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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
Controllability in tunable chains of coupled harmonic oscillators
L. F. Buchmann, K. Mølmer, and D. Petrosyan
Phys. Rev. A, Volume:97, Page:042111, Year:2018, DOI:doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.97.042111
Creation and transfer of nonclassical states of motion using Rydberg dressing of atoms in a lattice
L. F. Buchmann, K. Mølmer, D. Petrosyan
Phys. Rev. A, Volume:95, Page:013403, Year:2017, DOI:doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.95.013403
Mr. Perisinakis Dimitris

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
Email: kmuratis@staff.hmu.gr
Mr. Mouratis Kyriakos

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
Structural, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Nanometer-size Iron-oxide Atomic Clusters: a Comparison Between GGA and GGA+U Approaches
K. Palotas, A.N. Andriotis, and A. Lappas
Phys. Rev. B, Volume:81, Page:075403, Year:2010, DOI:doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.075403

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
CdSe-Au Nanorod Networks Welded by Gold Domains: a Promising Structure for Nano-optoelectronic Components
P.G. Li, A. Lappas, R. Lavieville, Y. Zhang, and R. Krahne
J. Nanopart. Res., Volume:14, Page:978, Year:2012, DOI:doi.org/10.1007/s11051-012-0978-2

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
Antibacterial Surface Coatings from Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles Embedded in Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogel Surface Layers
V. Schwartz, F. Thetiot, S. Pütz, S. Ritz, L. Choritz, A. Lappas, R. Förch, K. Landfester, and U. Jonas
Adv. Funct. Mater. , Volume:22, Page:2376, Year:2012, DOI:doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201102980
Colloidal Anisotropic ZnO-Fe@FexOy Nanoarchitectures with Interface-Mediated Exchange-Bias and Band-Edge Ultraviolet Fluorescence
A. Kostopoulou, F. Thetiot, I. Tsiaousis, M. Androulidaki, P.D. Cozzoli, and A. Lappas
Chem. Mater., Volume:24, Page:2722, Year:2012, DOI:doi.org/10.1021/cm3008182
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Ms. Markozanne Georgia

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
Email: antonio.fernandez.martinez@upc.edu
Dr. Martinez Antonio Fernandez

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
Nanoscale Degeneracy Lifting in a Geometrically Frustrated Antiferromagnet
Benjamin A. Frandsen, Emil S. Bozin, Eleni Aza, Antonio Fernández Martínez, Mikhail Feygenson, Katharine Page, and Alexandros Lappas
Phys. Rev. B, Volume:101, Page:024423, Year:2020, DOI:doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.024423
Lab Phone: +302810391311
Fax: B109
Ms. Gkointa Frantzeska

Education

  • 2021, M.Sc, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
  • 2019, Bachelor, Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Greece

Interests

  • Characterization of Metals and Alloys
  • Wetting of microstructured rough surfaces
  • Polymer nanocomposite coatings
  • Polymer surfaces and interfaces
Email: i.bakaimi@soton.ac.uk

Ph.D. dissertation carried out at IESL-FORTH, entitled "Structural, Magnetic and Magnetodielectric Behavior of Geometrically Frustrated Manganese Oxides" (2014); degree awarded by the University of Crete (Physics Dept.).

Education

  • 2005, M.Sc. Applied Physics; University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
  • 2004, B.Sc. Physics; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

Interests

  • synthesis and characterisation of frustrated magnets
  • two-dimensional triangular systems of transition metal oxides
  • custom-made setups for probing the magnetodielectric response
  • X-ray and neutron powder diffraction
Hydration-induced spin-glass state in a frustrated Na-Mn-O triangular lattice
I. Bakaimi, R. Brescia, C.M. Brown, A.A. Tsirlin, M.A. Green, and A. Lappas
Phys. Rev. B, Volume:93, Page:184422, Year:2016, DOI:doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.184422
Multiple Twinning as a Structure Directing Mechanism in Layered Rock-Salt-Type Oxides: NaMnO2 Polymorphism, Redox Potentials and Magnetism
A.M. Abakumov, A.A. Tsirlin, I. Bakaimi, G. Van Tendeloo, and A. Lappas
Chem. Mater. , Volume:26, Page:3306, Year:2014, DOI:doi.org/10.1021/cm5011696
Coupled Commensurate Cation and Charge Modulation in the Tunnelled Structure Na0.40(1)MnO2
I. Kruk, P. Zajdel, W.-van Beek, I. Bakaimi, A. Lappas, C. Stock, and M.A. Green
J. Am. Chem. Soc. , Volume:133, Page:13950, Year:2011, DOI:doi.org/10.1021/ja109707q
Multiferroicity and Hydrogen-Bond Ordering in (C2H5NH3)2CuCl4 Featuring Dominant Ferromagnetic Interactions
B. Kundys, A. Lappas, M. Viret, V. Kapustianyk, V. Rudyk, S. Romanyshyn, Ch. Simon, and I. Bakaimi
Phys. Rev. B, Volume:81, Page:224434, Year:2010, DOI:doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.81.224434

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