Interests:
Vasilis has research activities and interests in novel photonic systems and lasers in the visible and Terahertz spectrum. His interests are on THz spectroscopy, integrated microresonators and semiconductor quantum well lasers. His research has applications to diverse areas such as Quantum Science, materials science and medical applications.
Education
- BA in Physics from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
- MSc and Ph.D. in Laser science and technologies from University of Southampton.
Career
- Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (2003 -2005)
- Marie Curie researcher in University of Cambridge
- University of Southampton - appointed lecturer (2007)
- University of Southampton - Associate Professor (2012)
- University of Montpelier - visiting research fellow (2016)
- University of Southampton - Professor (2022)
- University of Crete- Associate Professor (2023)
Liverios Lymperakis is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Physics, University of Crete, and an Associated Researcher of IESL-FORTH. He studied Physics (Bachelor's degree) and Physics of Materials (Master's degree) at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He contacted his doctoral work at the Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society in Berlin and received his Ph.D. from the University of Paderbon in 2005 with summa cum laude.
He worked as a group and project leader at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung in Düsseldorf from 2005 to 2011 and from 2012-2021. His field of expertise is in Computational Materials with a strong focus on first-principles calculations and ab-initio-based multiscale calculations. His research addresses topics in the fields of science and technology of materials, such as properties and epitaxial growth of compound semiconductors, novel nano- and hetero-structures for optoelectronic and powerelectronic applications, and properties of bio-inspired and structural materials at the nanoscale.
Education
- 1997 First Degree in Physics, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki (Greece)
- 2000 MSc in Physics of Materials, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki (Greece)
- 2005 PhD in Physics, Universität Paderborn, Paderborn (Germany)
Career
- Since 2022, Associate Proffesor, Department of Physics, University of Crete
- 2012-2022, Head of the project group Growth Modelling, Computational Materials Design Department Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf (Germany)
- 2012, Senior Researcher, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki (Greece)
- 2005-2011, Head of the Microstructure group, Computational Materials Design Department Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf (Germany)
- 2000-2005,Research fellow Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Geselschaft, Berlin (Germany)
Vasiliki Koutrouli is currently a Ph.D. student at the Department of Physics of the University of Crete and a member of the Quantum Magnetometry at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas. She received her Bachelor's Degree and her Master's Degree from the Department of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in 2020 and 2022 respectively.
Education
- 2020, Bachelor of Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Physics
- 2022, Master of Science, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Department of Physics
Interests
- Quantum optics
- Atomic-optical Physics
- Strain sensors for bioelectronic applications
Dimitrios Chatzigiannis graduated from the Department of Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art, TEI of Athens, Greece in 2007. He also fulfilled the MA Principles of Conservation at UCL, London, UK in 2010. Through these years he has been engaged in various conservation projects, including wall paintings, panel paintings and wooden artifacts conservation. His professional interests cover a wide range of topics, including: philosophical and political aspects of the conservation of cultural heritage, interdisciplinary collaboration between conservation and other fields, wall paintings conservation.
Since 2019, he is a PhD candidate at the Chemistry Department, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece and a member of the ‘’Photonics for Heritage Science’’ group of the IESL-FORTH. The topic of his research is related to the removal of salt encrustations from wall paintings’ surfaces, using innovative applications and to the broader scientific study of wall paintings. In this framework, he has the chance to explore the broader interactions between science and heritage conservation.
Education
- 2019 – today : PhD candidate, Chemistry Department, University of Crete, Greece.
- 2009 – 2010 : MA in Principles of Conservation, Institute of Archaeology, University College London (UCL), UK
- 2001 – 2007 : Conservation of Antiquities and Works of Art,Technological Educational Institute of Athens (now University of West Attica), Greece.
Career
- 2019 – today: Photonics for Heritage Science group, IESL-FORTH.
- 2007 – today: Filed conservation projects in the public and private sector.
Interests
- Cultural Heritage conservation
- Wall paintings conservation
- Salts identification and removal
- Wall paintings & mortals analysis
- Wall paintings materials and techniques
Other
Member of the Board of the Association of Conservator of Antiquities and Works of Art – Greece (ACAWA – Greece)
Education
- 2005, B.S., Engineering Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
- 2007, M.S., Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
- 2014, Ph.D., Physics, Center for Soft Matter Physics, Physics, New York University, NY, USA
Career
- 2014-2018, Post-doctoral scholar, Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) and Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of California - Santa Barbara (UCSB), CA, USA
- 2019-2020, Post-doctoral scholar, Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics and Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany
Interests
- soft matter
- biomaterials / bioinspired materials
- polymer networks
- protein condensates
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- Max Planck Partner Group Leader, 2021 - present
- Springer Poster Award, 2019 European Polymer Congress for “Tough polymer networks with covalent and catechol-iron coordination bonds: correlation of binding stoichiometry with mechanical performance” by Filippidi, Palles, Cristiani, Eisenbach, Kamitsos
- Doctoral Thesis Award of the Circle of Hellenic Academics in Boston (2016)
- Alexander S. Onassis Foundation fellowship for four years of graduate studies (2009 - 2012)
- Eleni Gatzoyiannis Scholarship, Boston University (2007)
- Certificate of Recognition, Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations (2005)
Eirini Katsipoulaki is a PhD student at the Department of Physics at the University of Crete,Greece. She received her Bachelor degree in Physics from University of Crete, Greece in 2019 and her M.sc. in master program "Photonics and Nanoelectronics" from the same department. In 2019, she joined the “Ultrafast Laser Micro and Nano Processing” Group of IESL, FORTH. Her bachelor thesis subject was: “Pulsed laser deposition and characterization of thin films WS2 ”. Her current research interests include two Dimensional Materials (2D), μ-Photoluminescence Spectroscopy (μ-PL), Raman Spectroscopy and Pulsed laser irradiation of the atomically thin lattice in a precursor gas atmosphere. Her research interests, also, lie in the effect of carrier doping.
Education
- 2021 - now : PhD, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
- 2019 - 2021: Master of Science, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece, 9.38/10
- 2015-2019:Bachelor degree in Physics from University of Crete, Greece, 8.54/10
Career
- September 2020-December 2020: Teaching Assistant as a master student, at the undergraduate course “Advanced Physics Laboratory”, Physics Department, University of Crete. Instructor: Prof. Eleftherios Iliopoulos.
- September 2019-December 2019: Teaching Assistant as a master student, at the undergraduate course “Advanced Physics Laboratory”, Physics Department, University of Crete. Instructor: Dr. Ioannis Karadamoglou
- September 2019-Today: M.Sc. Photonics Nanoelectronics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece - Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH
- March 2019-May 2019: Work experience as an undergraduate student at Ultrafast Laser Micro-Nano Processing Laboratory, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH
- March 2019-September 2019: Undergraduate student, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece - Ultrafast Laser Micro-Nano Processing Laboratory, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Bachelor thesis: Pulsed
- September 2018-December 2018: Teaching Assistant as an undergraduate student, at the undergraduate course “Optics Laboratory”, Physics Department, University of Crete. Instructor: Prof. Ioannis Kominis.
- February 2018-May 2018: Teaching Assistant as an undergraduate student, at the undergraduate course “Optics Laboratory”, Physics Department, University of Crete. Instructor: Prof.Theodoros Tzouros .
- February 2017-May 2017: Teaching Assistant as an undergraduate student, at the undergraduate course “Mechanics and Thermodynamics Laboratory”, Physics Department, University of Crete. Instructor: Prof.Andreas Zezas
- September 2016-December 2016: Teaching Assistant as an undergraduate student, at the undergraduate course “Mechanics and thermodynamics Laboratory”, Physics Department, University of Crete. Instructor: Prof.Andreas Zezas
Interests
- Mechanical Exfoliation of Two Dimensional Crystals
- Pulsed laser irradiation in a precursor gas atmosphere
- Raman Spectroscopy
- Micro-Photoluminescence Spectroscopy
- Micro-Differential Reflectance Spectroscopy
- Cryogenic System
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- November 2019, Graduation of Physics Department, University of Crete, Second best grade of the Graduation( 8.54/“Arista”)
- First grade of Master program “Photonics and Nanoelectronics” (year of admission 2019-2020)
