Education
| 1998 | Ph.D. ‘Trapping in Disordered Systems’, Dept of Physics, Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 1993 | Physics Degree, Dept of Physics, Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 1993-1997 | Student in the Dept of Computer Science, Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece (successfully completed 40 courses) |
Employment
| 2008-now, 2006-2007 | Research Associate at the Levich Institute, City College of NY (Laboratory of Prof. H.A. Makse). |
| 2007, 2001-2005 | Post-doctoral position at the Computational Physics group, Physics Department of Univ. of Thessaloniki (prof. P. Argyrakis). |
| 1999-2001 | Post-doctoral position at the Laboratory for Polymer Reaction Engineering, Chemical Engineering Dept. and Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute, in the group of prof. C. Kyparissides. |
| 1997 | Visiting scientist at the Institut fur Festkorperforschung, KFA, in Juelich, Germany (with prof. K.W. Kehr). |
| 1994-1995 | Scientific training at the Laboratoire de Photophysique et Photochimie (Director: Dr. D. Markovitsi) in Comissariat d'Energie Atomique (CEA), Centre d'Etudes Saclay, France |
Awards-scholarships
| 2003-2004 | Research scholarship from the Research Committee (Univ. of Thessaloniki) |
| 2002-2003 | IKY-DAAD travel fellowship for research in Giessen, Germany (prof. A. Bunde) |
| 2000-2001 | EIE-CNRS fellowship for research in Saclay, France (Dr. D. Markovitsi) |
| 1994 | Scholarship from Ministere Affaires Etrangeres of France for research at CEA, Saclay, France. |
| 1993 | Scholarship from the City of Heraklion for 1st place in advanced physics summer school |
| 1993 | Valedictorian at the Science Departments graduation, University of Thessaloniki |
| 1990 | Greek government scholarship for First Year studies achievement. |
Teaching Experience
| 2002-2005 | Adjunct Professor, graduate course ‘Simulation methods’ |
| 1999-2001 | Part of the NAUSIKA group, where we developed an educational CD-ROM of virtual labs for teaching Thermodynamics in High-School students (funded by the Greek government). |
| 2000,2002 | Teaching assistant, graduate course ‘Simulation methods’ |
| 1996-1998 | Teaching assistant, 4th year course ‘Advanced Statistical Physics’ |
Research Projects
I have participated in numerous research projects funded by NSF, the European Commission, the Greek Ministry of Research, etc.
In most of these projects I have been actively involved as a co-author of the grant proposals.
Press coverage
My paper on the tolerance of scale-free networks was covered by many homepages and newspapers: Press Release, Plus magazine, Science Daily.
Interviewed by Science News on the authenticity of Pollock paintings, based on their fractal structure.