Demetri J. Photinos
June 8th, 2011
Professor
Education
- Undergraduate: University of Athens (Diploma in Physics, 1970).
- Postgraduate: University of Akron, Physics (1970-71)
Polymer Science Institute Kent State University (Ph.D. in Physics, 1973).
Academic Employment
- 2001- Professor, Department of Materials Science, University of Patras.
- 1975-2001 Lecturer, assistant professor, associate professor and professor, Department of Physics, University of Patras.
- 1988-1989: Visiting professor, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina.
- 1978-1979: Research associate, Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent, Ohio.
- 1978-1979: Visiting assistant professor, Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.
- 1972-1973: Teaching fellow, Department of Physics, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio.
- 1970-1971: Research assistant, Institute of Polymer Science, Akron, Ohio.
Current research Interests
- Soft matter molecular theory.
- Computer simulations.
- NMR spectroscopy.
- Statistical mechanics.
Recent academic positions and research-related activities
- Chairman, Department of Materials Science, University of Patras (1999-2007, 2009- ).
- Dean, School of Natural Sciences, University of Patras (1994-2000).
- Director of the Polymer Science Laboratory, University of Patras (2000- 2008 ).
- Director of the Theory Sector, Department of Physics, University of Patras (1995-2000).
- Chairman of the 5th European Conference on Liquid Crystals, Crete, Greece (1999).
- Co-organiser of the Workshop on Biaxial Nematics, Oxford, UK (1996).
- Guest Editor of the journal Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals (1996, 1999).
- On the editorial board of the journal Liquid Crystals (1995-2010 ).
Current EU-funded research projects
- -Biaxial Nematic Devices (BIND; 2008-12), EU-FP7 /ITC-1-3.2 / STREP-CP-FP-I #216025. (Consortium Coordinator).
- -Functional LC Dendrimers: Synthesis of New Materials, Resource for New Applications (DENDREAMERS; 2008-12), Marie Curie Actions, EU-FP7-PEOPLE-ITN.
- -Self–organized Nanomaterials for tailored optical and electrical properties (NANOGOLD ; 2009-13), EU-FP7-NMP-2008-2.2-2 (Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials & new production technologies: Nanostructured Metamaterials).
Academic research supervisions
- Graduate students: A.F. Terzis (PhD 1991), M.A. Theodoropoulou (PhD 1996), A.G. Vanakaras (PhD 1997), H.S. Serpi (PhD 1999), P.K. Karahaliou (MSc 2000; PhD 2004), K.C Daoulas (PhD 2001), G.P. Kotsionopoulou (MSc 2001), D.K. Christopoulos (MSc 2001; PhD2005), S.D. Peroukidis (MSc 2002; PhD 2006), A.E. Gavriil (MSc 2003), A.Z. Bitsakou (MSc 2005).
- Postdoctoral trainees: S. Boschi (1994-95), S.C. Mc Grother (1996-97), A.J. Haslam (1997), A. Galindo (1999-2000), J-M. R. Enrique (2000), S. Orlandi (2001-2002), L.M. Stimson (2003-04), N. Andrenacci (2004); P.K. Karahaliou (2004-2008) S.D. Peroukidis (2007-2009); S. Droulias (2009-).
Selected Publications