PROFESSOR
Department of Physics
Cyprus University of Technology
Cyprus
Studies: B.Sc in Physics, 1977, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. M.Sc. in Physics, 1980, and Ph.D in Physics, 1985, Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM), Germany. Professional Career: University of Cyprus (Assistant Professor 1993-1997, Associate Professor 1997-2005, Professor 2005– present). Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (GSI) Darmstadt, Germany (PostDoc 1986-1988, Research Associate 1988-1993).
Modern Experimental Nuclear Physics with Heavy Ions and Hadron Physics at Relativistic Energies. Nuclear Matter and New Phenomena in the presence of high baryonic densities and high temperatures. Particle detectors & Monte Carlo simulation techniques. Nuclear Astrophysics and Cosmology. Applications of Nuclear Radiation: Natural Radioactivity, XRF Spectroscopy, Moessbauer Spectroscopy. Main Research Programs/Collaborations: The International Collaboration HADES at the Heavy-Ion Research Center of GSI Darmstadt, Germany (founding member and representative of Cyprus) (see, http://www-hades.gsi.de/). The “Cyprus Radioisotope Project”, aiming at systematic studies of the natural radioactivity in Cyprus (first indoor radon digital maps and gamma-radiation maps, see e.g. http://www-np.ucy.ac.cy/radio_isotopes/start.html ).