Education

• Ph.D. in Atomic & Molecular Physics, University Of Crete, Herakleion – Greece
• M.Sc. in Advanved Theoretical physics, University Of Crete, Herakleion – Greece
• B.Sc. in Physics, University Of Crete, Herakleion – Greece

Career

• Postoctoral Researcher

Interests

• Atomic & Molecular Dynamics
• Quantum Optics in strong–field physics
• Photon counting
• Photon statistics
• Quantum Information
• Nonlinear Phenomena
• Attosecond Physics

Education

• 2007 PhD degree in experimental Physics, Atomic & Molecular Physics Laboratory, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece
• 2001 Postgraduate courses at Physics Department, University of Ioannina, (Greece):
• 1999 B. Sc. in Physics, Physics Department, University of Ioannina (Greece)

Career

• 09/2018 – present Postdoctoral research associate, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Heraklion, Greece
• 09/2016 – 08/2018 Assistant Professor, Attosecond Science Laboratory (ASL), King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia (www.attoworld.sa)
• 03/2013 – 10/2015 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Plasma Physics & Lasers (CPPL), sub-10fs CEP-stabilized Laser Laboratory, Rethymno (Crete), Greece Research subject: ‘Ultrafast non-linear optical processes on metallic surfaces’ (http://www.cppl.
• 04/2015 – 08/2015 Research Fellow, University of Ioannina and Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• 03/2008 – 02/2013 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, VUV/XUV Spectroscopy and Frontier Coherent Sources Laboratory, LENS Institute, University of Florence, Italy
• 11/2007 - 02/2008 Visiting Researcher, LENS, Florence, Italy, via an accepted research proposal submitted in LASERLAB Europe with code

Interests

• Attosecond pulse generation and applications
• Implementation of an ultrastable Michelson interferometer for VUV/XUV spectroscopic studies
• High-resolution XUV spectroscopy using Ti:sa harmonics
• Laser-atom interaction with nanosecond laser pulses
• Ultrafast non-linear processes on metallic surfaces
• Laser-molecule interaction with strong femtosecond laser fields
• Laser-made electrodes for 3D-diamond detectors

Education

• 1997, Bachelor in Physics (with a certified specialty in atomic and molecular physics), Physics department, University of Crete, Greece
• 2001, Certification as an observer meteorologist by the Hellenic National Meteorological Service
• 2004, MSc in Microelectronics-Optoelectronics, Physics department, University of Crete, Greece

Career

• 1996 – 1997 Specialization and training fellowship at the laser group of IESL - FORTH
• 2004 - 20011 Teaching experimental lessons in Electrical Engineer and Informatics Engineer Department at the Technological Educational Institute of Crete
• 2005 – 2016 High school science teacher
• 2014 – Today Technical Scientist and Research Assistant at the Polymer and Colloid Science Group of IESL - FORTH

Other

Research and Development experience:

• Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy.
• Time of Flight (TOF) spectroscopy.
• Laser development.
• Nonlinear Optics.
• Upgrade and developments of rheo-optical setups.
• Light scattering setups at high pressures (kbar range)
• 3D designing and printing.
• Force sensing optical tweezers
• Temperature and pressure active controllers using Arduino and python programming

Education

• 2016 – Present PhD candidate in Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, & at UNIS Laboratory of IESL-FORTH.
• 2016, M.Sc. in Optics and Vision, School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece.
• 2014, B.Sc. in Physics, Dept. of Physics, University of Crete, Greece.

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

• Awarded a full PhD scholarship from Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation [H.F.R.I., ΕΛ.ΙΔ.Ε.Κ]