BRIEF CV

• Since January 2007, Director of Research at the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics (INPP) of the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”.
• Currently on special unpaid leave of absence at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria.
• Director of INPP from April 2014 to September 2017, when resigned. From May 2016 to April 2017, Vice President of the Governing Board of “Demokritos”.
• Physics studies at the University of Thessaloniki, Greece, from 1978 to 1983; PhD studies at the Institute of Nuclear Physics (IKP) of the University of Cologne, Germany, with scholarship granted by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and under supervision of Prof. Peter von Brentano (field of research: nuclear structure studies; lifetime measurements with the plunger method). Defense in June 1989.
• From June 2003 to May 2004, on sabbatical leave at the University of Bochum, Germany, working with Prof. Claus Rolfs on nuclear reactions relevant to stellar nucleosynthesis and the detection of geo-neutrinos.
• Principal Investigator of various research grants either as scientist in charge or work-package leader including: a) FP6/EURONS-I3: WP Leader (Coordinator of EWON, the East-West Outreach Nuclear Physics Network); b) FP7/ENSAR IA: WP Leader (Coordinator of EFINION, the European Forum for Innovative applications of Nuclear ION beams and tools; a WP of the ENSAR Networking Activity); c) FP7/REGPOT: Proposer and Coordinator of the LIBRA Project (Center of excellence for Low-energy Ion Beam Research and Applications, funded by the EC with 1.5 M€ that led to numerous upgrades at the Tandem Accelerator; d) H2020: WP Leader (Coordinator of ENSAF, the European Network of Small-scale Accelerator Facilities, a Networking Activity of the ENSAR-2 Integrating Activity).
• Total funds granted as coordinator or WP Leader ≈5 million Euros; Total funds administered as INPP Director ≈3 million Euros. In-kind donations received for the Tandem Accel. Laboratory exceed 2 million Euros.
• Previous Greek delegate in the FP7/EURATOM/Fission program and the European Spallation Source (2014-2015); Representative of the Greek funding agency (GSRT) in NuPNET, the FP7/ERANet for Nuclear Physics Research Infrastructures in Europe; Member of the Greek Committee for CERN (2013-2015); Member of the Institute Board & Resource Review Board of the ESFRI Kubic Kilometer Neutrino Telescope (KM3NeT) project (2014-2017).
• Since 2006, NuPECC member for Greece;
• Since 2018, Member of the Program Advisory Committee of the Ion-Beam Analysis (IBA) program of iThemba LABS Accelerator Center, Cape Town, South Africa.
• Chair, convener and member of organizing committees of more than 30 intern. conferences, and workshops.
• Invited speaker and lecturer in more than 60 intern. conferences, workshops and schools.
• Referee in several scientific journals of high impact factor, external evaluator of research proposals and scientists on behalf of various funding agencies and universities.
• Research activities include experimental investigations of nuclear reactions relevant to nuclear astrophysics (major field), nuclear structure studies and ion-beam techniques for applications in materials analysis and characterization, human health and environmental monitoring.
• Scientific record includes more than 150 publications in referred journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings with almost 2500 citations.
• Spokesperson of various PAC approved experiments at European trans-national access large-scale accelerator facilities (LN Legnaro, Italy; GANIL, France; University of Jyväskylä, Finland);
• Main supervisor of 16 PhD, Master’s and Diploma theses and examiner of a number of PhD theses abroad.
• Proposer and coordinator (Scientist in Charge) of the CALIBRA Research Infrastructure project (MIS5002799) of the Greek National Roadmap for Research Infrastructures. CALIBRA was funded with 3,5 million Euros by the Greek National Framework Program NSRF 2014-2020 that is co-financed by Greece and the EU (European Regional Development Funds – ERDF program).
• Collaborations with nuclear physics groups and scientists from more than 20 European Universities, research centers and accelerator laboratories.