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 T_c 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

Education

• 2006, Ph.D. Physics; Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
• 2003, M.Sc. Materials Science; Northeastern University, Shenyang, China.
• 1999, B.Sc. Materials Science; Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, China.

Interests

• Transport from single functional organic molecules or nanocrystals
• Synthesis and characterization of nanostructured semiconductor materials
• Micro/nano fabrication technologies
• Colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) materials

Education

• 2004, Ph.D. Chemistry; University of Brest, France.
• 1999, M.Sc. Chemistry; University of Brest, France.
• 1998, B.Sc. Chemistry; University of Brest, France.

Interests

• New molecular materials with magnetic and/or conducting properties
• Wet chemistry pathways for shape controlled nanoparticles
• Lattice mis-matched hybrid nanocrystals
• Nanomaterials for biological labelling or magneto-optical recording

Postgraduate student in the division of Advanced Materials - Physical Chemistry at Department of Chemistry, University of Crete and member of the Hybrid Nanostructures Group of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas.

Education

• 2021, Bachelor of Science, University of Crete, Department of Chemistry

Interests

• Organic-Inorganic Nanohybrid Materials
• Thermal Properties of Nanocomposites Materials
• Polymer Crystallinity Under Inorganic Nanocomposite Confinement
• pH Responsive Polymers

Education

• 2003, B.Sc. Physics; University de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
• 2005, M.Sc. Solid State Physics; University of Barcelona, Spain
• 2014, Ph.D. Physics; University of Barcelona, Spain

Interests

• Nanomagnetism
• Mixed-valent manganites
• Microwave spectroscopy