Antigonos Theodorakis is currently a postgraduate student in the division of Advanced materials / Physical chemistry at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Crete and member of the Hybrid Nanostructures Group of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from the Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, in 2019.

Education

• Master of Science in Chemistry (2019-), Chemistry Department, University of Crete
• Bachelor of Science in Materials (2015-2019), Materials Science and Technology Department, University of Crete

Interests

• Organic-inorganic nanohybrid materials
• Polymer surfaces and interfaces
• Polymer nanocomposite coatings
• Materials for aerospace applications

Other

Linked.in profile: linkedin.com/in/antigonos-theodorakis-070276189

George Mouloudakis received his M.Sc. in 2017 from the University of Crete. For one year (2018-2019) he worked in the Nanophotonics Theory group of ICFO as a Marie-Curie/ICFO Cofund fellow student and since 2019 he is a PhD student in University of Crete. His PhD work focuses on studies of atomic transitions, strongly driven by E/M fields with stochastic properties.

Education

• 2017: M.Sc. in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
• 2016: B.Sc. in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece

Career

• 2019-today: PhD in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
• 2018-2019: Marie-Curie ICFO Cofund Fellow Student, Nanophotonics Theory Group, ICFO, Spain

Interests

• Atomic Physics, Quantum Optics, Photon Statistics

Theodoros Ilias worked in our group as a MSc student, and his thesis was on quantum spin chains and non-markovian reservoirs. Curently he is a PhD student at the group of Prof. M. Plenio, at University of Ulm, Germany.

Education

• 2019-today: PhD in Physics, Institute for theoretical Physics, University of Ulm, Germany
• 2018: M.Sc. in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
• 2017: B.Sc. in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece

Education

• 016–present Doctor of Philosophy , Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas, Heraklion, Greece.
• 2013–2016 Master of Science in Photonics , Friedrich Schiller University, Faculty of Physics and Astronomy, Jena, Germany, Grade – 1.6 (9 out of 10)
• 2006–2013 Diploma of Physics , University of Ioannina, Department of Physics , Ioannina, Greece, Grade – 7.7 (out of 10).

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

• 2016–present Early Stage Researcher Fellow of Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Innovative Training Networks (ITN) H2020-MSCA-ITN-2014
• 2013–2015 Scholarship holder of the Graduate program offered by Abbe School of Photonics of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy at the Fridriech Schiller University Jena.
• 2013 Graduated with honour 1 st among 40 who graduated in the July 2013 ceremony of 2012-13 academic year.

Education

• 1997, Bachelor in Physics (with a certified specialty in atomic and molecular physics), Physics department, University of Crete, Greece
• 2001, Certification as an observer meteorologist by the Hellenic National Meteorological Service
• 2004, MSc in Microelectronics-Optoelectronics, Physics department, University of Crete, Greece

Career

• 1996 – 1997 Specialization and training fellowship at the laser group of IESL - FORTH
• 2004 - 20011 Teaching experimental lessons in Electrical Engineer and Informatics Engineer Department at the Technological Educational Institute of Crete
• 2005 – 2016 High school science teacher
• 2014 – Today Technical Scientist and Research Assistant at the Polymer and Colloid Science Group of IESL - FORTH

Other

Research and Development experience:

• Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy.
• Time of Flight (TOF) spectroscopy.
• Laser development.
• Nonlinear Optics.
• Upgrade and developments of rheo-optical setups.
• Light scattering setups at high pressures (kbar range)
• 3D designing and printing.
• Force sensing optical tweezers
• Temperature and pressure active controllers using Arduino and python programming