EDUCATION
May 2008
May 2006
May 2002
Ph.D. in Optics
College of Optics and Photonics, CREOL, University of Central Florida, FL,USA
M.S. in Optics
College of Optics and Photonics, CREOL, University of Central Florida, FL, USA
B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
Associate Professor (September 2022 – now)
Assistant Professor (February 2017 – September 2022)
Crete Center for Quantum Complexity and Nanotechnology, and Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece
Senior Researcher (August 2015 – March 2017)
Department of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, NJ, USA
Group of H. Tureci (Mesoscopic Quantum Optics)
Institute of Theoretical Physics, TU-Wien, Austria
Group of S. Rotter (Complex Wave Scattering)
Marie-Curie post-doctoral fellow (May 2012 – August 2015)
Self-consistent Ab Initio Laser theory, Complex and Random Lasers, Non-Hermitian Optical Physics
Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Greece
Adjunct-Visiting Professor (Oct 2011-Feb 2012)
Teaching of the course “Modern Physics II: Light and Matter”.
Institute of Theoretical Physics, TU-Wien, Austria
Lecturer-University Assistant (Dec 2010-Sep 2011)
Advisor: Stefan Rotter
Scattering from Non-Hermitian structures, Optical microcavities and Lasers, Non-Hermitian Optics
Optics Laboratory, School of Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Post-doctoral scientist (May 2010 – Nov 2010)
Advisor: Demetri Psaltis
Mandatory service in the Greek army (May 2009 – Feb 2010)
Optics Laboratory, School of Engineering, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Post-doctoral scientist (Feb 2008 – Apr 2009)
Advisor: Demetri Psaltis
Nano-optics with emphasis on subwavelength imaging techniques
Theoretical study of evanescent waves (Near-field Optics)
Nonlinear Optics, filament formation for holography applications
CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Research Assistant (Aug 2002 – May 2008)
Advisor: Demetrios Christodoulides
Parity-time symmetric (PT) Optics
Theoretical study of nonlinear wave propagation in discrete optical systems.
Design of linear and nonlinear AlGaAs and LiNbO3 waveguides.
Nonlinear Optics in semiconductor waveguide arrays,and photonic crystal fibers.
Existence and stability of discrete surface solitons in optical lattices.