E. N. Petrakakis is a PhD Candidate in Applied Theoretical Laser – Matter Interaction Physics at the Dept. Material Science & Technology of Univ. of Crete under the supervision of Dr. Tsibidis George. He received his M.Sc. in Advanced Theoretical Physics from University of Crete in 2016. He has been a Temporary Associate Researcher in the A&M Texas University of Qatar in 2017. He has been a scientific collaborator and short temporary visitor to the Lasers, Plasmas and Photonic Processes (LP3) laboratory in Aix – Marseille University at France.

Education

• 2016 Master of Science, Advanced Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece.
• 2014, Bachelor of Science, Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece.

Career

• 12/2018 - Today, PhD Candidate, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
• 10/2018 – Scientific Collaboration and short visit at LP3, Aix – Marseille University, France
• 10/2017 - Temporary Associate Researcher at A&M Texas University of Qatar
• 02/2014 - 10/2016, Master of Science, Advanced Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece.
• 1/2009 – 7/2014, Bachelor of Science, Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece.

Interests

• Multi-Scale Ultrafast Laser – Matter Interaction Modelling
• Thermal, Reaction – Diffusion and Fluid Dynamical Kinetic Equations
• Laser Induced Plasma Generation
• Periodic Structure Formation via Surface Plasmon Excitation
• Out of Equilibrium Excitation & Relaxation Dynamics in Laser Excited Metals
• Non – Linear Effects in Laser – Semiconductor Dynamics in the Mid –IR Regime
• Laser Surface Melting Front Movement in Sub – Ablation Conditions
• Near Field Electromagnetic Scattering by Plasmonic Nanostructures
• Non-Linear Schrödinger Equation – Paraxial Wave Equation
• Monte Carlo – Quantum Trajectory Dynamics, Parallel Cluster Computing

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

• 2012 , First chosen candidate for the “Thales” Scholarship to participate in the construction of the first and only existing heavy ion accelerator in Greece, the 5.5MV TANDEM at the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP), of the National Centre for Scientif

A. Papadopoulos is a PhD student at the department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete. He received his Master’s degree from the department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete at 2016.

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Education

• 2016, Master of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
• 2014, Bachelor, Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.

Career

• 4/2018 - Today, Laboratory Assistant, Laser and Modern Optics Undergraduate Laboratory, Fabrication of biomimetic surfaces on silicon using ultrafast lasers, Dep. of Physics, University of Crete.
• 11/2016 – Today, PhD Thesis "Advanced Laser Processing and Spectroscopy of 2D materials", Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas.
• 3/2016 - Today, Laboratory Assistant, Solid State - Undergraduate Lab, Doping and Characterization of Semiconductors, Dep. of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete.
• 10/2015 - 10/2016, Master Thesis "Ultrafast Laser Processing on Transparent Materials", Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas.
• 09/2014 - 12/2014, Professor’s Assistant, Introduction to programming – FORTRAN, Dep. of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete
• 1/2014 – 09/2015, Undergraduate thesis for "Synthesis and characterization of biodegradable copolymers for tissue engineering", Dep. of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete.
• 10/2013 – 12/2013, Practice internship, Biotechnology for cell culture, LAAS-CNRS, Toulouse (France).

Interests

• Time resolve spectroscopy
• 2D materials
• Laser processing
• Laser materials interaction
• Material science
• Polymers

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

• 8/2017 – 11/2019 - Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI)- Fellowship
• 10/2016 – 10/2016Best Poster Award - 2nd Israel - Greece Join Meeting on Nanotechnology and Bionanoscience

A. Mimidis is a PhD student at the Dept. of Materials Science & Technology at the University of Crete. He received his MSc in Materials Science and Technology from University of Crete in 2017.

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Education

• 2017, Master of Science, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
• 2014, Bachelor, Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

Interests

• Materials Science
• Light – matter interaction with metallic, semiconducting and dielectric materials
• Laser induced carrier excitation on dielectric materials
• Laser processing with the use of ultra-short laser pulses
• Laser induced periodic surface structures
• Optics
• Biomimetic surfaces and fabrication of biomimetic surfaces via laser texturing

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

• Best Poster Award on 2nd Israel - Greece joint meeting on nanotechnology & bionanoscience.

George Miltos Maragkakis is a PhD Candidate at IESL-FORTH and the Department of Physics, University of Crete. He received his Bachelor of Science in Physics in 2016, and his Master of Science in “Advanced Physics” in 2017, from the same Department. In 2018, he joined the Ultrafast Laser Micro and Nano Processing (ULMNP) Laboratory at IESL-FORTH, led by Research Director Emmanuel Stratakis, where he is conducting his PhD on 2D Materials and Multiphoton Microscopy.

Education

• 2018-Today, PhD, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece & IESL, FORTH
• 2017-Master's Degree, “Advanced Physics”, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece
• 2016-Bachelor, Physics, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece

Interests

• 2D Materials
• Multi-photon Imaging
• Nanomaterials for Clean Energy Applications
• First Principle Calculations
• Digital Adaptive Optics
• Valleytronics

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

• 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006–2007, Awards by the Greek Mathematic Society for the performance in the Panhellenic Competition “Thales”
• 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006–2007, Awards by the Greek Mathematic Society for the performance in the Panhellenic Competition “Euclid”
• 2007-6th prize for the performance in the 17th Panhellenic Physics Competition

Nikolaos Livakas is a MSc. Candidate at the Materials Science and Technology department at University of Crete, Greece. He received a BSc degree in Material Science from the University of Crete, Greece in 2018. During the undergraduate program, he joined the Ultrafast Laser Micro- and Nano- Processing Group of IESL-FORTH for bachelor thesis entitled ”Omnidirectional Iridescence via Cylindrically-Polarized Femtosecond Laser Processing”. His current research interests include laser-assisted synthesis and modification of semiconducting nanomaterials.

Education

• 2018 - Master of Science in Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Greece. (in progress)
• 2018 - Bachelor of Science in Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Greece.

Career

• 2/2019 - Current, Master Thesis “Laser-assisted synthesis and modification of semiconducting nanomaterials for energy application”, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas.
• 2/2017 - 9/2018, Bachelor Thesis “Omnidirectional Iridescence via Cylindrically-Polarized Femtosecond Laser Processing”, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, Foundation for Research & Technology – Hellas.
• 7/2015 – 9/2015, Bachelor Internship, “Evaluation of catalysts for simultaneous removal of N2O and NO in the presence of SO2 and H2O and evaluation of oxygen carriers for the chemical looping combustion process (CLC)”Laboratory of Environmental Fuels an

Interests

• Ultrafast laser pulses
• Perovskites nanomaterials - Synthesis and Characterization
• Laser-assisted synthesis and structural modification of nanomaterials
• Laser processing
• Laser materials interaction

Education

• 2019-Ph.D. Candidate at Materials Science and Technology Department, University of Crete, Greece
• 2018-M.Sc from Materials Science and Technology Department, University of Crete, Greece
• 2015-B.Sc. in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
• Certificate of Proficiency, University of Michigan, C2 level in English
• Zertifikat, Goethe Institute, B1 level in German

Career

• 2019-Ph.D. “Optical and Electronic properties of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides on pre-patterned substrates”, IESL-FORTH
• 2019-Ph.D. “Fabrication and study of TMD hetero-bilayers”
• 2018-M.Sc. in Optoelectronics and Nanotechnology field “Optical and Electronic properties of few layers GeSe”, Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Greece
• 2015-B.Sc. in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
• Undergraduate diploma thesis regarding Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy and Optical Projection Tomography at IESL-FORTH

Interests

• Spin-Valley Polarization of 2D materials
• μRaman Spectroscopy of 2D materials
• μPL Spectroscopy of 2D materials
• Differential Reflectivity of 2D monolayers
• Heterostructure fabrication via mechanical deposition
• Non-linear imaging of hetero-bilayers
• High quality 2D material fabrication via PDMS mechanical exfoliation
• Selective Plane Illumination Microscopy
• Optical Projection Tomography

I am a physicist (UoC 2020) currently working on a MSc at the Department of Materials Science & Technology of the Universoty of Crete, carrying out the research work of it at the Dynamics Group of IESL-FORTH. 

My research focuses on building a Time-Resolved Electron Diffractometer, investigating chrial molecules with Photoelectron Circular Dihroism and probing fuels with spectroscopy.

Education

• 2020 B.Sc. in Physics, Physics Dpt., University of Crete, GREECE