Ms. Papanikolaou Athanasia
PostDoctoral Fellow

Athanasia Papanikolaou studied Physics at the Physics Department of the University of Crete (B.Sc.) and received her MSc in “Photonics & Nanoelectronics” from the same department, in 2018.  She joined IESL-FORTH to pursue her undergraduate thesis under the titleTowards the understanding of the two-wavelength laser cleaning in avoiding yellowing on stonework, and she continues her research work with her MSc thesis focused on the Development of a photoacoustic monitoring system for the study of laser ablation processes upon the removal of encrustation from stonework.

In 2019 she received a scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. studied at the Warsaw University of Technology Institute of Micromechanics and Photonics within the CHANGE (https://change-itn.eu/) ITN project. Her aim is to develop a “Portable multimodal system for CH surface measurement and monitoring” under the supervision of prof. Malgorzata Kujawinska. 

Education

  • 2018, M.Sc., Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
  • 2016, B.Sc., Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece

Interests

  • Laser cleaning of stone
  • Two wavelength Laser Cleanign
  • Photoacoustic imaging
  • Monitoring laser ablation
Development of a hybrid photoacoustic and optical monitoring system for the study of laser ablation processes upon the removal of encrustation from stonework
A. Papanikolaou, G. J. Tserevelakis, K. Melessanaki, C. Fotakis, G. Zacharakis and P. Pouli
Opto-Electronic Advances, Volume:3, Issue:2, Page:190037-1, Year:2020, DOI:doi.org/10.29026/oea.2020.190037
Non-invasive photoacoustic detection of hidden underdrawings in paintings using air-coupled transducers
G. J. Tserevelakis, P. Siozos, A. Papanikolaou, K. Melessanaki, G. Zacharakis
Ultrasonics, Volume:98, Page:94-98, Year:2019, DOI:doi.org/10.1016/j.ultras.2019.06.008
Cleaning of gypsum-rich black crusts on granite using a dual wavelength Q-Switched Nd:YAG laser
J.S. Pozo-Antonio, A Papanikolaou, A. Philippidis, K. Melessanaki, T. Rivas, P. Pouli
Construction and Building Materials , Volume:226, Page:721-733, Year:2019, DOI:doi.org/10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2019.07.298
Combined photoacoustic imaging to delineate the internal structure of paintings
A Dal Fovo, G. Tserevelakis, A. Papanikolaou, G. Zacharakis, R. Fontana
Optics Letters, Volume:44, Issue:4, Page:919-922, Year:2019, DOI:doi.org/10.1364/OL.44.000919
Laser-Assisted Removal of Graffiti from Granite: Advantages of the Simultaneous Use of Two Wavelengths
J. S. Pozo-Antonio, A. Papanikolaou, K. Melessanaki, T. Rivas, P. Pouli,
Coatings, Volume:8, Issue:124, Year:2018, DOI:doi.org/10.3390/coatings8040124
Towards the understanding of the two wavelength laser cleaning in avoiding yellowing on stonework: a micro-Raman and LIBS study
A. Papanikolaou, P. Siozos, A. Philippidis, K. Melessanaki, P. Pouli
Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks XI, Proceedings of LACONA XI, Volume:0, Page:95-104, Year:2017, DOI:doi.org/10.12775/3875-4.06