Education

• 9/1990 - 12/1997: Graduate studies, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
• 2/1993 - 12/1997: PhD, Polymer Physics, Advisor: Prof. G. Fytas, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
• 6/1994 Master’s Degree in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
• 1/1990-8/1990: Graduate student with the theoretical physics group of the Department of Physics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• 9/1984 - 9/1989: Diploma in Physics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Career

• 7/2017 - : Full Professor, Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete
• 12/2011 - 7/2017: Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete
• 5/2006 - 12/2011: Assistant Professor (tenure, 3/2010), Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete
• 7/2004 - 5/2006: Associated Researcher (Grade C) Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
• 9/2002 - 8/2005: Adjunct Associate Professor (Visiting Professorship), Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete
• 10/2002 - 9/2003: Individual Marie Curie Research Fellow (return type), Host Institute: Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
• 2/2002 - 9/2002: Research Fellow of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
• 4/2001 - 1/2002: Research Fellow of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, UK
• 4/1999 - 4/2001: Individual Marie Curie Research Fellow, Project Head: Prof. P.N. Pusey. Host Institute: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Edinburgh, UK
• 3/1998 - 3/1999: National service in the Greek Army
• 1/1998 - 3/1998: Research Fellow of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Interests

• Dynamics and structure of colloidal dispersions in equilibrium and under shear
• Rheology of colloidal glasses and colloid-polymer gels
• Effects of inter-particle interactions on the structure, dynamics and rheology
• Slow dynamics and ageing of colloidal glasses and gels
• Colloidal dynamics in confinement
• Development of new techniques combining rheology, light scattering and microscopy, optical tweezers for the study of soft matter out of equilibrium

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

• Graduate Student Fellowship (ΕΜΥ) (1990), Theory division of the Department of Physics, University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• “Distinguished student” award: 2nd “Advanced Physics Summer School of University of Crete (1990), Greece
• Graduate Student Fellowship: (1990-1997) University of Crete and Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Greece
• Marie Curie Research Fellow (1999-2001)
• Marie Curie Research Fellow (return type) (2002-2003)
• Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award (October 2016) Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany

George Kioseoglou is a Professor at the Department of Materials Science and Technology of the University of Crete and an affiliated member of IESL/FORTH. He obtained his PhD in Physics from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1999 in the area of spectroscopic studies of electronic states in semiconductor heterostructures. After a postdoctoral position at Brookhaven National Laboratory, he joined the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington DC where he continued his work on efficient electrical spin injection and detection in semiconductors. From 2004 to 2007 he was a National Research Council (NRC) Fellow with the materials physics branch at NRL. In 2007 he joined the Department of Materials Science and served as its Director of Graduate Studies in the period of 2010-2015. His main research interests are in the physics and applications of semiconductor nanostructures, Spintronics and Valleytronics, and in the electronic and optical properties of 2D materials. Prof. Kioseoglou has shared 3 times the NRL Alan Berman research publication award for his work on spin injection in GaAs and Si spin-LEDs. He has co-authored over 90 scientific publications in refereed journals with 4 very-highly cited papers in Spintronics, more than 6500 total citations and an h-index of 37, and more than 270 contributed conference presentations. He gave more than 40 invited talks in international conferences and written one book chapter in Handbook of Spintronics.

Education

• 1999, Ph.D. in Physics, State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
• 1991, M.Sc. in Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• 1987, B.Sc. in Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Career

• 2021-present, Professor, Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete
• 2015-present Affiliated member IESL-FORTH
• 2010-2015 Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete
• 2007-2012, Researcher at Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA
• 2007-2020 Associate Professor, Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete
• 2004-2007 National Research Council Fellow, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA
• 2002-2004 Postdoctoral Associate, GeoWashington University and Naval Research Laboratory, Washington DC, USA
• 1999-2001 Postdoctoral Associate, State University of New York at Buffalo and Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton Ny, USA

Interests

• 2D Materials: optical and electronic properties
• Valley polarization and scattering mechanisms in 2D Materials
• Semiconductor Spintronics and Valleytronics
• Physics and applications of semiconductor nanostructures
• Spin-LEDs: Spin injection and detection in Fe/GaAs and Fe/Si
• Magneto-optical studies on magnetic semiconductors and ferromagnet/semiconductor heterostructures for spintronic applications

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

• 2007: Alan Berman Research Publication and NRL Edison Awards for the paper "Electrical Spin-Injection into Silicon from a Ferromagnetic Metal/Tunnel Barrier Contact" Nature Physics 3, 542 (2007)
• 2004-2007: National Research Council (NRC) Fellowship
• 2002: Alan Berman Research Publication and NRL Edison Awards for the paper "Reduction of Spin Injection Efficiency by Interface Defect Spin Scattering in ZnMnSe/AlGaAs-GaAs Spin-Polarized Light-Emitting Diodes " PRL 89, 166602 (2002)
• 2000: Alan Berman Research Publication and NRL Edison Awards for the paper"Robust Electrical Spin Injection into a Semiconductor Heterostructure" PRB 62, 8180 (2000)
• 1997: Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award - The American Association of Physics Teachers

Dr. Iliopoulos is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Physics, University of Crete and an Associated Researcher of IESL-FORTH. He holds a Ph.D. (2002) from Boston University, Center for Photonics Research, USA. He has collaborated with a number of international companies (Lokheed-Martin Inc., EADS N.V., Aixtron SE, III-V Lab, EG&G Inc., BAE Inc., Astex Inc., Epion Inc.) and organizations (ARPA, ESA) in epitaxial growth of III-Nitride semiconductor heterostructures and nanostructures, in development of (opto)electronic devices based on them and in novel, QDs based, device concepts. He was a national representative and workgroup vice-chair in the European program COST-MP0805 “Novel gain materials and devices based on III-V-N compounds” and an elected member of the board of directors of the Hellenic “Micro&Nano” organization. He is a permanent member of the biannual EXMATEC workshop international steering committee and a management committee member of the “Crete Center for Quantum Complexity and Nanotechnology (CCQCN)”. He has authored or co-authored more than 80 publications in recognized international peer-reviewed journals with more than 1800 citations and an h-index of 25. He has been awarded as principal investigator/coordinator two international and one national research projects and has participated as co-investigator in numerous European ones.

Education

• 2001, Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Boston University, Boston MA, U.S.A.
• 1996, M.Sc. in Physics, Northeastern University, Boston MA, U.S.A.
• 1994, B.Sc. in Physics, Physics Dpt, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Career

• 11/2017 - today, Associate Professor Physics Dpt., University of Crete
• 01/2009 - 10/2017, Assistant Professor Physics Dpt., University of Crete
• 01/2009 - today, Collaborating faculty member, FORTH - IESL, Greece
• 09/2007 - 12/2008, Visiting Assistant Professor (PD407) Physics Dept., University of Crete
• 01/2007 - 12/2008, Microelectornics research gorup, FORTH - IESL, Greece
• 01/2004 - 12/2006, Postdoctoral Researcher, Physics Dept., University of Crete

Education

• 1979, PhD in Physics, University of Wales, U.K.
• 1975, M.Sc in electronics, University of Wales, U.K.
• 1974, B.Sc in Physics, Physics Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Career

• 2008 – today, Associate Professor, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece
• 1984 – today, Collaborating Researcher, FORTH - IESL, Greece
• 1992 – 2008, Assistant Professor with tenure, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece
• 1988 – 1992, Assistant Professor, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece
• 1985 – 1988, Lecturer, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece
• 1981 – 1985, Lecturer - Researcher, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece

Interests

• ΜΒΕ grown III-V compound semiconductors (arsenides)

Education

• 1990, Ph.D in Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
• 1989, M.Sc in Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
• 1984, B.Sc in Physics, University of Patra, Patra, Greece

Career

• 05/2010 - today, Professor, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
• 10/2002 - 05/2010, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
• 09/1999 - 09/2002, Assistant Professor with tenure, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
• 09/1995 - 09/1999, Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
• 10/1994 - 08/1995, Research Associate, MRG/IESL/FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
• 10/1991 0 12/1992, Visiting Research Scientist, CALCE Electronic Packaging Research Center, Mechanical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, University of Maryland, USA
• 2/1989 - 2/1993, Research Associate, Microelectronics Research Group, FORTH - IESL, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

Interests

• Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) of novel III-V nanostructure-heterostructure materials for advanced electronic and optoelectronic semiconductor devices
• Development of technologies integrating III-V semiconductor devices on other substrates, such as Si
• Understanding the structural properties and their interrelation with the electronic properties of III-V semiconductor interfaces and thin films
• Understanding the material effects on the performance of III-V semiconductor devices

Demetrios Anglos is Professor at the Department of Chemistry, University of Crete and Associated Researcher at IESL-FORTH, where he leads the Applied Spectroscopy Laboratory (since 2001). The activities of his research group focus on a) the study of photophysics in molecules and novel nanomaterials with potential sensing applications and b) the applications of laser spectroscopic techniques (LIF, LIBS, Raman spectroscopy) in the analysis of materials, with particular emphasis on the development of mobile, field-deployable instrumentation. The output of his research is presented in over 100 publications (4 invited) in peer-reviewed journals and in several talks (25 invited) at major international conferences. He has been involved in a number of EU and nationally-funded research projects (in 6 as a scientist in charge). During the period 2001-2016, he served as the Technical Manager of the Ultraviolet Laser Facility operating at IESL-FORTH, which is currently a member of LASERLAB-EUROPE. He has over the past few years concentrated his attention on European and National Initiatives which aim at developing Research Infrastructures relevant to Cultural Heritage Science, E-RIHS (European Research Infrastructures for Heritage Science), and E-RIHS.gr. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Heritage Science.

Education

• 1994, PhD, Physical Chemistry, Cornell University, USA
• 1989, MSc, Physical Chemistry, Cornell University, USA
• 1985, BSc, Physical Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece

Career

• 09/2016 - present, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete
• 09/2009 - 09/2016, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete
• 04/2005 - 09/2009, Principal Researcher, IESL-FORTH
• 11/2001 - 03/2005, Associate Researcher, IESL-FORTH
• 1999 - 2001, Research Scientist, IESL-FORTH
• 1995 - 1999, Post-doctoral Researcher, IESL-FORTH
• 1989-1993, Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University
• 1986 - 1989, Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Cornell University

Interests

• Photophysics
• Photochemistry
• Laser Spectroscopy
• Laser analytical techniques and instrumentation