NuSTRAP Alumni Network
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Post-docs and Graduate Students
Dr. Varvara Lagaki (Post Doc) was born in Athens in 1990
and graduated from the Department of Nuclear Physics of the University
of Athens in 2014. She has joined NuSTRAP group in 2012, doing her
senior thesis project on “Nuclear targets characterization using Ion
Beam Analysis (IBA)”, carrying out measurement at the Tandem Accelerator
of INPP, NCSR “Demokritos”. She was earned a MSc degree from NTUA where
she worked with the analysis of experimental data of the capture
reactions 87Sr(p,γ)88Y and 88Sr(p,γ)89Y which were acquired in the past
at the Dynamitron Accelerator Laboratory (DTL) of the University of
Bochum by employing a 12"x12" 4π NaI detector. For her PhD, she worked
at MIRACLS project at ISOLDE/CERN supported by an ERC grant. Her main
work was the construction and the realization of the first tests of a
proof-of principle electrostatic ion beam trap for laser spectroscopy
of short-lived radionuclides. She is currently working as a Post-Doctoral
associate at RAMONES EU project. She speaks English (C2) and French (B1)
and also has basic programming skills on python.
Katerina Zyriliou (PhD candidate) a PhD candidate
in the Section of Nuclear and Particle Physics at the
University of Athens. She was born in Athens in 1994 and
graduated from the Department of Physics at the University of
Ioannina in 2016. Her BSc thesis focused on studying the
resonances in the 12C-12C reaction by
performing experiments at the Tandem Accelerator Lab (NCSR
Demokritos) under Prof. X. Aslanoglou's supervision. She is
interested in experimental aspects of nuclear physics and has
joined NuSTRAP group soon after she was admitted in the
Department of Physics MSc program, where she worked on the
analysis of gamma angular distributions of medium-heavy
nuclei. She obtained her MSc in summer 2018. She speaks good
english and some french. She has advanced skills on Windows
and basic programming skills on C++ and LaTeX. She has been
working professionally as a classic and modern dancer for the
past 13 years. She enjoys movies and video games.
Ana Dura (PhD candidate) was born in Tepelene,
Albania in 1994 and was raised in Athens, Greece. She
graduated from the Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment in
2016 and went on with her MSc studies in Environmental,
Disaster and Crisis Management. Her MSc thesis focused on the
Disaster Management Cycle in the Philippines after Typhoon
Haiyan swept across the country in 2013, and consisted of
primary data along the path of the typhoon. She currently
pursues a PhD degree working on the development of machine
learning algorithms aiming at natural hazards risk
assessment. Ana is an ELIDEK Scholar. Her scientific fields
of interest oscillate between geology, physics, chemistry and
mathematics. Ana grew up in diversity and speaks six
languages. She is an incognito freelance short story writer
and a genuine lover of the fine arts. She is passionate about
leading a healthy lifestyle and is exceptionally adventurous.
Angelos Karadimas (MSc Candidate) has graduated from our group with a MSc degree.
For his MSc thesis, Angelos developed a large-scale Monte Carlo simulation of how radioactive isotopes
diffuse in the marine environment.
Christos Themelis (MSc) has worked on
characterizing radioactive materials
from the decommissioned research nuclear reactor at NCSR "D" using in situ gamma spectroscopy.
His work was directly supervised by Dr Ion Stamatelatos and Dr. Dora Vasilopoulou (INRASTES, NCSR "D").
Ioannis Sideris (MSc) joined our group to work on
nuclear reactions from a theoretical point of view. For his MSc thesis, he has employed
the Hauser-Feshbach
theoretical theory to perform detailed calculations for radiative capture reactions
relevant to superheavy nuclei production.
Ahmed Khaliel (MSc,PhD) (aka Makis) was born
in Athens in 1988. He holds a BSc degree in Physics from the
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (class 2013) and has worked
on Ginzberg-Landau model of phase transitions during his BSc
thesis, under the supervision of Prof. Ch. Moustakidis. He
joined NuSTRAP in 2015 aiming at studying astrophysical
processes of p-nuclei, at medium masses. He received his MSc in
2016, and his PhD
in 2020 focusing on experimental
nuclear structure. Makis was the recipient of an academic excellence
award from the Section of Nuclear and Particle Physics at UoA
and was funded by a PhD scholarship from ELIDEK. He has moved
to CEA Saclay, accepting a Post-Doc position.
Pavlos Tsavalas (BSc,MSc) joined the NuSTRAP
group in 2013 as a senior Physics student. For his BSc thesis
he has performed a series of RBS and NRA measurements on
specially designed materials and thin films, working at the
Tandem Lab of NCSR "Demokritos". As a graduate
student at the Department of Nuclear & Particle Physics,
Pavlos is collaborating with the Institute of Nuclear
Technology of NCSR "Demokritos" to
apply ion-beam
techniques in studying next-generation materials for the
plasma-confinemnt chamber of next-gen ITER fusion reactor.
Electra Kotopoulou
(BSc, MSc)
has completed her MSc thesis in Applied Environmental Geology
in July 2015. Her thesis is entitled: "Biogenic Sulfur
Minerals and Geochemistry in the Shallow–Submarine Environment
of the Hellenic Volcanic Arc: the case off Milos Island
Hydrothermal System". This project involved a series of
applications of laboratory techniques, such as SEM-EDS, p-XRD,
IRS, ICP-MS/OES, Gamma-ray Spectroscopy, as well as
Synchrotron Radiation (SR) Spectroscopy (μ-XRF, μ-XANES,
μ-EXAFS, μ-XRD) in order to: a) study the biomineralogy and
geochemistry of Milos hydrothermal system, b) investigate the
S, Fe and As mineral chemistry, distribution and speciation in
the marine chemical phases, c) evaluate the levels of natural
radioactivity in the marine sediments and d) assess the
environmental impact of the possible elements leaching
(e.g. As) in the seawater and the coastal zone. Electra is now
a PhD candidate in the University of Granada (ES) with her
research being funded by a prestigious ERC grant
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Marialena Christopoulou (BSc, MSc) has recently completed her MSc thesis
in Oceanography at the Dept. of Geology of the University of
Athens. Her MSc dissertation dealt with the CTD data analysis at
the hydrothermal field of Kolumbo volcano and the investigation of
its connection to the morphology. She is now pursuing a PhD,
focusing on the analysis of CTD data from active locations in the
Aegean Volcanic Arc in an attempt to explain the role of
hydrothermal venting in CO2 overcharging in closed
volcanic systems. She is now a PhD candidate in Oceanography.
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Fani Papageorgiou (BSc, MSc) has received her
MSc in Geology from the NuSTRAP group, working on
"Estimation of the Environmental Impact of the
phosphogypsum stockpile in the Schistos waste site (Piraeus,
Greece) using a combination of laboratory techniques and
GIS". Her project involved a well-balanced combination of
several laboratory techniques to estimate the concentration of
radioactivity in a very sensitive area where radium-226 was
deposited as an industrial by-product in phosphogypsum. She
has presented her work in major international conferences, has
a peer-reviewed proceedings article published and a research
paper in the works. She is now a PhD candidate at University
College Dublin to work on a hydrogeology project involving
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Undergraduate Students
Ilianna Petropoulou-Kynigopoulou (BSc candidate) is working on gamma spectroscopy measurements of water samples from various mineral sources around Greece. Iliana is proficient in
English and speaks some French.
Ioannis Giovas (BSc candidate) is interested in experimental
studies of nuclear structure, currently working in data from the ROSPHERE
array IFIN-HH. He speaks english (C2) and is also active as a summer
camp leader and a physics tutor.
Dionysis Mouzis (BSc candidate) is a senior Physics
student working on his BSc thesis in our group. For his thesis, Dionysis
has focused on estimating the environmental radioactivity levels of a
main island in Aegean Sea performing measurements in the TIGER spectrometer.
Nikos Liakopoulos (BSc candidate) has joined our group
to study samples corresponding to a dense geocanvas across Attica and
correlate their radioactivity levels with heavy metal content.
Melina Hlehil (BSc candidate) is a senior Physics student
interested in fusing innovative ways of autonomous monitoring using drones
with state-of-the-art gamma radiation sensors.
Konstantinos Papanastasopoulos (BSc Candidate) is a
senior student working on his BSc thesis with the NuSTRAP group. He is
responsible for evaluating recent data of nuclear EM moments towards a
major upgrade of the NUMOR database.
Stavros Karachristos (BSc candidate) was born in 2000.
He is a senior Physics student and he is interested in experimental nuclear physics
and its applications. For his BSc thesis, Stavros has focused on nuclear spectroscopy studies
in mid-heavy nuclei. He speaks English (C2) and basic French (DELF B2).
Paraskevi (Evie) Balodima (BSc candidate) was born and
raised in Athens,Greece. She owns both greek and australian citizenship,
while she speaks Greek, English and some basic French. She is in her last
year of studying physics at the University of Athens and is currently a
member of the NuSTRAP group. For her BSc thesis Evie is going to study
the characteristics of small-size semiconductor detectros for gamma
spectroscopy, optimizing various setups with multiple sensors with the
ultimate goal to deploy them in autonomous operating vehicles. Additionally,
Evie works part time as a secretary, likes to workout and really enjoys
traveling in new places.
Alexandros Barlas (BSc candidate) was born in Athens
in 2001 and is currently a Physics senior at NKUA. He is generally
interested in all aspects of nuclear physics and its applications.
Alexandros speaks Greek (native language) and English (C2). In his free
time he plays electric and acoustic guitar and likes bike rides.
Vissarion Theodoropoulos (BSc candidate) is a senior
Physics student interested in theoretical aspects of Nuclear Physics.
For his BSc thesis, he is working on performing calculations of properties
of exotic isotopes far from stability in the mass region A~180 using
well-established algebraic models.
Thomas Zafeiris (BSc candidate) is a senior Physics
student working on his BSc thesis. His main focus is environmental
radioactivity studies in a remote mountaineering area of Greece to
assess the impact of Chernobyl fallout after more than 35 years.
Christos Andrikopoulos (BSc Candidate) is a
senior student at UoA/Physics that has joined the NuSTRAP
group very early in his academic studies. He speaks good
French, is proficient in English (TOEIC & Michigan
Proficiency) and some Russian is there, too. For the time
being, he is. He has a passion for nuclear physics, and
discovery in general. For his BSc thesis he works at the
Tandem Lab of NCSR "D" setting up a neutron detector
array. His favorite hobbies are drawing, travelling,
woodworking and tinkering.
Argyro Karakitsou (BSc Candidate) is an undergraduate
student at the Department of Physics at the University of Athens. She
is mostly interested in experimental Physics and data analysis as she
enjoys understanding and explaining the implementation of different
theories in the real world. She is currently taking her first steps in
programming in Matlab. For her thesis she is exploring underlying
mathematical structures in long time-series of cosmic radiation.
Specifically, she performs the GMM method on neutron data to deduce
threeshold values for solar erruptions and Forbush decreases. Argyro
is fluent in English and has elementary proficiency in French. In her
free time she enjoys exploring the city with her friends,reading books
and articles, being active in the human rights department and maybe
going on a camping trip.
Michalis Kontis (BSc Candidate) has joined the NuSTRAP
group at the beginning of his senior year, looking to work on a computational
project involving state of the art instrumentation and detector simulation.
He has taken over the responsibility to carry detailed Geant4 simulations
on various setup alternatives involving the proposed gSPEC apparatus at
GSI. He is currently serving his mandatory duty in the Greek Army forces
awaiting graduation.
Nikolas Kastanis (BSc Candidate) has worked on the design,
development and deployment of a mobile spectroscopy system featuring
NaI detectors, autonomous power and scalability for a variety of in situ
measurements of environmental radioactivity.
Giannis Vitsikanos (BSc Candidate) was born in Athens
in 1996. He is a senior student in the Department of Physics in UOA.
He joined the NuSTRAP team in his final year to study the perturbed
angular distribution of gamma rays from nuclei experiencing a static
magnetic field. Giannis speaks Greek (native), English(C2) and French
(B2) in addition to programming knowledge in C and Python. In his spare
time he enjoys biking, skiing and weight lifting.
Chronis Karpodinis has joined the group to work on
calculations of cross sections in neutron-induced reactions with
241Am, giving special focus on achieving optimal results
to describe the available experimental data in a simultaneous fashion.
Anastasia Kotsovolou (BSc Candidate) was born
in 1997 and grew up in Kalamata, Greece. Anastasia is now a
senior student in the Physics Department of the University of
Athens. She is mostly fascinated by nuclear physics and
astrophysics. She is currently participating in experimental
work at the Tandem Lab of NSCR "D", focusing on
upgrading the BGO Ball Detector Array. She speaks Greek,
English (proficiency) and German (goethe B1). She enjoys
dancing, drawing and literature.
Christina Fakiola (BSc Candidate) was born in
Athens in 1997. She is a senior student in the Physics
Department of the University of Athens, and became a member of
the NuSTRAP group from the first year. She is mostly
interested in nuclear physics and astrophysics. She has worked
in a team of students constructing the first radiation map of
the University campus by measuring natural radioactivity, but
she has now switched to more fundamental aspects of nuclear
astrophysics, focusing on a sensitivity study of the
p-process. She speaks fluently Greek, English (Proficiency)
and some German (B1 Goethe Zertifikat). She also plays the
violin and the piano and enjoys literature.
Stefanos Pelonis was born in Athens in 1999
and is currently a sophomore in the Department of physics at
the UOA. His initial focus was the understanding of angular
distributions of gamma rays emitted from nuclei, but he is now
working on the upgrade of a dedicated nuclear electromagnetic
moments database. Stefanos speaks greek (native), English
(CPE) and has adequate programming knowledge of C. In his
spare time, he enjoys literature and weight lifting.
Stelios Karalis has joined the group with a
special interest on numerical analysis methods applied on
nuclear data. He has taken over the research work to create
a neural network algorithm to describe the full extent of
experimental data of nuclear charge radii.
Ioanna Psyrra (BSc Candidate) is currently a
senior student at the Physics Department of the University of
Athens. For her bachelor thesis, Ioanna will carry out nuclear
astrophysics measurements at the Tandem Accelerator Laboratory
(INPP, NCSR Demokritos).
Georgios Zagoraios (BSc Candidate) was born
in Athens in 1994. He is currently in his final year of
studies at the Physics Department of UoA and is interested in
nuclear experimental physics and associated technology. He has
worked on several projects in the group, including the
developemnt of an analog controller for electromagnets used in
magnetic moment measurements with the Transient Field
Technique. For his BSc thesis, Georgios is focused on magnetic
moment measurements from data accumulated at ISOLDE. He speaks
english and some german. He is also an alpine hiker and a
scout leader.
Giannis Karakasis (BSc Candidate) was born in
Athens in 1998. He is an undergraduate in the Physics
Department of the University of Athens. So far, his work with
the NuSTRAP group focused on detailed calculations of cross
sections using the Hauser-Fehsback theory, but he has recently
started preparing for nuclear sepctroscopy studies. Giannis
speaks Greek (native), English (Advanced) and German (B1). He
also enjoys playing the guitar and composing music.
Stavros Bofos (BSc Candidate) is an
undergraduate student in the Physics Department of the
University of Athens, and became a member of the NuSTRAP group
from the first year of his studies. He has initially worked on
a small-scale investigation of spectroscopic data of
superheavy nuclei in terms of critical point symmetries. For
his BSc thesis, Stavros is working on the theoretical aspects
of magnetic octupole moments. He speaks Greek (native),
English and basic French. He also enjoys playing basketball
and volleyball.
Martin Manuel Gomez Miguez (BSc) was born in
Santiago de Compostela (Spain) in 1997 and studies in
Universidad de La Laguna (ULL). He has recently been awarded
an Erasmus+ grant and has joined NuSTRAP to work on a
statistical analysis of CTD measurements from submarine vents
in the Department of physics. Martín is mainly interested in
cosmology, fluid dynamics and electrodynamics. He speaks
fluent Spanish and English and its mother tongue is Galician,
so he can understand Portuguese really well. He has advanced
skills in Python and also has acquired skills in C++, Latex
and Arduino. He also was a Congress organizer of COEFIS XI and
COEFIS XII, the Physics Student Congress of ULL, which was
attended by renowned physicist, such as Masahiro Teshima and
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji.
Spyros Peroulis (BSc Candidate) is currently
in his senior year of his undergraduate studies. Even though
he admires experimental Nuclear Physics and all the inspired
techniques used nowadays, he prefers to be a theorist, asking
deep questions about the foundations of Nuclear Physics and
our way to see the world. Spyros has collaborated with
another member of the group on performing calculations for the
production of secondary exotic beams in RIB facilities, such
as NSCL (USA) and RIKEN (Japan), using the LISE++ code. He has
recently started working on his BSc thesis involving critical
point symmetries, collaborationg with Dennis Bonatsos' group
at NCSR "Democritos". He speaks Greek (native),
English and Italian (fluently), as well as basic
French. Spyros has advanced skills on Windows Environment and
writting in LaTeX. Also he has basic programming knowledge in
C and Mathematica.
Nikos Maniatis (BSc candidate) is in his last year of
his undergraduate studies and is a new member of the NuSTRAP
group. His is currently working on his BSc thesis involving
simulations regarding the FAIR/gSPEC detector/magnet setup in
Germany, using the Geant4 toolkit. He is interested in the use
of simulations in physics and especially nuclear physics, hence
has acquired programming skills in C, Matlab and writing in
LaTeX. Nikos is fluent in Greek and English and is an electric
guitarist, who also works part time as a guitar tutor.
Konstantinos Bosbotinis is a senior undergraduate Physics student highly interested in experimental nuclear science. He is working on independent analysis of experimental (p,n) data in silver isotopes.
Dimitrios Papaioannou (BSc Candidate) was
born in Athens in 1993 and is in his senior year in the
Faculty of Physics. He is interested in experimental Nuclear
Physics and the various techniques used in modern day
experiments. Dimitris has collaborated with another member of
the group on performing calculations for the production of
secondary nuclear beams in RIB facilities, such as NSCL (USA)
and RIKEN (Japan), using LISE++. He has recently started
working on a project involving nuclear moment measurements at
ISOLDE. He has competent knowledge of LaTeX and speaks Greek,
English (Proficiency) and basic French. He also enjoys playing
basketball and reading books.
Patroklos-Miltiadis Mamaloukas (BSc) was born in 1995, Patroklos is in his senior year of his undergraduate studies. His main research interests lie in nuclear energy and properties of fusion and fission, nucleosynthesis, experimental setups of the aforementioned, as well as theoretic models concerning elemetal nuclear properties. Language credentials include C2 (Michigan) in English and C1 (Sorbonne) in French.
Nike Togia (BSc) is a Physics student at the University of Athens. She is currently working on her BSc thesis involving Photon Activation Analysis, a versatile nuclear technique for elemental analysis. In this framework she will use a linear accelerator at Agios Savvas hospital and germanium detectors for gamma-ray spectroscopy at INRASTES/NCSR "Demokritos". Nike speaks English, French and basic Spanish; she loves travelling, volunteering, exercise and handcrafting.
Vasilis Skarlis (BSc) (aka Bill) was born in Athens in 1995 and is currently in his final year of his undergraduate studies working in his senior thesis. He is captivated by nuclear physics and has recently joined NuSTRAP in order to learn more. He speaks English (Proficiently) and basic French. Bill has good skills on Windows and Linux environments, fairly good knowledge of some programming languages (for example python, C and LaTeX) and basic knowledge of video animation software.
Vanessa Papakosta (BSc) is a senior student in the Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment at UoA and currently cooperates with the NuSTRAP group for her Bsc thesis. Her research focuses on the underwater hydrothermal field of the Methana Peninsula using scintillators to perform gamma specroscopy studies. She loves nature and hiking and enjoys being involved in any kind of sports (such as taekwondo, bjj). She also dances rock'n'roll and loves boardgames-RPGs and theater, as she had participated in theatrical groups.
Peggy Micha, BSc was born in 1993 in Athens and grew up in Aigaleo. She is near completion of her studies at the Department of Physics. She is particularly interested in both experimental Nuclear Physics and Medical Physics, targeting a MSc degree in the near future in one of the two scientific fields. She is a book lover, movie-goer and a dedicated Panathinaikos fan. She holds a CPA degree in English.
Sofia Kolovi (BSc) has been a long-standing collaborator of NuSTRAP group before she officially became one of its active members. Sofia has experience in radiation physics and applications. She has collaborated with Ion Stamatelatos' group at NCSR "Demokritos" on a project involving XRF studies of cultural heritage preservation, while she has recently completed an Imaging Plate characterization with neutrons as part of an internship. She is an english speaker and a genuine coffee lover [twitter]
Kallia Tsampa (BSc) was born in Athens in 1989 and is a senior Physics student. She is interested in nuclear target making and characterization using accelerated proton beams. She speaks english and italian, plays the piano since 7 yrs old and is also a member of a music band [twitter]
Vassilis Bitzios (BSc, MSc) was born in 1994 in Athens and he has been a student in the Physics Department of University of Athens. For his BSc thesis, Vassilis intends to simulate a prototype gamma spectrometer for marine applications. Options for materials, geometries and crystals have been investigated thoroughly. He is now pursuing a MSc in medical physics. He also likes astronomy and reading.
Marilena Lykiardopoulou (BSc) was born in 1994 in Kefalonia, where she lived during her childhood. Marilena has recently graduated from the University of Athens, exploring her options to continue her studies to an undergraduate level. Her academic interests focus on nuclear structure, as a cornerstone for understanding the world we live in, and also as an asset for new technological applications that may improve our lives. She speaks greek, english (proficiency) and french (Delf B2). In her spare time, she enjoys literature and texts of philosophy.
Angelos Babounis (BSc) has been a member of our group till very recently. He has graduated from the Physics Department working on a BSc thesis that focused on the analysis of nuclear astrophysics experimental data. He has measured the radiative proton capture in silver nuclei and is now looking forward to continuing his studies to a MSc degree. Besides his physics interests he is a semi-pro soccer player.
Gilho Ahn (BSc, MSc) has graduated from the Department of Physics. He speaks Korean, Greek and English fluently. Gilho originally joined our group with the desire to study theoretical nuclear physics. He undertook the task to study critical symmetries in nuclei under our collborator Dr. Panos Georgoudis' guidance, who is an expert in the field. Available experimental data were also compiled in a database to facilitate comparison with the theoretical predictions. He is now enrolled as a MSc student in Physics. [twitter]
Efthimios Kouvaris (BSc) has graduated from the Physics Department. He worked with our group on chracterizing gamma-radiation detectors. For his thesis, he tested and calibrated a new spectroscopic station for radiation measurements in environmental samples. He speaks english (First Certificate) and german (Grundstufe). In his spare time he likes painting and playing the guitar.
Vaso Angelopoulou (BSc, MSc) was born in Kalamata in 1990. She graduated from the Physics Department in 2015. She has worked on her BSc thesis focusing on studying detailed characteristics of a HPGe detector, both efficiency and crystal-geometry related. She has been an ERASMUS exchange student at Uni. Bonn, Germany. She is interested in Medical Physics, Nuclear and Particle Physics at both experimental and theoretical level. She is a volunteer tutor at the Ilissia Community Recitation School, studies dancing and singing. She likes traveling and meeting new people.
Christina Katsiva, (BSc, MSc) has joined the group as a senior Physics student in 2014. She was especially interested in radiation effects on humans, therefore she had taken over the task to estimate the risk to the population of Athens, a megacity of 5 million, by NORM levels measured in its grounds and surrounding areas. She is now pursuing a MSc degree in Medical Physics.
Chara Chroni (BSc) worked on environmental applications of synchrotron radiation, as a member of the NUSTRAP collaboration. She has graduated from the Department of Nuclear & Particle Physics. She has extensive tutoring experience at a professional level (over 15 years). She is a mother of two girls (plus one on the way!), speaks good english and has basic knowledge of french and italian.
Eleni Mitsi (BSc,MSc) was born in 1988. She has graduated from "Protypo Lykeio Athinon" with a grade of 19.2/20. Her curiosity about how the world runs led her to the Department of Physics in 2006. Since 2007 she's been working part time as a physics tutor. Throughout her occupation with physics she came to realize that the experimental application of science fascinates her, therefore her bachelor thesis is about experimental data and processes at the microscale, studied by synchrotron radiation. Apart from science, She is enchanted by art, especially by theatre, therefore she participates in a theatrical group and she dances tango. She also loves rowing and learning new languages; She speaks English, German and a few French and wishes to learn Chinese.
Alexis Karailias (BSc) was born in Amfissa in 1984. He has recently completed his studies at the Physics Department of the University of Athens (09.2014). Alexis worked on setting up and calibrating portable radioactivity monitors, based on NaI scintillators. At a second stage, he conducted detailed investigations of NORM levels near Athens with in-situ measurements.
Eirini Pappa (BSc) is in her last year of studies at the Physics Department. For her BSc thesis, Eirini studied several physical parameters of the active Kolumbo volcano close to Santorini, based on recent data collected by deep-sea ROV. Her experience working with the NuSTRAP people, motivated her further to explore additional research opportunities, collaborating with Dr. Ion Stamatelatos (INRASTES, NCSR Demokritos) on a radiation protection project. She has been a volunteer in NGOs, she plays the harmonica and is a pro tennis player.
Athanasios Psaltis (BSc) was born in 1992 in Athens, Greece. In 2010 he graduated "Mikis Theodorakis" High School at Skala Oropou with a grade of 19.5/20 and started his undergraduate studies in Physics at the University of Athens. His first project with the group was to assist in upgrading the Electromagnetic Moment online database. For this BSc thesis, he conducted measurements of (p,γ) cross sections in astrophysically interesting isotopes. He speaks and writes English and French fluently, has strong skills on Windows environment and is familiar with programming in C, FORTRAN, HTML and Mathematica.
Thanassis has many interests, including track & field, in which he won the National Student Championship in 2006 in 80m dash, is involved in political and social activism, and in the production of an independent web radio station. He graduated in 2014 and is now a graduate student at McMaster University, Canada.
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Eleftheria Malami (BSc, MSc) is now a Physics graduate from the University of
Athens. She has recently completed working on her bachelor thesis
that dealt with measurements in nuclear astrophysics systems. For
her work, she conducted experimental work at the Tandem
Accelerator Lab at Demokritos in Athens. She is now a graduate
student in Netherlands aiming at research on astroparticle
physics.
Constantinos Vassalos (BSc, MSc) was born in Athens. He has recently completed his studies at the Physics Department. For his senior year thesis Konstantinos has investigated microscale geochemical formations from the Kolumbo volcano at Santorini using advanced spectroscopic techniques based on synchrotron radiation. He has graduated from the Oceanograpy and Marine Environment program at UoA.
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Myrto-Eleni Assimakopoulou (BSc, MSc) was born in 1990 in Athens. She is a
graduate of the American College of Greece (Pierce College, class
of 2008) and has been an undergraduate student at the Physics
Department of the University of Athens since October of 2008. She
has been an Erasmus Program scholar, visiting the Niels Bohr
Institute of the University of Copenhagen, in Denmark during
2011. Her bachelor thesis dealt with nuclear astrophysics systems,
carrying out measurements at the Tandem Accelerator of the
Institute of Nuclear Physics at Demokritos, in Athens. She has
recently graduated from KTH, Stockholm with a MSc in nuclear
physics, continuing her studies to PhD level in Uppsala.
Nikos Moraitis (BSc, MSc). As a senior Physics student at the University of Athens, Nikos worked on studying the Hg toxicity in lagoon ecosystems of western Greece using data taken from X-ray microbeam spectroscopic techiques (XRF/XANES/XAFS) at the ANKA synchrotron in Germany. He works part-time as a physics tutor and in his free time, he plays the drums in a band and has basic skills in sound recording and digital mixing. Nikos has graduated from the Medical Physics and Radiation Protection MSc program and is pursuing a professional career in the field.
Ioannis Ioannidis (BSc, MSc) was born in Larisa in 1990 and lives in Athens since 2008. He has recently graduated from the Physics Department. His senior thesis dealt with the "Depth distribution of radiocesium and natural radioisotopes in soils of Northern Greece". For his project he has performed gamma spectroscopy measurements. He has recently graduated from the Medical Physics and Radiation Protection MSc program.
Nikoleta Hatzikonstantinou (BSc, MSc) graduated from the Physics Department and is now a graduate student ("Mathematics in Business Management"). She was actively involved in the analysis of iron particulates deposited on southeast Mediterranean Sea and mainland of Greece by the waves of Saharan dust. She focused on data collected with advanced X-ray spectroscopy techniques combined to ultrabright synchrotron microbeams provided by the SUL-X line at ANKA/KIT.
Anastasios Kanellakopoulos (BSc, MSc) was born in Patra in 1990 and lives in Athens. He graduated from the University of Athens in 2013 and moved for graduate studies to NTUA. He has been a collaborator since 2012 and conducted his graduation thesis entitled "Application of RBS and NRA spectroscopy for the study of nuclear targets and thin films" by carrying measurements at the Tandem Accelerator of INPP, NCSR "Demokritos". He has recently joined Prof. Gerda Neyens's group at KU Leuven to work on laser spectroscopy studies and nuclear moments.
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Varvara Lagaki (BSc, MSc) was born in Athens in 1990. She graduated from the Department of Nuclear Physics of the University of Athens, in 2014. She has been a nustrapista since 2012, doing her senior thesis project on "Nuclear targets characterization using Ion Beam Analysis (IBA)", carrying out measurement at the Tandem Accelerator of INPP, NCSR "Demokritos". She has earned a MSc degree from NTUA working at NCSR "Demokritos" and is now a PhD candidate at ISOLDE/CERN supported by an ERC grant.
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Kostas Stamou (BSc, MSc) was born in Athens, Greece in 1987. He is a senior Physics student at the University of Athens. He has completed his graduation project in Medical Physics, which involved the periodic study and quality control of the photon beam linear accelerator in radiotherapy at the anticancer hospital "Agios Savvas" in Athens. He is currently involved in the expansion, automation and upgrade of the electromagnetic moments database. He has also professional experience as an Administrator in Linux and Windows Servers. He has recently graduated from Aberdeen, now pursuing a PhD in Medical Physics at the Academy of Athens.
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