Areti is author and co-author of > 15 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers, matching > 800 citations (h-index is 10). Well versed in EU regulations and procedures, EC funded projects, managing R&D projects, participated in several FP7 projects and WP leader in two H2020 projects. She has been the recipient of several scholarships and awards; in 2019 she has been awarded with a Post-doctoral 'Stavros Niarchos Foundation - FORTH Fellowship' within the project ARCHERS. As a Tech Expert, she currently works as a Technology Transfer Consultant in PRAXI Network/FORTH that is the leading technology transfer and innovation support organization in Greece; where recenty she has been promoted as Head of Unit at the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) at FORTH | PRAXI Network.
Education
- 2013, Ph.D. in Laser Physics, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK.
- 2009, M.Sc. in Microelectronics & Optoelectronics, Dept. of Physics, University of Crete, Greece.
- 2007, B.Sc. in Physics, Dept. of Physics, University of Crete, Greece.
Career
- 01/2023 - ..., Head of Unit, Technology Transfer Office (TTO) at Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) | PRAXI Network
- 09/2021 - 12/2022, Technology Transfer Consultant, PRAXI network
- 01/2021 - 12/2021, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Hellenic Mediterranean University, (Heraklion, Greece)
- 07/2018 – 12/2020, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation of Research and Technology-Hellas, (Heraklion, Greece)
- 10/2018 – 12/18, Temporary Postdoctoral Research Associate in Science Program, Texas A&M University at Qatar -TAMUQ (Doha, Qatar)
- 12/14 – 06/18, Research & Development (R&D) Scientist in Nanoscribe GmbH (Karlsruhe, Germany)
- 12/13 – 11/14, Postdoctoral Researcher, Marie Curie Fellow & Laser Development Engineer at Amplitude Systèmes (Bordeaux, France)
- 12/12 – 11/13, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. Andrews (Scotland, UK)
Interests
- Novel ultrafast laser micro/nano processing techniques
- Optoelectronics Engineering, Laser methods for biomolecules patterning and materials processing
- Light – Matter Interaction, 3D Printing
- 4D Printing and Soft Robotics, 3D Bioprinting
- Laser beam shaping / Adaptive Optics
- Non-linear lithography / Laser-based nanofabrication
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- 2022 - Guest Editor of Special Issue in Sensors: Women’s Special Issue Series - LINK:https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/WoS
- 2022 - Continues as a Vice chair @Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) Greek Chapter
- 2021 - Dr. Mourka was selected again to serve as an evaluator by the European Commission
- 2021 - Vice chair @Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) Greek Chapter
- 2021 - Women in Optics Planner | SPIE | https://spie.org/about-spie/advocacy/women-in-optics/women-in-optics-planner/2021-wio-planner/areti-mourka
- 2019 - Modular photo-induced non-linear additive manufacturing series - ‘MINOAS’ project | SNF-ARCHERS-IESL | https://archers.iesl.forth.gr/areti-mourka/
- 2019 - Best poster presentation | 12th FORTH Retreat (14th – 16th October 2019)
- 2019 - A travel grant was awarded from Marie Curie Alumni Association - MCAA for Areti's participation in the Forces and Forms of Doctoral Education 2019 conference in Hannover, Germany (5th – 6th September 2019)
- 2019 - Dr. Mourka was selected to serve as an evaluator by the European Commission
- 2018 - Visiting lecturer at the Department of Electronic Engineering of the Technological Educational Institute of Crete, in the context of the national program ‘Acquisition of Academic teaching experience in Young Scientists 2018-2019’
- 2013 - SUPA (Scottish Universities Physics Alliance) Graduate School Management Committee has supported Areti as an Early Career Researcher
- 2013 - Selected as a chairperson of the session on Laser Beam shaping at the Photonics 4 Life Network, 2nd Fast-Dot Summer School ‘Photonics meets Biology’, Heraklion, Greece (30th September – 3rd October 2013)
- 2013 - Best student poster presentation award at the Photonics 4 Life Network, 2nd Fast-Dot Summer School ‘Photonics meets Biology’, Heraklion, Greece, 30th September – 3rd October 2013 (100€ prize funded by Nature Photonics journal)
- 2011 - Photonics 4 Life Network, 1st Fast-Dot Summer School ‘Photonics meets Biology’, Heraklion, Greece, 15th - 18th September 2011. A scholarship was awarded from the organization committee to cover the cost of Areti's participation.
- 2009-2013 PhD funding from UK EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council)
- 2007-2009 Microelectronics – Optoelectronics M. Sc. Graduate Program, EPEAEK, National Scholarship Foundation
- 2006-2007 Student Award, State Scholarships Foundation (IKY)
Other
Projects:
- CARIOQA-PMP project - HORIZON-CL4-2021-SPACE | 2022 - 2026
- AccelerACTION project - HORIZON-EIE-2021-SCALEUP | 2022 - 2025
- smartHEALTH project - European Digital Innovation Haubs (DIGITAL-2021-EDIH-INITIAL-01) | 2022 - 2026
- Alternative smart ocular implants with controlled ophthalmic pharmacokinetics 2018-2021 | https://eeeeof.iesl.forth.gr
- Functional surface treatments using ultra-short pulse laser system - FemtoSurf | H2020-ICT | https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/825512
- High-Power Ultrafast LaSErs using Tapered Double-Clad Fibre - PULSE | H2020-ICT | https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/824996
- Modular photo-induced non-linear additive manufacturing series - MINOAS | SNF-ARCHERS-IESL 2019
- PRINTOPTICS - Federal Ministry of Education and Research - BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) 2017
- PHOIBOS - Federal Ministry of Education and Research - BMBF (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) 2015
- Two Photon Absorbers for Biomedical Applications - TOPBIO | FP7-PEOPLE-2010-ITN | https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/264362
Sophia Sotiropoulou is physicist, University of Athens (1991), post graduated in Physical methods in Archaeology and Museography, Univ. of Bordeaux (1993) and PhD in Chemical Engineering at the NTUA (2000). She is devoted to heritage science, conducting research in the development of analytical strategies and optimization of methodologies for the study of a wide range of archaeological materials, artworks and heritage objects or structures. She has been specialized in applying imaging techniques, optical, photometric and spectroscopic methods for the analysis of materials, the study of mechanisms of natural aging and the characterization of paint surfaces (including optical, chemical and visually perceptible properties) of heritage objects.
Education
- 2000, Phd, National Technical University of Athens, Department of Chemical Engineering, Section of Materials Science, Greece
- 1993, D.E.S.S.- “Méthodes Physiques en Archéologie et Muséographie”, BORDEAUX I (Department of Science and Technology), France
- 1993, D.E.A. - “Histoire, Civilisation: Archéologie des mondes antiques”, University of BORDEAUX III (Department of Social and Human Sciences), France
- 1992, D.E.U.G. History of Art, PARIS X NANTERRE (Paris Nanterre University). France
- 1991, Diploma of Physics, Physics Department, School of Sciences, University of Athens, Greece
Career
- 2018 to present, Senior Research Associate, FORTH – Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser(IESL), Greece
- 2010 to present, Assistant Module Coordinator (AMC) at "General Principles of Light, Hellenic Open University (HOU) - School of Applied Arts”- Master course "Lighting Design, Greece
- 1996 to 2017, Senior researcher, “Ormylia” Foundation - Art Diagnosis Centre (OfADC) , GREECE
- 1993 to 1996, Research Associate, N. C. S. R. “Demokritos”, Institute of Materials Science, Laboratory of Archaeometry , Greece
Interests
- Heritage Science
- Colour Science
- Technology of Wall paintings
- Pigments Analysis
- Technical imaging
- Molecular Spectroscopies (microRaman, FTIR)
- XRF elemental analysis
- Ancient Polychromy
- Aegean Prehistory
- Museum Lighting
Athanasia Papanikolaou studied Physics at the Physics Department of the University of Crete (B.Sc.) and received her MSc in “Photonics & Nanoelectronics” from the same department, in 2018. She joined IESL-FORTH to pursue her undergraduate thesis under the title “Towards the understanding of the two-wavelength laser cleaning in avoiding yellowing on stonework”, and she continues her research work with her MSc thesis focused on the “Development of a photoacoustic monitoring system for the study of laser ablation processes upon the removal of encrustation from stonework”.
In 2019 she received a scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. studied at the Warsaw University of Technology Institute of Micromechanics and Photonics within the CHANGE (https://change-itn.eu/) ITN project. Her aim is to develop a “Portable multimodal system for CH surface measurement and monitoring” under the supervision of prof. Malgorzata Kujawinska.
Education
- 2018, M.Sc., Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
- 2016, B.Sc., Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
Interests
- Laser cleaning of stone
- Two wavelength Laser Cleanign
- Photoacoustic imaging
- Monitoring laser ablation
Dr. Mariam-Eleni Oraiopoulou has been a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Computational Bio-Medicine Laboratory (CBML) at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) of the Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas (ICS-FORTH) in collaboration with the Laboratory for Biophotonics and Molecular Imaging (LBMI) at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL-FORTH) and the Gene Expression Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB-FORTH).
She received her PhD in the field of (Computational) Neurosciences – NeuroOncology at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece and at the CBML-ICS-FORTH in 2018. She received her Diploma in Biological Applications and Technology in 2011 from the University of Ioannina, Greece with a Diploma Thesis regarding Metabolomics and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Human Subjects. She also holds an MSc in Brain and Mind Sciences since 2014 from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete with a Master Thesis regarding Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in Human Brain Cancer.
Her main research interests are the Neurobiology of the Central Nervous System (CNS) and in particular, the pathophysiology of the human brain cancer in interplay with non-invasive imaging biomarkers and in silico tumor growth validation based on human, patient-derived, brain cancer models including both in vitro and in vivo preclinical studies.
Education
- 2018, PhD, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete , Greece
- 2014, MSc, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
- 2011, BSc, Department of Biological Applications and Technology, University of Ioannina, Greece
Dr. George Tserevelakis received his B.Sc. in Physics (2006), M.Sc. in Optics and Vision (2008), and Ph.D. in Physics (2013) from the University of Crete, Greece. He is currently a Research Associate at the Laboratory for Biophotonics and Molecular Imaging (LBMI) of IESL/FORTH and a Laboratory Teaching Staff member at the University of Crete.
He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Technical University of Munich (2013-2014), where he developed hybrid imaging systems combining multiphoton microscopy and optoacoustic techniques. His research spans biomedical imaging and cultural heritage science, with a focus on label-free diagnostic methods. Dr. Tserevelakis has published 48 journal articles, 6 peer-reviewed conference papers, and holds 1 patent.
Education
- 2013, PhD, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
- 2008, MSc, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
- 2006, BSc, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
Interests
- Optoacoustic Microscopy
- Optical and optoacoustic imaging systems
