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Dr. Stratakis Emmanuel
Research Director

Emmanuel Stratakis is a Research Director and Acting Director of the Institute of Electronic Structure (IESL) of the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH). He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Crete (UOC) in 2001. After graduating, he joined as a visiting Researcher the IESL-FORTH working on the ultrafast laser engineering of materials. In the fall semesters of 2006 and 2008, he was appointed as a visiting Researcher at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of California, Berkeley. In 2007 he was elected Researcher at IESL-FORTH where he is leading the “Ultrafast Laser Micro- and Nano- processing” laboratory (https://www.iesl.forth.gr/en/research/ULNMP-Group; https://stratakislab.iesl.forth.gr).  He has over 300 SCI publications and more than 17000 citations, h-index=71 (Google Scholar) and he has coordinated many National and European grants. He has delivered more than 150 invited and keynote lectures and has been organizer and chair in major international scientific conferences. He has been an Editor of the journals 'Optoelectronic Advances’, ‘Optoelectronic Technology’, ‘Optics and Laser Technology’ ‘Materials Today (Bio)’, and ‘International Journal of molecular Sciences’. Since 2015, he is the Director of the Nanoscience Facility of FORTH, part of the NFFA-Europe EU Infrastructure, where he is a member of the General Assembly. He is a National expert in the High-Level Group of EU on Nanotechnologies, Advanced materials, Biotechnology, Advanced Manufacturing and Processing. He is an OPTICA Fellow and Ambassador of the European Innovation Council. He is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Biomimetic (www.biomimetic.gr).

Education

  • 2001 Ph. D. in Physics, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece.
  • 1997, M. Sc in Condensed matter Physics, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece.
  • 1995, B. Sc in Physics, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece.

Career

  • 2017 - Today, Research Director, FORTH-IESL
  • 2017 - Today, Adjunct Professor, Physics Department, University of Crete
  • 2007 – 2017, Application Scientist, FORTH-IESL, Laser and Applications Division
  • 2016, Visiting Professor (3 months), CNRS, LP3 Laboratory, Marseille, France
  • 2015, Visiting Researcher (5 months), CNR, IOM, Trieste, Italy
  • 2008, fall semester, Visiting Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Mechanical Engineering, California, USA
  • 2003 - 2007, Adjunct Professor, Materials Science and Technology Department, University of Crete
  • 2006, fall semester, Visiting Researcher, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Mechanical Engineering, California, USA
  • 2003-2005, Postdoctoral Researcher, FORTH-IESL, Amorphous Materials Laboratory

Interests

  • Laser-matter interaction
  • Ultrashort pulsed laser processing of biomimetic surfaces
  • Laser processes for organic & hybrid electronics
  • Laser engineeering and diagnostics of Graphene and related 2D materials
  • Advanced photonic processes in photovoltaic and energy storage devices
  • Photo-assisted synthesis of nanocrystals
  • Applications on non linear imaging in materials science and biology
  • Laser assisted biofabrication for tissue engineering applications
  • Multipurpose 3D printing complemented with subtractive manufacturing

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

  • Ranked among the top 2% of scientists worldwide
  • Elected OPTICA Fellow
  • EIC Ambassado
  • Principal Investigator and co-Investigator in 25 European and 19 National Research Projects, (8 as Coordinator)
  • Awarded a FET–OPEN grant (LiNaBioFluid) as the Coordinator
  • Awarded a FET Innovation Launchpad grant (LaBioNics) as the Coordinator
  • 5 Cover Pages in Advanced Functional Materials, Advanced Optical Materials, Advanced Energy Materials, Nanoscale, ChemNanoMat
  • 1992, 1993, 1994, Greek National Scholarship Foundation Fellowship
Biomimetic Artificial Surfaces Quantitatively Reproduce the Water Repellency of a Lotus Leaf
• V. Zorba, E. Stratakis, M. Barberoglou, E. Spanakis, P. Tzanetakis, S. H. Anastasiadis and C. Fotakis
Adv. Mater., Volume:20, Issue:21, Page:4049-4054, Year:2008, DOI:doi.org/10.1002/adma.200800651
Imaging dielectric properties of Si nanowire oxide with conductive atomic force microscopy complemented with femtosecond laser illumination
Emmanuel Stratakis,Nipun Misra,Emmanuel Spanakis,David J Hwang,Costas P Grigoropoulos,Costas Fotakis,Panagiotis Tzanetakis
Nano letters, Volume:8, Page:1949-1953, Year:2008, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/nl0807171
Advanced Photonic Processes for Photovoltaic and Energy Storage Systems
Maria Sygletou,Constantinos Petridis,Emmanuel Kymakis,Emmanuel Stratakis
Advanced Materials, Volume:29, Page:1700335, Year:2017, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201700335
Spatially‐resolved in‐situ structural study of organic electronic devices with nanoscale resolution: the plasmonic photovoltaic case study
B Paci,D Bailo,V Rossi Albertini,J Wright,C Ferrero,GD Spyropoulos,E Stratakis,E Kymakis
Advanced Materials, Volume:25, Page:4760-4765, Year:2013, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201301682
Biomimetic surface structuring using cylindrical vector femtosecond laser beams
Evangelos Skoulas,Alexandra Manousaki,Costas Fotakis,Emmanuel Stratakis
Scientific reports, Volume:7, Page:45114, Year:2017, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep45114
Biomimetic omnidirectional antireflective glass via direct ultrafast laser nanostructuring
Antonis Papadopoulos, Evangelos Skoulas, Alexandros Mimidis, George Perrakis, George Kenanakis, George D Tsibidis, Emmanuel Stratakis
Advanced Materials, Volume:31, Issue:32, Page:1901123, Year:2019/8, DOI:doi.org/10.1002/adma.201901123
Reduced graphene oxide micromesh electrodes for large area, flexible, organic photovoltaic devices
Dimitrios Konios,Constantinos Petridis,George Kakavelakis,Maria Sygletou,Kyriaki Savva,Emmanuel Stratakis,Emmanuel Kymakis
Advanced Functional Materials, Volume:25, Page:2213-2221, Year:2015, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201404046
Photochemical Synthesis of Solution‐Processable Graphene Derivatives with Tunable Bandgaps for Organic Solar Cells
Minas M Stylianakis,Maria Sygletou,Kyriaki Savva,George Kakavelakis,Emmanuel Kymakis,Emmanuel Stratakis
Advanced Optical Materials, Volume:3, Page:658-666, Year:2014, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.201400450
Tuning cell adhesion by controlling the roughness and wettability of 3D micro/nano silicon structures
A Ranella,M Barberoglou,S Bakogianni,C Fotakis,E Stratakis
Acta biomaterialia, Volume:6, Page:2711-2720, Year:2010, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actbio.2010.01.016
Laser fabricated discontinuous anisotropic microconical substrates as a new model scaffold to control the directionality of neuronal network outgrowth
C Simitzi,P Efstathopoulos,A Kourgiantaki,A Ranella,I Charalampopoulos,C Fotakis,I Athanassakis,E Stratakis,A Gravanis
Biomaterials, Volume:67, Page:115-128, Year:2015, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biomaterials.2015.07.008
Ultrahigh-resolution nonlinear optical imaging of the armchair orientation in 2D transition metal dichalcogenides
Sotiris Psilodimitrakopoulos,Leonidas Mouchliadis,Ioannis Paradisanos,Andreas Lemonis,George Kioseoglou,Emmanuel Stratakis
Light: Science & Applications, Volume:7, Page:18005, Year:2018, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/lsa.2018.5
Convection roll-driven generation of supra-wavelength periodic surface structures on dielectrics upon irradiation with femtosecond pulsed lasers
George D Tsibidis,Evangelos Skoulas,Antonis Papadopoulos,Emmanuel Stratakis
Physical Review B, Volume:94, Page:081305, Year:2016, DOI:https://doi.org//10.1103/PhysRevB.94.081305
From ripples to spikes: A hydrodynamical mechanism to interpret femtosecond laser-induced self-assembled structures
George D Tsibidis,Costas Fotakis,Emmanuel Stratakis
Physical Review B, Volume:92, Page:041-405, Year:2015, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.92.041405
Flexible Organic Photovoltaic Cells with In Situ Nonthermal Photoreduction of Spin‐Coated Graphene Oxide Electrodes
Emmanuel Kymakis,Kyriaki Savva,Minas M Stylianakis,Costas Fotakis,Emmanuel Stratakis
Advanced Functional Materials, Volume:23, Page:2742-2749, Year:2013, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201202713
From superhydrophobicity and water repellency to superhydrophilicity: smart polymer-functionalized surfaces
E. Stratakis, A. Mateescu, M. Barberoglou, M. Vamvakaki, C. Fotakis and S. H. Anastasiadis
Chem. Commun., Volume:46, Issue:23, Page:4136 - 4138, Year:2010, DOI:doi.org/10.1039/c003294h
Dynamics of ripple formation on silicon surfaces by ultrashort laser pulses in subablation conditions
George D Tsibidis,Marios Barberoglou,Panagiotis A Loukakos,Emmanuel Stratakis,Costas Fotakis
Physical Review B, Volume:86, Page:115-316, Year:2012, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.86.115316