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

Education

• 2006, M.Sc in Microelectornics & optoelectornics, Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Herakleion, Greece
• 2003, B.Sc, Physics Dpt, University of Crete, Herakleion, Greece

Career

• 09/2006 - today, Clean room process engineer at Microelectornics Researhc Group, FORTH - IESL, Greece

Interests

• Fabrication Process Design and Development
• Lithography
• III-V Semiconductors processing
• Wide Band Gap Semiconductors
• MicroElectroMechanical Systems (MEMS)

01/2018- 12/2018  Master Student on BEC2 
06/2016-09/2016 Intern on an optics project

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Curriculum Vitae of Premjith Thekkeppatt

Education

• 2013 - Today, PhD in Physics, University of Crete, Greece & Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan.
• 2011, M.Sc.in Applied Physics, University of Crete, Greece & IMT Bucharest, Romania.
• 2007, B.Sc. in Physics, Dept. of Physics, University of Crete, Greece.