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
Education
- 2002, M.Sc., Graduate Program of Microelectronics / Optoelectronics, Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Greece
- 1999, B.Sc in Physics, Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Greece
Career
- 2002 - today, Technical Research staff, FORTH - IESL, Greece
Interests
- Semiconductor processing
- proccess flow design
- Nitride based FET processing
Dr. Athanasios Zacharopoulos received his Degree in Mathematics, 1999, from the Department of Mathematics in the Aristotle’s University of Thessaloniki. After an MSc in Vision Imaging and Virtual Environments he completed his PhD thesis “Three-Dimensional Shape-Based Reconstructions in Medical Imaging” from the Computer Science Department in University College London. His main research interests lay in the field of (Biomedical) Imaging and more specifically 3D Image Reconstruction algorithms, Inverse problems, Parametric description of 3D surfaces and Boundary Element – Finite Elements modelling with main focus on the applications of Optical Tomography. He has been working as a Research Associate at FORTH since 2009.
Other positions: Research Associate in the Computer Science Dept. and the Centre for Medical Image Computing (CMIC) of University College London 2005-2012.Researcher in Mathematics in the Departamento de Matematicas Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Dec 2004 until August 2005), Visiting Researcher in the Optical Imaging Lab, NMR Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, in Boston.(July 2004), Visiting Researcher in the Department of Applied Physics, University of Kuopio, Finland, (September – October 2003). Citations 696, h-index 13 (Oct 2024)
Interests
- Image Processing - Medical Imaging Processing
- Inverse Problems - 3D Image Reconstruction algorithms
- Microscopy - Optical Projection Tomography
- Image registration and fusion
- Fluorescence Molecular Tomography
Dr. Giannis Zacharakis is a Research Director at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser – Foundation for Research and Technology (FORTH – IESL) and the Head of the Laboratory for Biophotonics and Molecular Imaging. He has served as the Vice President (2018 -2019) and President (2019-2020) of the European Society for Molecular Imaging (ESMI) and he has served two terms as a Member of the Council of the same Society (2014-2018). He is also the elected vice-president of the board of researchers at FORTH. He received his BSc in Physics in 1997 and his PhD in Biomedical Imaging in 2002 from the University of Crete. During 2003 and 2004 he has been a Research Fellow in Radiology at Harvard University, Cambridge MA USA. Between 2005 and 2009 he has been a Research Associate at FORTH-IESL and was promoted to Research Scientist between 2009 and 2016. In 2017 he was elected in his current position. His main fields of interest are Biophotonics, Biomedical and Optical Imaging focusing on developing novel tools and key enabling technologies for imaging biological processes in living systems, ranging from cells to organs to whole organisms. He is active on both applied and fundamental research on novel photonic devises, concepts and new theory development and has developed technologies for three-dimensional, tomographic imaging in model organisms and novel optical and optoacoustic microscopic techniques to extend imaging capabilities to unprecedented depths in opaque media. He has 63 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, 48 articles in peer-reviewed conference proceedings, 2 book chapters, 1 editorial article and 2 patents, as well as over 1700 citations (h-index: 19, Google Scholar). He has more than 50 presentations in international conferences, where he has been awarded 3 first prizes and has been invited more than 20 times in international conferences, schools and meetings.
Education
- 2002, PhD, Biomedical Imaging, University of Crete
- 1997, BSc Physics, University of Crete
George D.Tsibidis is a Research Scientist at the Institute of Electronic Structure and
Laser at FORTH. He received his PhD in Theoretical High Energy Physics at the
University of Sussex in 1997. In 2017 he visited University of Lyon, Laboratoire
Hubert Curien, University of Saint Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France, as a Visiting
Professor. His interests include theoretical approaches related to ultrafast laser
interaction with materials and laser processing. He has been the author of numerous
peer-reviewed scientific papers on laser-matter interaction. He has been invited to a
large number of international conferences on laser-matter interaction and he has
participated in many competitive research projects.
Education
- 1997, Ph. D. Physics Department, University of Sussex, UK.
- 1993, Master of Science, Physics Department, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA.
- 1990, Bachelor, Department of Physics, University of Athens, Greece.
Career
- 4/2004-Today, Research Associate, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Heraklion, Greece.
- 31/8/2017-1/10/2017, Visiting Professor, University of Lyon, Laboratoire Hubert Curien, University of Saint Monnet, Saint-Etienne, France.
- 10/2000 - 12/2002, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, UK.
- 1//2000-10/2000, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the School of Electrical Engineering, University of Birmingham, UK.
Interests
- Theoretical modelling and simulation of the interaction of pulsed lasers with semiconducting, metallic and dielectric surfaces (fundamental physical mechanisms),
- Theoretical investigation of the formation of nano/micro-sized structures on solids after irradiation with pulsed laser sources-craters, ripples, grooves,
- Theoretical investigation of local nano-heating and substrate modification based on enhanced absorption and near-field properties of metallic nanoparticles,
- Fluid dynamics modelling to explain surface modification effects,
- Exploration of stress/strain generation and thermomechanical effects,
- Electromagnetic wave propagation inside solids (Finite Difference Time Domain techniques),
- Elaboration of conditions that induce thermo-elastic-plastic effects on thin and bulky semiconducting and metallic surfaces,
- Simulations and modelling in optical fibres (use of Finite Difference Time Domain methods, CUDOS, etc).
- Applications of reaction-diffusion equations to model and simulate various physical processes
