Evdoxia Dimitroulaki is an MSc student at the Materials Science and Technology Department at the University of Crete, while she holds a BSc degree at the Physics Department of the same university.
She joined the IESL-FORTH for her thesis, followed by an internship, concentrating on “Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectroscopy to monitor the controlled laser ablation of aged varnish layers from paintings".
In 2019 she visited the Institute of Molecular Science and Technologies, of the National Research Council in Perugia, Italy as an ERASMUS trainee aiming at studying FTIR spectroscopy for the assessment of laser cleaning procedures in paintings.
Education
- 2020, B.Sc., Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
Interests
- Laser ablation of aged varnish
- Monitoring of laser cleaning
- LIF spectrsoscopy
Athanasia Papanikolaou studied Physics at the Physics Department of the University of Crete (B.Sc.) and received her MSc in “Photonics & Nanoelectronics” from the same department, in 2018. She joined IESL-FORTH to pursue her undergraduate thesis under the title “Towards the understanding of the two-wavelength laser cleaning in avoiding yellowing on stonework”, and she continues her research work with her MSc thesis focused on the “Development of a photoacoustic monitoring system for the study of laser ablation processes upon the removal of encrustation from stonework”.
In 2019 she received a scholarship to pursue a Ph.D. studied at the Warsaw University of Technology Institute of Micromechanics and Photonics within the CHANGE (https://change-itn.eu/) ITN project. Her aim is to develop a “Portable multimodal system for CH surface measurement and monitoring” under the supervision of prof. Malgorzata Kujawinska.
Education
- 2018, M.Sc., Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
- 2016, B.Sc., Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
Interests
- Laser cleaning of stone
- Two wavelength Laser Cleanign
- Photoacoustic imaging
- Monitoring laser ablation
Other
Currenty a PhD student at University of California, Santa Barbara (USA)
Maira Tampakaki is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Medicine. She holds a Master’s degree in Brain and Mind Sciences from the Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete (2020) and a Bachelor’s degree in Biology from the same university (2016). Her research focuses on studying brain cancer physiology using standardized biological systems, such as organoids, organotypic cultures, and humanized animal models for preclinical drug testing and computational modeling of cancer progression. Part of her work also involves the cultivation and imaging of ocular tissue, utilizing hybrid microscopy systems with the aim of studying and identifying imaging biomarkers for neurodegenerative diseases. Her research interests include the mechanisms of neural system function and development, cancer neurophysiology, the development of biological models for studying human diseases with molecular imaging, and computational/mathematical modeling of cancer
Education
- 2023, Phd cand. , Department of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
- 2020, ΜSc, Department of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
- 2016, BSc, Department of Biology, University of Crete, Greece
Interests
- Mechanisms of neural system function and development
- Cancer neurophysiology
- Molecular imaging
- Μathematical modeling
Evangelia Gavgiotaki is currently Ph.D. student in Medical School of University of Crete and a member of Non-linear microscopy laboratory (NLM Lab). She received B.Sc. degree in Physics department from the University of Crete, Greece, in 2011, and the M.Sc. degree in Optoelectronics- Microelectronics from the Physics department of University of Crete in 2013. She has published 6 papers in international referred journals and 4 papers in conference proceedings.
Education
- 2013, M.Sc. in Optoelectronics - Microelectronics, University of Crete
- 20011, B.Sc. in Physics, University of Crete
Interests
- Non-linear imaging (Second and Third Harmonic Generation, Multiphoton Photon Excitation Fluorescence) on biological samples (tissues , cells)
- Nanosurgery of biological specimens by using ultra-short laser pulses
- Raman Spectroscopy in biological samples
- Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy in biological samples
M. Papageorgiou is an undergraduate student at the Department of Materials Science & Technology of University of Crete. She is currently working on her bachelor thesis on the interactions between HeLa cells and Synthetic Biomaterials at the Biophotonics group, in collaboration with Dr. Velonia’s Lab (Supramolecular Chemistry & Synthetic Biomaterials Lab, Univ. of Crete).
Education
- 2015-Today BSc in Materials Science & Technology - Department of Materials Science & Technology, University of Crete, Greece
Career
- 06/2017-08/2017: Internship, ‘Drug delivery in mammalian cells via responsive protein-polymeric nanocarriers’ Ultrafast Laser Micro and Nano Processing Lab/Tissue engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Immunoengineering Lab Group, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Heraklion, Greece
Interests
- Tissue engineering and Regenerative Medicine
- Cell-Biomaterials Interface
- Supramolecular Chemistry
- Biomaterials’ Synthesis
- Cell sensing and response to chemical and topographical clues
- Drug Delivery
