Education
- 2017, M.Sc in "Photonics and Nanoelectronics", Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Greece
- 2015, B.Sc. in Physics, Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Greece
Interests
- Optical characterization of semiconductor nanostructures (Quantum Dots & Nanowires)
- Laser systems (He:Cd, Femtosecond Ti:Sapphire, Diode pumped lasers)
- Optical alignment using various optical elements
- Time correlated single photon counting setup (Lifetime & auto-correlation measurements)
Awards/Prizes/Distinctions
- 2018 Awarded the \Stavros Niarchos Foundation - FORTH Fellowship"
I am an experimental physicist specializing in micro and opto electronics, with research and analytical skills, background in light-matter interaction, experience in teaching, and strong interest in lab automation and data analysis. I like technology, food, and cats.
Education
- 2012, M.Sc in Microelectornics / Optoelectornics, Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Greece
- 2009 B.Sc in Physics, Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Greece
Career
- 04/2008 - 03/2009, Customer Service and Marketing, OTE (Greek telecomm company),Heraklion, Greece
I am a Semiconductor Research Engineer with more than 10 years of experience in R&D projects related with static and dynamic measurements, characterization and device modeling of various commercial and research oriented CMOS and wide bandgap processes. Deep understanding of semiconductor devices’ operation and performance issues.
- Extensive hands-on experience setting-up and performing on-wafer DC,CV and RF measurements.
- Design oriented characterization and modeling of CMOS technology node’s statistical behavior.
- Utilizing high level languages for modeling and characterization purposes (ex. Java application for modeling and characterization (MOSGUI project), measurement and data acquisition lab setups using PyVISA).
- Extensive experience in commercial and open-source simulators (ex. NGSPICE, Cadence Spectre) and EDA tools (ex. KeySight ICCAP).
- Verilog-A Charge based Compact Model development ( EKV3, CJM ), customization and integration in analog simulators.
- Authored or co-authored 11 journal and 26 conference papers.
Starting 2016, I am with Microelectronics Research Group (MRG)/ Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL)/ Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) working on development, modeling and characterization of SiC JFETs and GaN HEMTs.
Awards/Acknowledgments:
- Received "Best Paper Award in 48th European Solid-State Device Research Conference (ESSDERC 2018), Sept. 3-6, 2018 Dresden (Germany)"
- Received "Best Paper Award in 41st IEEE International Semiconductor Conference (CAS 2018), Oct. 10-12, 2018 Sinaia (Romania)”
Education
- 2011, M.Sc., School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete (TUC), Chania, Greece
- 2006, B.Sc. in Electronic and computer engineering, School of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Technical University of Crete (TUC), Chania, Greece
Education
- 2009, M.Sc, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2004, B.Sc, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Career
- 07/2011 - 08/2012, designing electromechanical, photovoltaic and solar thermal installations for tecnhical engineering office
- 12/2011 - 06/2012, Technical Service, Municipality of Malevizi, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Interests
- Nitride based FETs
- FinFETs
- Nanowire FETs
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
