Dr. Anastasia Giakoumaki is currently an experienced Research Assistant at IESL-FORTH. Her research aims at the development of methodologies and instrumentation based on laser spectroscopy techniques (e.g. LIBS, LIF, Raman etc) targeted for applications in the field of heritage science diagnostics. She has worked for years as a Senior Applications Scientist in a company designing and building LIBS systems in the UK after having worked as a Post-Doctoral Researcher in several Spanish universities. She has participated in various analytical campaigns in museums and archaeological sites in Greece, Spain, Italy (Pompeii), Syria and Jordan using LIBS, Raman, XRF and DRIFTS portable instruments and has nearly 30 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals and books.
Education
- 2008, Ph. D. in Materials Science and Technology, Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Greece
- 2003, M. Sc. in Protection of Monuments – Materials and Techniques of Conservation (9.16/10), School of Architecture, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
- 2002, Diploma in Chemical Engineering (7.87/10), School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Career
- 2014 – 2020: Senior Applications Scientist, Applied Photonics Ltd, UK
- 2011 – 2014: Contracted Post-Doctoral Researcher, Department of Analytical Chemistry, University of the Basque Country, Spain
- 2011: Contracted Post-Doctoral Researcher, Laser Centre, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
- 2009 – 2010: Marie Curie Post-Doctoral Fellow, Laboratory of Optics, University of Murcia, Spain
- 2004 – 2009: Researcher with scholarship, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology, Crete, Greece
- Spring semesters 2005 – 2008: Teaching assistant, Laboratory of General Chemistry, Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Greece
- Spring semester 2005: Teaching assistant, Laboratory of Methods for the production of soft matter, Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Greece
- Winter semester 2004: Teaching assistant, Laboratory of Physics I, Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Greece
- 2003 – 2004: Scientific collaborator, Department of Materials Science and Technology, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Interests
- Development of laser spectroscopic instrumentation (hybrid, portable)
- Development of methodologies for a comprehensive characterization of materials in archaeological objects and artworks
- In-situ analysis
- Heritage science diagnostics
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- Post-graduate fellowship of the Greek State Scholarships Foundation (2004-2008)
- Second prize on poster presentation under the subject “Spectroscopic analysis using a hybrid LIBS – Raman system”, A. Giakoumaki, I. Osticioli., D. Anglos in the “Euro-Mediterranean Symposium on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy - EMS-LIBS 2005” Aachen
- Third prize on poster presentation under the subject “A survey over the capabilities of LIBS in the quantification of archaeological Cu alloys”, A. Giakoumaki, A. Doridot, L. Robbiola, D. Anglos in the “Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy 2008” Berlin
Dr. Eleni Pavlopoulou is Assistant Researcher (Researcher, grade C) at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas. She studied Physics in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and received a M.Sc. in Materials Physics from the same University. She holds a Ph.D. in Polymer Physics from the University of Crete, Greece. After completing her doctoral studies, she moved to Princeton University, USA, and the group of Prof. Y.-L. (Lynn) Loo where she was introduced in Organic Electronics. In 2011, she returned to Europe and joined the Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques (LCPO) and the group of Prof. Hadziioannou in Bordeaux, France, holding a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship. Between September 2013 and August 2020 she was an Assistant Professor (Maître de Conférences) at the École Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, de Biologie et de Physique (ENSCBP) of the Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux (Bordeaux INP), carrying out her research in LCPO. She joined IESL-FORTH on September 2020, where she is leading the Polymer Electronics Laboratory.
Eleni's research focuses on the study of electrically active polymers for energy harvesting and bioelectronic applications. She has a long-standing experience in conducting, semi-conducting and ferroelectric/piezoelectric polymers, with an emphasis on the study of their processing-structure-function relationships. She is particularly recognized for her expertise on the structural characterizations of polymeric thin films and nanostructures by means of x-ray scattering (SAXS, WAXS, GIWAXS, GISAXS), and she is a regular visiting scientist at the ESRF and ALBA synchrotrons. She has hands-on experience in organic electronics device fabrication and performance characterizations.
Education
- 2021 - Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Université de Bordeaux, France
- 2009 - PhD in Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Greece
- 2004 - MSc in Materials Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2002 - Bachelor in Physics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Career
- 09/2020 - to date: Researcher at IESL-FORTH, Heraklion, Greece
- 09/2013 - 08/2020: Assistant Professor at ENSCBP - Bordeaux INP, Bordeaux, France
- 09/2011 - 08/2013: Marie Curie Post-doctoral Fellow at LCPO, Bordeaux, France
- 03/2010 - 07/2011: Post-doctoral Fellow at Princeton University, USA
Interests
- Conducting and Semiconducting Polymers
- Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Polymers
- Organic Mixed Ionic-Electronic Conductors
- Polymer Electronics (photovoltaics, thermoelectrics, sensors)
- Bioelectronics
- Structure-Function Relationships
- X-ray Scattering (WAXS, SAXS, GIS)
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- 2021 - "Materials Horizons 2021 Outstanding Paper" Award. For the work on biohybrid plants with electronic routes, reported in Materials Horizons, 8, pp. 3295-3305 (2021)
- 2021 - Invited to the 2nd round of the ERC Consolidator Grants call
- 2013 - “La Recherche” Award, 10th edition, category Chemistry. For the work on the copolymer-based solar cells that is reported in Adv. Mater., 24(16), pp. 2196 - 2201 (2012)
- 2011 - Marie Curie Actions, Intra-European Fellowship – FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF
- 2007 - Best oral presentation award in the XXIII Panhellenic Conference on Solid State Physics & Materials Science
My research training aims to advance my field of expertise in energy materials. The program rests on the growth, fundamental science and physical - chemical characterisation of low-dimensional intercalation compounds of metal-chalcogenides. The work is designed around the role of non-trivial topology of electronic/ magentic interactions, when structural rearrangements at the atomic scale accompany the different flow of electrons in superconductors and the motion of charges in structurally related energy storage materials.
Ph.D. dissertation carried out at IESL-FORTH, entitled "Electron Correlations in Layered Metal Chalcogenides: Structure and Physical Properties" (2024); degree awarding Institution, University of Crete (Dept. of Materials Science and Technology).
Education
- 2019, M.Sc. Photonics and Nanoelectronics; University of Crete, Greece
- 2017, B.Sc. Materials Science and Technology; University of Crete, Greece
Interests
- enhanced electron-electron interactions in low-dimensional materials
- emergent quantum phenomena in chalcogenide superconductors
- energy materials for power transmission
Ph.D. dissertation carried out at IESL-FORTH, entitled "Growth and Organization of Hybrid Nanocrystals: Structural, Electronic and Magnetic Properties" (2017); degree awarded by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Dept. of Physics).
Education
- 2010, M.Sc. Physics and Technology of Materials; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2006, B.Sc. Physics; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests
- nanocrystals with controlled geometry and composition
- directed-assembly of nanocrystals
- magnetic and optical properties of mesoscale nanoparticle networks
Ph.D. dissertation carried out at IESL-FORTH, entitled "Synthesis and Characterisation of Hybrid Nanocrystal Structures with Tailored Properties" (2012); degree awarded by the University of Crete (Dept. of Chemistry).
Education
- 2006, M.Sc. Physics and Technology of Materials; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2004, B.Sc. Physics; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests
- synthesis and understanding of high quality magnetic nanocrystals
- nanoparticle assembly - nanoclusters
- secondary colloidal nanostructures for bio-imaging (cf. MRI)
2020 - present: ONRG post-doctoral fellow at IESL-FORTH; aims to develop solvo-thermal growth approaches and the understading of the global structure modifications, pertaining to the Tc evolution in intercalated, expaned-lattice FeSe-based supercoductors.
Education
- 2019, Ph.D. Chemistry; University of Leeds, UK
- 2015, M.Sc. in Industrial Chemistry and Introduction to Chemical Research; Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
Interests
- spin-crossover molecular materials
- light-induced switching in metal-organic frameworks
- magnetic materials and magnetism
- organometallic chemistry
- X-ray crystallography
- perovksites & energy conversion
Dr. Lukas F. Buchmann received his PhD degree in Physics from the University of Crete in 2010, having spent 3 years in our Group.
He then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Arizona (USA) and at the University of California, Berkeley (USA).
Between 2015 and 2017 Lukas was a joint research associate at Aarhus University (Denmark) and in our group. After staying
two more years at Aarhus University, Lukas went to Switzerland in 2019, where he is now a Senior Expert in Software and Optical
Measurements at FISBA AG.
Education
- 2010: PhD in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
- 2007: M.Sc. in Elementary Particle Theory, University of Durham, Durham, England
- 2006: B.Sc. in Physics, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Career
- 2015-2019 Research Associate, Aarhus University, Denmark
- 2013-2015 UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Post-Doctoral Researcher
- 2010-2013 Post-Doctoral Researcher, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Interests
- Quantum Technology & Metrology
- Quantum Optics
- Quantum/Classical Transition
- Nonlinear Phenomena
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- 2013-2015: SNSF Fellow
Education
- 2007, M.Sc. Finance; University of Liverpool, UK
- 2004, Ph.D. Physics; Vienna University of Technology, Austria
- 2001, M.Sc. Enngineering Physics; Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Interests
- Magnetic oxides and noble metal nanocomposites
- Electronic structure modulations at interfaces
- Tunneling spectroscopy simulations
- Ab initio theoretical studies of hybvrid nanomaterials
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- 2006, University of Liverpool Alumni Scholarship, UK
- 2004, EU Descartes Research Prize finalist with the research group at CMS, Vienna, Austria
- 2001, Joint scholarship of Budapest University of Technology and Economics & Vienna University of Technology
