Education
- 2015, PhD, Chemistry Department, University of Crete, Greece
- 2008, MSc, Chemistry Department, University of Crete, Greece
- 2006, BSc, Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Greece
Career
- 3/2019 – today, Post Doctoral Researcher, Hybrid Nanostructures Group, FORTH – IESL, Greece
- 2016 – 2019, Research and Development Manager, Natural Cosmetics and Natural Oil Products Light Industries, Rethimno, Greece
- 2010, Production Manager, Plastic Packaging Products Light Industry, Heraklion, Greece
Interests
- Synthesis and characterization of organic – inorganic hybrid materials
- Polymer surfaces and interfaces
- Responsive polymer systems
- Synthesis and characterization of novel polymers of various architectures
Sotiria (Iro) Kogou studied Physics at the Physics Department of the University of Crete (B.Sc.) and received her B.Sc. in 2010. She joined IESL-FORTH to pursue her undergraduate thesis under the title “The role of the substrate in the laser cleaning process; a study on the laser-assisted removal of polymeric consolidation materials from various substrates” under the supervision of Prof. C. Fotakis and Dr. P.Pouli.
In 2013 she received a scholarship to pursue PhD studies at the Department of Physics and Mathematics, School of Science & Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, and in 2018 she received her PhD title for her research related to the “Investigation of the complementary use of non-invasive techniques for the holistic analysis of paintings and automatic analysis of large-scale spectral imaging data” with supervisor prof. Haida Liang.
Since 2018 is an active member in Haida Liang’s research group “Imaging & Sensing for Archaeology, Art History & Conservation (ISAAC)”
Education
- 2013-09-28 to 2017-09-15 | PhD (Physics & Maths), Nottingham Trent University: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, GB
- 2004-09-28 to 2010-03-10 | BA (Physics), University of Crete: Heraklion, Crete, GR
Career
- 2021-08-01 to present | Academic Fellow (Physics & Maths),Nottingham Trent University: Nottingham, United Kingdom, GB
- 2017-10-01 to 2021-07-31 | Research Fellow (Physics & mathematics), Nottingham Trent University: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, GB
- 2009-04-01 to 2011-11-30 | Research Assistant, FORTH Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser: Heraklion, GR
Dr. Konstantinos Brintakis is a postdoctoral researcher at the Ultrafast Laser Micro and Nano Processing Laboratory of IESL-FORTH with group leader Dr. Emmanuel Stratakis. He received his PhD in Physics from the School of Physics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Education
- 2017 - Ph. D. Physics – School of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
- 2010 - Master of Science in “Materials Physics and Technology” – School of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
- 2006 - Bachelor of Science in Physics – School of Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
Career
- 12/2018 - Today, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Ultrafast Laser Micro and Nano Processing Laboratory of the Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
- 02/2011 – 09/2017, PhD candidate at “Functional Nanocrystals and Quantum Magnetism Laboratory”, IESL-FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
- 03/2008 – 10/2010, Trainee at “Functional Nanocrystals and Quantum Magnetism Laboratory”, IESL-FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
Interests
- Synthesis of nanoparticles
- Perovskite nanoparticles
- Structural properties nanoparticles by means of High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Diffraction
- Energy and sensing applications of perovskite nanoparticles
- Structural changes and dynamics of nanoparticles by means of Lasers
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- Postdoctoral IKY Scholarship 12/2020-11/2022: “Development of All-Inorganic Perovskite Nanostructures for the Detection of X- or Gamma-Rays”.
- Team member that excelled in the 10 best in the category for Applied Research in the 3rd Competition "Greece innovates!" Organized by Eurobank and SEV (2016) 16890-APPLIED RESEARCH: "Magnetic nanoparticle clusters as multimodal agents for biological appli
- Best poster at "20th International Conference on Magnetism, At Barcelona, 5-10 July 2015 Spain K. Brintakis, A. Kostopoulou, M. Vasilakaki, K. N. Trohidou, A. Ranella, I. Athanassakis, M. Angelakeris, A. Lascialfari, A. P. Douvalis, A. Lappas"Maghemite Na
- Editor's choice as a "Hot Article" for the paper A. Kostopoulou, K. Brintakis, M. Vasilakaki, K.N. Trohidou, A.P. Douvalis, A. Lascialfari, L. Manna, A. Lappas "Assembly-mediated Interplay of Dipolar Interactions and Surface Spin Disorder in Colloidal Mag
- Travel grant for the "10th Meeting-International Conference on the Scientific and Clinical Applications of Magnetic Carriers, Dresden, 10-14 June 2014"
05/2014 - 10/2020 Research Assistant on BEC2 and AtomQT
02/2009 – 04/2014 PhD Student
09/2006 – 06/2008 Master Student
Vasiliki joined the Matterwaves and Bose-Einstein Condensation Group in October 2005 as an undergraduate student. She graduated from the Physics Department of the University of Crete in October 2006. Right after that, she started her Master in Optoelectronics – Microelectronics in the University of Crete, where she completed her master thesis working on high-power tapered-diode lasers. She has recently finished her PhD on high flux atom lasers and now she works in our lab as a postdoc.
Ph.D. dissertation carried out at IESL-FORTH, entitled "Strongly Correlated Transition Metal Oxides: Synthesis, Structure, Magnetic, Dielectric and Dynamical Properties" (2019); degree awarded by the University of Ioannina (Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering).
Education
- 2010, M.Sc. Radioelectrology-Electronic Circuits; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2007, B.Sc. Physics; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests
- magentic frustration & magnetoelectric multiferroics
- strongly correlated electron systems
- growth of single-crystals
- neutron scattering
- computer-controlled multi-measurement physical property instrumentation
