Education

• Degree in Physics: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (1980).
• Postgraduate Degree in Solid State Physics: University Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, FRANCE (1981).
• Doctorate in Physics: University Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, FRANCE (1984).
• Doctorat d' État in Physical Sciences: University Louis Pasteur Strasbourg, FRANCE (1986).

 

Research

Subject: Theoretical Solid State Physics. More than 163 publications in international peer-reviewed journals. About 140 communications to conferences. About 4500 citations. Research areas:

• Photonic Crystals.
• Phononic Crystals.
• Plasmonics, Optical Metamaterials.
• Electronic Structure and Properties of Solids.

 

Current Teaching Responsibilities

Teaching the following classroom and laboratory courses:

• Electronic Structure and Properties of Matter (18101, postgraduate classroom course).
• Introduction to Solid State Physics (10EKA 01,undergraduate classroom course).
• Group Theory and Applications (10 ΕΛΕ 04,undergraduate classroom course).
• Fundamental Physics Laboratory III: Heat-Waves-Optics (10 ΥΚΟ 02, undergraduate lab course).

 

Current Administrative Responsibilities 

• Member of the Undergraduate Studies Committee.

 

Previous Administrative Responsibilities

• Department chair (2020-2022.
• Director of the Laboratory of Mechanical Engineering and Design (2016-2019).
• Director of the Department of Solid State Physics (2011-2016).