPOSAL REVIEWER: for the Austrian Science Fund funds (FWF), German Research Foundation (DFG), Israeli Higher Education Committee/ Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC), and European Research Council, ERC Advanced Grant.
- SUPERVISION OF GRDUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS: 4 PostDocs; 6 PhD students; 8 Master Students and 4 Diploma students.
- PRESENT COLLABORATIONS: 1) Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optic (MPQ), Garching, Germany. 2) Institute of Carnot de Bourgogne, Dijon, France. 3) Imperial College, London, UK. 5) Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland. 4) University Autonoma of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. 5) ICFO, Barcelona. 6) ELI-ALPS Hungary.
Education
- 1970-1975 : Physics Dept., University of Athens/ degree of Physics, Athens / Greece
- 1976-1980 : Physics Dept., University of Freiburg/ Diplom, Freiburg i.Br./FRG
- 1983-1987 : Ph. D. Physics (Dok. Rer. Nat.), University of Freiburg, Freiburg i.Br. / FRG
Career
- 1987-1992 Researcher, FORTH-IESL, Heraklio, Greece and teaching staff at the Univ. of Crete
- 1992-1996 Assist. Prof., Physics Dept. Univ. of Crete and affiliated Univ. Prof. of FORTH-IESL
- 1996-2003: Assoc. Prof., Physics Dept. Univ. of Crete and affiliated Univ. Prof. of FORTH-IESL
- 2003-2020: Full Prof., Physics Dept. Univ. of Crete, affiliated Univ. Prof. of FORTH-IESL
- 2020-today: Prof. Emeritus, Univ. of Crete and affiliated faculty member of FORTH-IESL (till 06/2024) /FORTH-IA (since 06/2024) and Chief Scientific Advisor of ELI-ALPS
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- FORTH-Price for Basic Research 2000
- CAS-LMU Fellowship 2013
Other
- Member of the ERC Starting Grants Panel PE2 - Fundamental constituents of matter
- Member of the HFRI (ELIDEK) post-doc proposals evaluation panel for Physical Sciences
- Member of the Atomic and Molecular Physics Division (AMPD) of the EPS.
- Board of Editors of the European Physical Journal D
- Chief Scientific Advisor of the European Research Infrastructure (ERI) ELI-ALPS
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the ERI ELI-ALPS
- National delegate of the Steering Committee of the European -XFEL
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the European -XFEL
- National delegate of the Analytical Research Infrastructure of ESFRI
- Head of the attosecond S&T laboratory of FORTH-IESL
- Director of the postgraduate program on Micro- and Opto-electronics, Physics Dept., Univ. of Crete.
- Chair of the Sectorial Scientific Council (TES) for Physical Sciences
- Member of the HFRI (ELIDEK) Advisory Committee