Nuclear Physics Session

Theo J. Mertzimekis obtained his Bacheror’s degree in Physics from the University of Ioannina in 1993. After graduation he continued his studies at a graduate level at the same University, when later, in 1997, he moved to Rutgers, The State of University of New Jersey on a graduate scholarship to work on fundamental aspects of nuclear structure under Prof. Noemie Benczer-Koller's supervision. He received his MSc in Physics in 1999 and his PhD in Nuclear Physics in 2002. During his PhD work he participated in several experiments in large facilities, such as WNSL at Yale University  and the 88" Cyclotron Lab in UC Berkeley. Following up his graduation, he joined the exotic-beams lab NSCL of Michigan State University as a NSF Research Associate in Prof. Paul Mantica's research group. He stayed at NSCL till 2006 when he returned to Greece performing research work at several institutions, i.e. as a Research Associate and a Visiting Professor at the Univ. of Ioannina (2006-2009) and as a Research Associate at the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) of NCSR "Demokritos" (2009-2011). Since March 2011 he has been an Assistant Professor (tenured 2015) at the Deptartment of Physics of the University of Athens.

He is a member of international scientific Societies and Associations, the founder of the NuSTRAP research group, the spokeperson of the gPRESPEC consortium at FAIR/GSI and has received partial funding for his research work (NSF, Thalis, FP7-REGPOT etc). His publication records exceeds 50 articles in peer-reviewed journals for work in Nuclear Physics and some 300 from his participation in the CMS collaboration at CERN.