Curriculum Vitae
Research Experience
03/2017 - ...
Post-Doctoral Associate
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Physics, Athens-Greece
Main research: Magnetoplasmonic cavities in chiral media
(funding for personal postdoctoral projects from the State Scholarships Foundation)
09/2016 - 02/2017
Post-Doctoral Associate
City University of New York, City College, Department of Electrical Engineering, New York-USA
Main research: All dielectric metasurfaces
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Alexander Khanikaev
03/2016 - 08/2016
Post-Doctoral Associate
City University of New York, Queens College, Department of Physics, New York-USA
Main research: All dielectric metasurfaces
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Alexander Khanikaev
09/2015 - 02/2016
Post-Doctoral Associate
Boston University, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Boston-USA
Main research: Engineering Correlation Metamaterials
Scientific Advisor: Prof. Luca Dal Negro
07/2014 - 07/2015
Post-Doctoral Fellow
National Center of Scientific Research (NCSR) “Demokritos”, Athens-Greece
Scientific Program Title: “THUNDER: Resonant photonic-phononic nanostructures for enhanced acousto-optic interaction: phoxonic device realization”
Scientific Advisor: Dr. N. Papanikolaou
Education
2010 - 2014
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens-Greece
Ph.D in Theoretical Solid State Physics (Prof. N. Stefanou group)
2007 - 2009
National Technical University of Athens, Athens-Greece
M.Sc. in Physics and Technological Applications
2003 - 2007
University of Cyprus, Nicosia-Cyprus
B.Sc. in Physics
Honors and Awards
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2015 Peter C. Waterman Award
presented to early career scientist in the category of electromagnetic scattering
XV Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference, Leipzig-Germany, 21-26 June 2015
2013 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston-USA, 1-6 December 2013 (also in press)
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SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship
06/2013 - 06/2014
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Travel Grant
XIV Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference, Lille-France, 17-21 June 2013
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Best Student Paper Award
SPIE Photonics Europe Conference, Brussels-Belgium, 16-20 April 2012
for Helical Assemblies of Plasmonic Nanorods as Chiral Metamaterials
by A.Christofi, N. Stefanou, G. Gantzounis, and N. Papanikolaou
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Travel Grant
SPIE Photonics Europe Conference, Brussels-Belgium, 16-20 April 2012
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Ph.D. scholarship (09/2008 - 09/2012)
from NCSR “Demokritos”