Dr. Minas M. Stylianakis is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Nursing of the Hellenic Mediterranean University. Since July 2020, he has joined the Hybrid Nanostructures group at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of the Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH) – Hellas as a Research Scientist. He received his PhD degree in Chemistry, in 2015 from the University of Crete. His expertise lies in the synthesis, solution processing and characterization of novel universal carbon- and graphene-based materials, 2D materials, metal oxides and organic compounds (small molecules and polymers). His fields of interest include the development of biomedical and environmental applications, regenerative nanomedicine (drug-delivery systems, implants design/development and tissue engineering), self-healing and antimicrobial coatings, additive manufacturing and energy production and storage. He has published 56 articles in international peer-reviewed journals, 3 book chapters, one edited book, 3 peer-reviewed articles in conference proceedings and 2 laboratory manuals. To date, he has received 2235 citations (2118 non-self), with an h-index of 28 (Scopus 01/2022), (h-index 30, 2800 citations, Google Scholar 01/2022). He has presented his work in 4 invited talks in international meetings and in more than 50 times in international conferences. He also serves as Referee, Guest Editor and Editorial Board Member in high impact international scientific journals. Finally, he is a certified evaluator for the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT), Greece, since 2017.
Interests
- Biomedical and Environmental applications
- Regenerative nanomedicine and tissue engineering
- Self-healing polymers and composites
- Drug delivery systems incorporating 2D materials
- Biomimetic scaffold materials
- Self-healing polymers and composites
- Additive manufacturing – 3D printing
- Water treatment technologies (desalination, wastewater treatment)
- 2D materials treatment with polymers, small molecules, biomolecules, metal atoms and heteroatoms
- Inks preparation for printed applications
- Optoelectronics, energy generation and storage applications
- Organic and perovskite solar cells
- Lubricants incorporating nanomaterials as additives
My research training aims to advance my field of expertise in energy materials. The program rests on the growth, fundamental science and physical - chemical characterisation of low-dimensional intercalation compounds of metal-chalcogenides. The work is designed around the role of non-trivial topology of electronic/ magentic interactions, when structural rearrangements at the atomic scale accompany the different flow of electrons in superconductors and the motion of charges in structurally related energy storage materials.
Ph.D. dissertation carried out at IESL-FORTH, entitled "Electron Correlations in Layered Metal Chalcogenides: Structure and Physical Properties" (2024); degree awarding Institution, University of Crete (Dept. of Materials Science and Technology).
Education
- 2019, M.Sc. Photonics and Nanoelectronics; University of Crete, Greece
- 2017, B.Sc. Materials Science and Technology; University of Crete, Greece
Interests
- enhanced electron-electron interactions in low-dimensional materials
- emergent quantum phenomena in chalcogenide superconductors
- energy materials for power transmission
Education
- 2019, Buchelor, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Greece
Career
- 2019, MSc Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Crete, Greece
Interests
- Organic-inorganic nanohybrid materials Graphene/graphene-based nano-materials,polymers
Ph.D. dissertation carried out at IESL-FORTH, entitled "Growth and Organization of Hybrid Nanocrystals: Structural, Electronic and Magnetic Properties" (2017); degree awarded by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Dept. of Physics).
Education
- 2010, M.Sc. Physics and Technology of Materials; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2006, B.Sc. Physics; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests
- nanocrystals with controlled geometry and composition
- directed-assembly of nanocrystals
- magnetic and optical properties of mesoscale nanoparticle networks
Ph.D. dissertation carried out at IESL-FORTH, entitled "Synthesis and Characterisation of Hybrid Nanocrystal Structures with Tailored Properties" (2012); degree awarded by the University of Crete (Dept. of Chemistry).
Education
- 2006, M.Sc. Physics and Technology of Materials; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2004, B.Sc. Physics; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests
- synthesis and understanding of high quality magnetic nanocrystals
- nanoparticle assembly - nanoclusters
- secondary colloidal nanostructures for bio-imaging (cf. MRI)
2020 - present: ONRG post-doctoral fellow at IESL-FORTH; aims to develop solvo-thermal growth approaches and the understading of the global structure modifications, pertaining to the Tc evolution in intercalated, expaned-lattice FeSe-based supercoductors.
Education
- 2019, Ph.D. Chemistry; University of Leeds, UK
- 2015, M.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry and Introduction to Chemical Research; Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Interests
- spin-crossover molecular materials
- light-induced switching in metal-organic frameworks
- magnetic materials and magnetism
- organometallic chemistry
- X-ray crystallography
- perovksites & energy conversion
Dr. Lukas F. Buchmann received his PhD degree in Physics from the University of Crete in 2010, having spent 3 years in our Group.
He then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Arizona (USA) and at the University of California, Berkeley (USA).
Between 2015 and 2017 Lukas was a joint research associate at Aarhus University (Denmark) and in our group. After staying
two more years at Aarhus University, Lukas went to Switzerland in 2019, where he is now a Senior Expert in Software and Optical
Measurements at FISBA AG.
Education
- 2010: PhD in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
- 2007: M.Sc. in Elementary Particle Theory, University of Durham, Durham, England
- 2006: B.Sc. in Physics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Career
- 2015-2019 Research Associate, Aarhus University, Denmark
- 2013-2015 UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Post-Doctoral Researcher
- 2010-2013 Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Interests
- Quantum Technology & Metrology
- Quantum Optics
- Quantum/Classical Transition
- Nonlinear Phenomena
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- 2013-2015: SNSF Fellow
M.Sc. dissertation carried out at IESL-FORTH, entitled "Light-induced Switching of Magnetic Materials with Ultrashort Laser Pulses" (2007); degree awarded by the University of Crete (Dept. of Physics).
Education
- 2007, M.Sc. Microelectronics-Optoelectronics, Physics Dept.; University of Crete, Greece
- 2005, B.Sc. Materials Science & Engineering; University of Crete, Greece
Interests
- physics of magnetic dynamics
- optical pump-probe methods with femtosecond laser sources
- nanoscale materials for novel magneto-optic devices
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- 2001, Prize for excellence, State Scholarships Foundation – IKY, Greece; Admitted 1st (Panhellenic exams), Materials Science & Engineering Dept., University of Crete
M.Eng. dissertation carried out at IESL-FORTH, entitled "System Automation for Multi-spectral and Time-resolved Imaging Studies of Phase Transitions in Magneto-dielectric Materials" (2017); degree awarded by the Technological Educational Institute of Crete (School of Engineering – Dept. of Electrical Engineering).
Education
- 2017, M.Eng. in Advanced Systems of Production, Automation and Robotics; Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece
- 2013, B.Eng. Electrical Engineering; Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece
Interests
- development of diagnostic tools for physical property measurements in condensed matter
- numerical computing algoriths for itiretative data analysis
- creating user interfaces and interfacing experimental stations and instruments with programs
Education
- 2007, M.Sc. Finance; University of Liverpool, UK
- 2004, Ph.D. Physics; Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- 2001, M.Sc. Enngineering Physics; Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Interests
- Magnetic oxides and noble metal nanocomposites
- Electronic structure modulations at interfaces
- Tunneling spectroscopy simulations
- Ab initio theoretical studies of hybvrid nanomaterials
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- 2006, University of Liverpool Alumni Scholarship, UK
- 2004, EU Descartes Research Prize finalist with the research group at CMS, Vienna, Austria
- 2001, Joint scholarship of Budapest University of Technology and Economics & Vienna University of Technology
