Panagiotis Kleitsiotis is an undergraduate student at the Physics Department of the University of Crete. He is currently working on his undergraduate thesis on the development of optical fiber sensors using copper oxide overlayer. 

Polyxeni Giouni has graduated from the Physics Department of University of Ioannina in 2022. She is currently a MSc student at “Photonics and Nanoelectronics” program of University of Crete. Her thesis as an undergraduate student referred to the study of metallic and ceramic materials, using LIBS method with femtosecond laser pulses. She is now aspired to work on device development using soft matter photonics. ​Polyxeni Giouni has graduated from the Physics Department of University of Ioannina in 2022. She is currently a MSc student at “Photonics and Nanoelectronics” program of University of Crete. Her thesis as an undergraduate student referred to the study of metallic and ceramic materials, using LIBS method with femtosecond laser pulses. She is now aspired to work on device development using soft matter photonics.

Dr. Ivan Chapalo received the Master’s and Ph.D. degrees in physics from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2011 and 2017 correspondingly. He conducted his postdoctoral research at the Radiophysics Department, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University in 2017-2020 and at the Department of Electromagnetism and Telecommunication, University of Mons in 2020-2023. Dr. Ivan Chapalo joined IESL-FORTH as a postdoctoral researcher in July 2023. He is a co-author of 30+ publications, and he is a winner of a number grants and scholarships. His professional and research interests are fiber optic sensors, multimode optical fibers and sensors, fiber Bragg gratings, polymer optical fibers, LabVIEW programming.

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 – 12/2021 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

Education

• 2006, Master of Philosophy in Engineering (MPhil), University of Wales Swansea, Swansea, United Kingdom
• 2003, Master of Science in Engineering by Research (MRes), University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
• 1997, Bachelor of Engineering in Robotic & Electronic Engineering (BEng), University of Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom

Career

• 09/2023 – Present, Technical Scientist, Foundation for Research and Technology, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL)
• 10/2021 – 08/2023, R&D Product Engineer, Biopix DNA Technology P.C.
• 10/2019 – 09/2021, Technical Scientist, Foundation for Research and Technology, Computational and BioMedicine Laboratory (CBML)
• 01/2019 – 09/2021, Technical Scientist, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Biomedical Informatics and eHealth Laboratory (BMI Lab)
• 11/2013 – 12/2018, Technical Scientist, Foundation for Research and Technology, Computational and BioMedicine Laboratory (CBML)
• 01/2012 – 10/2013, Personal Development
• 09/2007 – 11/2011, Postgraduate Researcher (PGR), Northumbria University (UK)

Interests

• Integrated Design
• Programming
• Embedded Systems
• Mechatronics
• IoT
• Web Services

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

• “Arthur Shercliff Travel Award 2002”, University of Cambridge

Other

Computer Literacy
Anybody Technology, BodyBuilder, Vicon Motion Analysis System (Workstation/Nexus), C3DEditor, Microsoft Office Suite, Scientific Word (Mackichan), AutoCAD, SolidWorks (3D Modelling, Motion Simulation, FEA), Fusion 360, Matlab, Simulink, Arduino Microcontroller Platform, HTML5, CSS3, PostgreSQL, DICOM, Eagle, C/C++, Java, Python, SparkJava Micro Framework, Android Studio, Machine Learning (self-development / in progress).

Education

• 2009 - 2013, B.E. in Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, China
• 2013 - 2020 Ph.D. of Chemistry in Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University. China

Career

• 2021 - 2023 Postdoc, Shanghai Jiao Tong University & Kingfa Co. CN, China
• 2023 ~ Present Postdoc, FORTH - IESL, Greece

Interests

• Design and Improvement of Rheology Setups
• Nonlinear Shear and Extensional Rheology
• Processing-structure-property Relationship of Complex Fluids
• Dynamics of Polymeric Materials
• Interface of Nanoparticles

Other

• Capable of using CAD software to design rheology equipment. (Journal of Rheology, 2020, 64, 177-190.)

• Capable of solving complicated rheologic models numerically. (https://github.com/libenke/FiberRheoModels)

• Figure processing and analysis by both MATLAB and Python. (https://github.com/libenke/VideoFiberTrack & https://github.com/libenke/CT_FiberSegentation)

Maria Roumpou is an archaeologist specialized in archaeological science and the implementation of analytical methods in the study of archaeological material, focusing on residue analysis. She holds a PhD in Scientific Methods in Archaeology from the University of Bradford. Her research interests include Aegean archaeology, application of scientific methods in archaeology, archaeological chemistry and molecular analysis in archaeological material. She has participated in a range of projects studying archaeological ceramics as a specialist in organic residue analysis (Mycenae, Thessaloniki Toumba, Drakaina Cave – Kephalonia, Akrotiri – Thera, Ayia Sotira – Nemea, Thebes, etc.), as well as a co-director of the Northern Greek Storage Project with Dr. Despina Margomenou. Maria has developed a long standing collaboration as a Research Associate at the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, Harokopio University in Athens.

Education

• 2006, Ph.D. in Archaeological Sciences, Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, UK
• 2001-03, Department of Chemistry and Forensic Sciences, University of Bradford, UK
• 2000, M.A. in Scientific Methods in Archaeology, Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, UK.
• 1998, B.A. in Archaeology, Department of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Career

• 2022, Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Crete, Department of History and Archaeology
• 2019, Post-Doctoral Researcher. National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of History & Archaeology
• 2007-pr, Research Associate, Harokopio University of Athens (Dept. of Dietetics & Nutritional Science)
• 2014-15, Research Associate, Fitch Laboratory, British School at Athens
• 2007-10, Honorary Research Fellow, University of Bradford (Division of Archaeological, Geographical & Environmental Sciences)
• 2009, Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Directorate of Conservation of Ancient & Modern Monuments
• 2007-08, Research Associate, Fitch Laboratory, British School at Athens

Interests

• Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Bronze Age
• History and Archaeology of Food and Nutrition
• Archaeological Chemistry
• Organic Chemistry
• Chemistry of Natural Products
• History of Art
• Cultural History