Mr. Stylianos E. Psycharakis received his diploma in Applied Physics in 2005 from National Technical University of Athens, and his MSc in Optoelectronics in 2008 from University of Crete. He is currently a PhD student at the University of Crete and a member of the Laboratory for Bio-photonics and Molecular Imaging (LBMI), IESL/FORTH, Heraklion Crete, Greece. He is currently working on the design and realization of novel 3D Micro-scopic imaging techniques such as Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy and Optical Projection Tomography and their application in studying dynamic biological processes.
Education
- 2008, MSc, Optoelectronics, University of Crete, Greece
- 2005, BSc, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Education
- 2017, M.Sc. in Environmental Design of Cities and Buildings, School of Science & Technology, Hellenic Open University, Greece
- 2015, M.Sc. in Photonics & Nanoelectronics, Dpt. of Physics, University of Crete
- 2002, M.Sc. in Technologies for Broadband Communications, Dpt. of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London (UCL)
- 2001, B.Eng. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Career
- 07/2018 - today, Technical Assistant, Microelectornics Research Group, FORTH - IESL, Greece
- 12/2017 - 06/2018, Teacher of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, State Secondary School of Heraklion, Greece
- 11/2016 - 06/2017, Teacher of Electrical Engineering, State Secondary School of Rethymnon, Greece
- 09/2009 - 11/2017, Technical Assistant, Microelectornics Research Group, FORTH - IESL, Greece
- 01/2006 - 12/2008, Research asistant, Microelectornics Research Group, FORTH - IESL, Greece
- 08/2004 - 12/2005, Tecnhical assistant, Microelectornics Research Group, FORTH - IESL, Greece
Interests
- Optical Lithography
- Reactive Ion Etching (RIE)
- Vacuum Depositions Techniques
- Wet Etching Techniques
- Wafer Cleaning Techniques
- Lapping – Polishing Techniques
My aim is to optimize the growth of transition metal oxide hybrid nanocrystals by cost-effective and environmentally friendly, colloidal chemistry approaches and produce nanoparticle-assembled extended structures, with tunable properties that can yield materials for technological applications (e.g. sensors or memories). The produced nanoparticles are characterized by an armory of complementary methods, including, Spectroscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy and X-ray diffraction.
Ph.D. dissertation carried out at IESL-FORTH, entitled "Optimization of Iron Oxide Nanocrystals' Response: Structural Disorder and Magnetically-Mediated Functionalities" (2021); degree awarded by the University of Crete (Dept. of Chemistry)
Education
- 2013, M.Sc. Materials Science and Technology; National Technical University of Athens, Greece
- 2011, B.Sc. Chemistry; National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Interests
- hybrid nanocrystals with synergistic electronic functionalities
- cost-effective and environmentally friendly approaches to wet-chemisty synthesis
- clean energy nanomaterials
- nanochemistry
- synchrotron X-ray total scattering
