RETIRED

Michalis Andrianakis is an Electrical Engineer, graduated of the Hellenic Mediterranean University of Crete (HelMedU), holding an MSc degree in “Advanced automation system and robotics”. Since 2010, he has been working at IESL-FORTH. His main tasks include the development of electronic and optical systems, imaging, and systems control software. He has conducted numerous measurement campaigns in Greece and around Europe employing a mobile Digital Holographic Interferometry instrument for in-situ, non-destructive survey of museum objects and monuments in the context of several mobile access investigations supported through the IPERION-CH and POLITEIA-I projects or provided on a service basis.

He has actively participated in major national and EU projects at IESL-FORTH including IPERION-HS, HELLAS-CH, POLITEIA-I and II, IPERION-CH, Climate for Culture, CHARISMA, SYDARTA.

Education

• 2015,Msc in Advanced Production Systems, Automation and Robotics, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece
• 2010, Electrical Engineer, Technological Educational Institute of Crete,Greece

Career

• 2010, Technical staff in Photonics group ,FORTH – IESL, Greece
• 2009, Training Scholarship, FORTH – IESL, Greece

Interests

• Computer and machine vision
• Image processing and analysis
• Applications with Scientific and commercial cameras
• Computer software applications
• Systems development
• Use of spectroscopic and interferometric techniques for analysis on Works of Art, Archeological objects and materials
• Acquisition (DAQ) devices control
• Motors speed and position control
• Robotics
• Automations
• Electrical and electronic circuits

Other

I have participate in many training courses within the country and abroad, teaching the use of an interferometric technic

Conducting experiments in 7 countries through a European program, for in-situ non-destructive measurements on artworks and archeological objects (IPERION-CH Molab)

Technical and experimental support to facility users, Post Doc, PhDs, students, conducting experiments in the metrology laboratory at Iesl – Forth, on materials and works of art

S. H. Anastasiadis is a Professor of Polymer Science & Engineering at the Dept. of Chemistry of the Univ. of Crete and the former Director of the Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser (IESL) of the Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas (FORTH). He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University in 1988. He has been a Visiting Scientist at the IBM Almaden Research Center in 1988-1989. He was awarded the John H. Dillon Medal of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1998 and was elected Fellow of APS in 2000. He has been an Editor of the Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics (5/2006-7/2010). He served as a Consulting Editor of AIChE J. and as a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Macromolecules.  He is a Member of the Quality Assurance Committee (01/2009–now) whereas he has served as the Vice Chair of the Committee on Research Integrity and Ethics (07/2018–12/2021) and the Vice Chair of the Technical Council (02/2011–10/2016) of the University of Crete. He has served as the elected President of the European Polymer Federation (EPF) for the years 2018 and 2019 whereas he serves as President of the Hellenic Polymer Society (12/2012-now).  He was elected a Mary Shepard B. Upson Visiting Professor at Cornell University for the Academic year 2018-2019. He is a Member of the Supreme Council of the Hellenic Authority of Higher Education (8/2023-now) whereas he has served as a Member of the Evaluation and Accreditation Council of the Hellenic Authority of Higher Education (5/2020-5/2023) and the Vice-Chair of the Sectoral Scientific Council on Engineering Sciences of the National Council of Research, Technology and Innovation (11/2020-now).  He was elected Director of IESL-FORTH in 05/2013 and was re-elected in 11/2018; his tenure ended in 02/2023.

Education

• 1988 ​Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, U. S. A.
• 1984, Master of Arts, Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, U. S. A.
• 1983, Diploma, Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Career

• 10/2008 – Today, Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Crete, Heraklion Crete, Greece
• 05/2013 – 02/2023, Director, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
• 09/1991 – Today, Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
• 09/2005 – 10/2008, Professor, Dept. of Chem. Eng., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
• 05/2004 – 09/2005, Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
• 10/1997 – 05/2004, Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
• 05/1993 – 10/1997, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
• 04/1988 – 12/1989, Visiting Scientist, IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

Interests

• Polymer Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films
• Polymer Blends, Homopolymer / Copolymer Blends
• Block Copolymers - Order/Disorder Transitions
• Dynamics & Diffusion in Multiconstituent Systems
• Organic/Inorganic Nanohybrid Materials
• Responsive Polymer Systems
• Polymer Materials for Energy Applications

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

• 1998, American Physical Society John H. Dillon Medal: “For pioneering studies of the structure and dynamics of polymer solutions, melts, interfaces, and thin films”
• 2000, American Physical Society Fellow: “For important contributions to the dynamics of block copolymers in the melt and in solution and on the structure and dynamics of polymer interfaces and thin films” Editor,
• 2018 & 2019, President of the European Polymer Federation (EPF)
• 2018-2019, Mary Shepard B. Upson Visiting Professor, Cornell University
• 8/2023 - Today, Member of the Supreme Council, Hellenic Authority of Higher Education
• 5/2020-5/2023, Member of the Evaluation & Accreditation Council, Hellenic Authority of Higher Education
• 11/2020-Today, Vice-Chair of the Sectoral Scientific Council on Engineering Sciences of the National Council of Research, Technology and Innovation
• 3/2021-Today, Chairman of the Regional Committee of Model and Experimental Schools of the Region of Crete
• 5/2006 - 7/2010, Editor, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics
• 7/2010-12/2021, Consulting Editor, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics
• 8/2012-12/2016, Consulting Editor, AIChE Journal
• 1/2015-12/2017, Member of the Editorial Board, Macromolecules
• 1/2020-Today, Member of the Editorial Board, Polymers
• 02/2003-05/2006, Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics
• 1987, Graduate Student Award, Materials Research Society
• 1985, Best Paper Award, Society of Plastics Engineers - Plastics Analysis Division (ANTEC)
• 1979, 1980, 1983, Hellenic Engineering Society Award - Fellowship
• 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, Greek National Scholarship Foundation Fellowship
• 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, "A. Tiftixi" Foundation Award - Fellowship

Education

• 2016, M.Sc in Micro / Optoelectronics, Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Greece
• 2013, B.Sc in Physics, Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Greece

Education

• 2009, Ph.D., Physics department, University of Crete, Greece
• 2004, M.Sc., Physics department, University of Crete, Greece
• 2001, B.Sc., Physics department, University of Crete, Greece

Career

• 12/2016 - today, Post Doctoral Researcher, Microelectronics Research Group (MRG), FORTH - IESL, Greece
• 10/2015 - 11/2016, Research associate, Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Greece
• 02/2010-09/2015, Research associate, Microelectronics Research Group (MRG), FORTH - IESL, Greece

Interests

• III-Nitride wide band gap semiconductors
• Molecular Beam Epitaxy growth of III-Nitrides
• III-nitride based Heterostructures and Nanostructures for Electronic and Optoelectronic applications

• PERSONAL INFORMATION

Family Name, First Name : Tzallas Paraskevas

Researcher unique identifier: Paraskevas Tzallas on Google Scholar

Date of birth  : Grevena-Greece, Feb. 4, 1974.

Nationality: Hellenic

Office address : Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (FORTH-IESL), N. Plastira 100, Vassilika Vouton, 70013, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, Tel.: +30-81-391127, Fax: +30-81-391305, e-mail: ptzallas@iesl.forth.gr

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• CURRENT POSITION (S)

2017-now: Research Director (Researcher A') at the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), Greece, and head of the "Quantum light and Technologies" and "Attosecond science and technology" activities at FORTH.

2024-now: Coordinator of the Center of Quantum Science and Technologies of FORTH (FORTH-QuTech)

2014-now: Senior Research fellow and Scientific Advisor at Extreme Light Infrastructure-Attosecond Light Pulse Source (ELI-ALPS), Szeged, Hungary

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• PREVIOUS POSITIONS

2002-2004: Post-Doc in MAX-PlANCK-INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK in Garching (Germany)

2004-2017: Researcher D', Researcher C' and Principal Researcher (Researcher B') at FORTH-IESL

2018-2020: Board member of the scientific council of FORTH-IESL

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• SHORT BIOGRAPHY: I received his PhD in physics in 2002. Then, I joint as PostDoc fellow the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ) in Garching, Germany. Then he moved as researcher at FORTH, rising on 2017 to the rank of the Research Director. 

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• CAREER BREAKS (2004): 6 Months military obligation in the Greek Armed Forces. I was acknowledged by the Greek Ministry of National Defence as a Distinguished Scientist of Abroad.

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• RESEARCH INTERESTS: Atomic, Molecular and Optical physics (AMO); Attosecond science and strong laser field physics; Quantum Optics and quantum information science.

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• EDITORIAL DUTIES:

2020: Guest Editor in the special issue on "Quantum optics in strong laser fields" of the journal Photonics.

2024: Editor of the  book on the 'High-order Harmonic generation in solids', which is published by World Scientific, which is the exclusive publisher for the Nobel Foundation, and they have over 100 titles by Nobel Laureates and on the Nobel Prize.

2025-now:  Editorial board member of the J. Phys. B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical physics.

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• RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

           My scientific contribution in the research fields of Quantum Optics and Technologies, and Attosecond Science, is characterized by the development of many novel approaches and research highlights. Below I summarize some of them.

Quantum Optics and Technologies:

• Non-linear optics using intense optical Schrödinger CAT states Phys. Rev. Lett. 134, 013601 (2025). 
• Connection between Strong-laser-field physics, non-classical light states and quantum information science (Rep. Prog. Phys. 86, 094401 (2023), Phys. Rev. A 109, 033706 (2024), J. Phys. B:At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 58, 132001 (2025)).
• Generation of high photon number optical Schrödinger CAT states with controllable quantum features (Phys. Rev. A 105, 033714 (2022) (Editors' suggestion)) 
• Generation of high photon number non-classical and entangled light states from extreme-ultraviolet to far infrared spectral range (Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 123603 (2022), PRX Quantum 4, 010201 (2023), Phys. Rev. Lett. 132, 143603 (2024)). 
• Generation of optical Schrödinger CAT using intense laser-matter interactions ( Nature. Phys., 17, 1104 (2021)). 
• Development of a method namely "Quantum Spectrometer" which has been used for the generation of optical Schrödinger "cat" states using intense laser-matter interactions (Nature Commun. 8, 15170 (2017); Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 193602 (2019)).

 

Attosecond Science:

• Attosecond pulse metrology: The first direct observation of attosecond light bursts emitted from gas and solid-state media [Nature 426, 267 (2003); Nature Phys. 5, 124 (2009); APL Photonics 4, 080901 (2019). Comparative studies between 2^nd order autocorrelation and cross-correlation methods (RABBITT) [Phys. Rev. A 82, 021402(R) (2010)].
• Generation of intense isolated Attosecond pulses. Development of a method that leads to the generation of high-power coherent continuum XUV radiation (Nature Phys. 3, 846 (2007)). Development of the highest energy ever reported Attosecond source (Phys. Rev. A 98, 023426 (2018)).
• XUV non-linear optics: The first observation of atomic direct double ionization by a harmonic superposition (Phys. Rev. A 74, 051402(R) (2006)). The first observation of multi-XUV-photon multiple ionization of atoms using tens of Gigawatt power XUV pulses (Phys. Rev. A 98, 023426 (2018)). Implementation of an ion imaging detector for quantitative studies in the linear and non-linear XUV regime (Phys. Rev. A 90, 013822 (2014); Sci. Rep. 6, 21556 (2016)). Implementation of an ion imaging detector in ultrafast molecular dynamics using electron quantum path interferences (Phys. Rev. A 100, 061404 (2019))
• XUV-pump-XUV-probe studies. Tracking of the sub-fs dynamics in atoms and molecules (Nature Phys. 7, 781 (2011); Phys. Rev. A 89, 023420 (2014) (Editors Suggestion)).
• Attosecond science using VUV attosecond pulses emitted by strongly laser driven semiconductor solids. Attosecond spectroscopy using vacuum-ultraviolet pulses emitted from laser-driven semiconductors (Nature Commun. 16, 1428 (2025).

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• PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL REFEREED JOURNALS: 100 published papers, including 1 Nature, 5 Nature Phys., 1 Nature Photon., 1 Rep. Prog. Phys., 2 Nature Comm., 1 PRX Quantum, 9 Phys. Rev. Lett., 1 Physics Reports, 15 Phys. Rev. A, 3 Optica, 1 Opt. Lett., 6 Sci. Rep., 7 New J. Phys., 8 J. Phys. B, 2 Optics Express, 2 Appl. Phys. B, 2 Chem. Phys. Lett., 2 J. Phys. Chem. A etc., 8 chapters in books, and 8 Invited review/perspective articles in international scientific journals.

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• Invited/Keynote talks in Conferences/Colloquia/Workshops: > 68 including 3 Keynote.

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• REFEREE IN INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS: Reviewer in international scientific journals including, Nature, Nature Photon., Nature Phys., Rep. Prog. Phys., Nature Commun., Phys. Rev. Lett., PRX, PRX Quantum, Phys. Rev. A, J. Phys. B, Optica, New J. Phys., Optics Letters, Physical Chemistry, etc.

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• PROPOSAL REVIEWER: 1) Austrian Science Fund funds (FWF); 2) German Research Foundation (DFG); 3) Israeli  Higher Education Committee/ Israeli Atomic Energy Commission (IAEC); 4) French National Research Agency’s (ANR); 5) Hellenic Foundation for Research & Innovation (HFRI); 6) European Research Council, ERC Advanced Grant.

Education

• 1970-1975 : Physics Dept., University of Athens/ degree of Physics, Athens / Greece
• 1976-1980 : Physics Dept., University of Freiburg/ Diplom, Freiburg i.Br./FRG
• 1983-1987 : Ph. D. Physics (Dok. Rer. Nat.), University of Freiburg, Freiburg i.Br. / FRG

Career

• 1987-1992 Researcher, FORTH-IESL, Heraklio, Greece and teaching staff at the Univ. of Crete
• 1992-1996 Assist. Prof., Physics Dept. Univ. of Crete and affiliated Univ. Prof. of FORTH-IESL
• 1996-2003: Assoc. Prof., Physics Dept. Univ. of Crete and affiliated Univ. Prof. of FORTH-IESL
• 2003-2020: Full Prof., Physics Dept. Univ. of Crete, affiliated Univ. Prof. of FORTH-IESL
• 2020-today: Prof. Emeritus, Univ. of Crete and affiliated faculty member of FORTH (till 06/2024 and from 07/2025 at IESL and 06/2024-06/2025 at IA) and Chief Scientific Advisor of ELI-ALPS

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

• FORTH-Price for Basic Research 2000
• CAS-LMU Fellowship 2013

Other

• Member of the ERC Starting Grants Panel PE2 - Fundamental constituents of matter
• Member of the HFRI (ELIDEK) post-doc proposals evaluation panel for Physical Sciences
• Member of the Atomic and Molecular Physics Division (AMPD) of the EPS.
• Board of Editors of the European Physical Journal D
• Chief Scientific Advisor of the European Research Infrastructure (ERI) ELI-ALPS
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the ERI ELI-ALPS
• National delegate of the Steering  Committee of the European -XFEL
• Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the European -XFEL
• National delegate of the Analytical Research Infrastructure of ESFRI
• Head of the attosecond S&T laboratory of FORTH-IESL
• Director of the postgraduate program on Micro- and Opto-electronics, Physics Dept., Univ. of Crete.
• Chair of the Sectorial Scientific Council (TES) for Physical Sciences
• Member of the HFRI (ELIDEK) Advisory Committee