Curriculum Vitae
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of Birth: 28 March 1983
Place of Birth: Athens, Greece
Citizenship: Greek
Languages: English (fluent), Italian (advanced), French (basic), Greek (native speaker)
WORK EXPERIENCE
2022–present
Assistant Professor
University of Crete
2021–2022
MSCA research fellow
Freie Universität Berlin
2017–2020
ERC & ARRS funded research associate
University of Ljubljana
2016–2017
Research fellow
University of Marseille & University of Rome 3
2012–2015
ERC funded research associate
University of Pisa, Physics Department & International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste
2009–2012
Research fellow
International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), Trieste
EDUCATION
2006–2009
D.Phil., Theoretical Physics
Supervisor: Prof. J. L. Cardy FRS
University of Oxford, UK
Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics
2005–2006
M.Math., Advanced Studies in Mathematics
(Part III of the Mathematical Tripos)
University of Cambridge, UK
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
2000–2004
B.Sc., Physics
University of Athens, Greece
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate course “Differential Equations I”, University of Crete 3 (2022-present).
Graduate course “Statistical Physics”, University of Crete 3 (2023-present).
PhD course lectures “Out of equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics”, University of Rome 3 (6 × 2 hours + oral exams, 2016).
Short lecture series “Quantum statistical physics out of equilibrium” in “Lectures on Theoretical Physics 2018”, National Technical University of Athens (5 hours, 2018).
PhD course lectures “Out of equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics”, University of Rome 3 (6 × 2 hours + oral exams, 2016).
Co-supervision of two MSc and four PhD students (2009-present)
Tutoring for undergraduate students, University of Oxford (2007-8, 4 terms)
Teaching assistantship and lab supervision, University of Athens (2005, 1 semester)
HONORS & AWARDS
postdoctoral work
Personal Research Grant:
“Tensor Network Truncated Conformal Space Approach” (TNTCSA)
MSCA Indivisual Fellowship
funded by European Commission's Horizon 2020 (budget: EUR 174 806)
Personal Research Grant:
“Quenches, Transport and Entanglement in one-dimensional quantum systems out-of-equilibrium”
funded by the Slovenian Research Agency (budget: EUR 160000)
European Commission's Seal of Excellence for two project proposals submitted under Horizon 2020 MSCA IF calls 2016, 2017
SISSA Young Researchers’ Grant 2011-12 (EUR 13000 for scientific visits)
Participant in bilateral Italian-Hungarian grant: “Non-perturbative field theory and strongly correlated systems” (2013)
INVITED CONFERENCE TALKS
Theoretical Physics Colloquium (March 2023, ETH Zürich)
Out-of-equilibrium and collective dynamics of quantum many-body systems (June-July 2022, ETH Zürich)
Statistical Physics and Low Dimensional Systems (June 2019, Pont-a-Mousson, France)
Emergent Hydrodynamics In Low Dimensional Quantum Systems, IIP (May 2019, Natal, Brazil)
Non-equilibrium Phenomena in Quantum Systems (20 December 2017, Krvavec, Slovenia)
Mathematical Aspects of Quantum Integrable Models in and out of Equilibrium, Isaac Newton Institute (2 February 2016, Cambridge, UK)
Integrability in Low Dimensional Quantum Systems (30 June 2014, Tihany, Hungary)
Statistical Physics and Low Dimensional Systems (22 May 2014, Pont-a-Mousson, France)
Workshop on time-dependent dynamics and non-equilibrium quantum systems (May 2010, Budapest, Hungary)
PUBLIC OUTREACH
articles in science news
Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin: Science Highlight
Ljubljana University: Researchers in Focus
workshops & presentations for general public
"European Researchers’ Night 2019", Sept 2019, Ljubljana
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Out-of-Equilibrium Quantum Statistical Mechanics Quantum Quenches
Quantum Transport
Theory of ultra-cold atoms & quantum gases Quantum spin chains
Low-dimensional systems
Integrable Field Theory & Bethe Ansatz
Conformal Field Theory
Entanglement Theory
Quantum Field Theory
Random Matrix Theory
COLLABORATORS
Tomaz Prošen (University of Ljubljana)
Gabor Takács (BME, Budapest)
Jens Eisert (FUB, Berlin)
Jörg Schmiedmayer (TUWien, Vienna)
Pasquale Calabrese (SISSA, Trieste)
Alessandro Silva (ICTP, Trieste)
Andrea Gambassi (SISSA, Trieste)
Giuseppe Mussardo (SISSA, Trieste)
John Cardy (University of California, Berkeley)
COMPUTER SKILLS
programming
Python, Julia, C/C++
computer algebra & scientific computing software
Mathematica, Matlab