Curriculum Vitae

Education:
    • 1981 Bachelor Degree in Physics, Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
    • 1980 - 1981 Postgraduate Studies in Physics, National Centre for Scientific Research (NCSR) "Demokritos", Agia Paraskevi, Greece
    • 1985 Ph. D. in Physics,Technical University of Aachen, Germany
Career Development:
    • 2019 - present Associate Professor, Section of Solid State Physics, Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
    • 1997 - 2019 Assistant Professor, Section of Solid State Physics, Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
    • 1995 - 1997 Visiting Professor, School of Mineral Resources Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece 
    • 1990 - 1994 Group Leader at the Institute for Energy Materials, Forschungszentrum Jülich ("Jülich Research Centre"), Jülich, Germany
    • 1989 Visiting Scientist, Department of Physics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
    • 1985 - 1987 Scientific Personnel, Department of Physics, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
    • 1981 - 1984 Ph.D. Student, Department of Solid State Physics, Forschungszentrum Jülich ("Jülich Research Centre"), Jülich, Germany
Teaching Experience:

Supervision of Ph.D Theses:
    • I supervise the PhD of Elli Georgopoulou-Kotsaki. From 2/2019 member of the 3-Member Advisory Committee: E. Syskakis (supervisor), C. Simserides, Sp. Gardelis. Subject: "Study of magnetothermal properties of monocrystallic and polycrystallic samples of the compounds Mn5-xFexSi3 (x=0- 4) in connection with modern applications (magnetic cooling, Medicine)".
    • I supervise the PhD of Dimitra Manousou. From 6/2018 member of the 3-Member Advisory Committee: E. Syskakis (supervisor), V. Likodimos, Sp. Gardelis. Subject: “Study of Electrical and Optical Properties of Vanadium Dioxide (VO2) Thin Films”.
    • I supervise the PhD of Konstantinos Georgalas. Member of the 3-Member Advisory Committee: E. Syskakis (supervisor), I. Lelidis, N. Stefanou. Subject: "Επίδραση του μεγέθους και της στοιχειομετρίας των ιόντων στην τροχιακή και μαγνητική τάξη σε ενώσεις τύπου περοβσκίτη του Mn".
    • From 2017, member of the 3-Member Advisory Committee for the supervision of the PhD of Andreas Theodorou. 3-Member Advisory Committee: E. Syskakis, T. Mertzimekis, G. Apostolopoulos (supervisor, N.C.S.R. Demokritos, Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences and Technology, Energy & Safety). Subject: "Interactions between defects from irradiation and impurities of ferretic steels based on the binary Fe-Cr system".
    • From 2/2014, member of the 3-Member Advisory Committee for the supervision of the PhD of  Kleopatra Aretouli. 3-Member Advisory Committee: E. Syskakis, C. Simserides, A. Dimoulas (supervisor, N.C.S.R. Demokritos, Institute of Nanoscence and Nanotechnology). Subject: "Epitaxial growth and study of two-dimensional layered topological insulators and transition metal dichalcogenides".
    • Member of the 3-Member Advisory Committee for the supervision of the PhD of Theocharis Aggeletos. 3-Member Advisory Committee: E. Syskakis, Y. Raptis, Η. Lontos (supervisor). Subject: "Study of defects in Semiconducting and insulating materials with spectroscopic methods".
Aldready Accomplished:
    • Member of the 3-Member Advisory Committee for the supervision of the PhD of Zoi Kotsina. 3-Member Advisory Committee: E. Syskakis, R. Zanni-Vlastou, G. Apostolopoulos (supervisor, N.C.S.R. Demokritos, Institute of Nuclear & Radiological Sciences and Technology, Energy & Safety). Subject: "Radiation damage studies of proton irradiated Fe-Cr alloys by electrical resistivity measurements".

Supervision of M.Sc. Theses:
                                                       Already Accomplished:

    • I supervised the MSc Thesis of Anastasia Vrettou. Subject: "Synthesis and electrical properties of Sr-Pd-O compounds". Examined on Monday 8 July 2019. Grade Excellent (10).
    • I supervised the MSc Thesis of Konstantinos Atzemis. Subject: "Investigation of thermodynamic properties of (V, W/Fe)O2 around the metal-insulator transition (MIT)". Examined on Friday 12 July 2019. Grade Excellent (10).
    • I co-supervised the MSc Thesis of Dimitra Manousou. Subject: "VO2 thin films as optical filters in the area of Wireless Visual Communications: Theoretical and Experimental Investigation". Grade Excellent (10).
    • I supervised the MSc Thesis of Elli Georgopoulou-Kotsaki. Subject: "Synthesis and investigation of Fe-Mn-Si compounds with emphasis on their magnetocaloric applications". Examined on July 2018. Grade Excellent (10).
    • I supervised the MSc Thesis of Andreas Theodorou. Subject: "Preparation of thin layers/films of vanadium oxides and their electrical characterization in the range 80<T<500K". Examined on July 2016. Grade Excellent (10).
    • I supervised the MSc Thesis of Nikolaos Biniskos. Subject: "Investigation of the La1-xBixMnO3+δ compounds in relation to their multiferroic properties". Examined on July 2014. Grade Excellent (10).
    • I supervised the MSc Thesis of Alexandros Samartzis. Subject: "Effect of Cr on the orbital and magnetic ordering of LaMn1-xCrxO3+δ compounds with x=0.00-0.25 and 0.00 < δ < 0.09". Examined on July 2014. Grade Excellent (10).

Supervision of Β.Sc. Theses:
                                                       Already Accomplished:
    • I supervised the BSc Thesis of Anastasia Vrettou. Subject: "Synthesis and electrical properties of Sr2Pd1-xFexO3 compounds (x=0.0, 0.05, 0.10)". Grade: Excellent (10).
    • I supervised the BSc Thesis of Konstantinos Atzemis. Subject:"AC magnetic susceptibility measurements on perovskite compounds with nominal composition LaMn1-xGaxO3+δ with 0.00≤x≤0.70 in the temperature region 80K≤T≤280K". Grade: Excellent (10).
    • I supervised the BSc Thesis of Eirinaios-Konstantinos Papamichalis. Subject: "Preparation of thin films of vanadium dioxide and vanadium trioxide and investigation of the metal insulator transition". Grade: Excellent (10).
    • I supervised the BSc Thesis of Panagiotis Metallidis. Subject: "Electric and Magnetic Properties of Perovskites with composition LaMn0.95B0.05O3+δ with Β the Al, Cr, Fe and Ga". Grade Excellent (10).
    • I supervised the BSc Thesis of Konstantinos Papadopoulos. Subject: "Synthesis of Y1+yBa2+ωCu3O7-x (y=0.0, 0.2, ω=0.0, 0.4, 0.07<x<1)compounds and study of the effect of ion stoichiometry on their electrical and magnetic properties". Grade: Excellent (10).

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