Faculty of the Department
During the 2019-20 academing year the Department of Physics consists of 19 faculty members, 1 honorary professor, and 10 Emeriti Professors. There are 10 faculty members at the level of Full Professor, 7 at the level of Associate Professor, and 2 Assistant Professors.
- Section of Applied Physics
A. Georgakilas, Z. Hatzopoulos[2], E. Iliopoulos, G. Kiriakidis[2] - Section of Astrophysics and Space Physics
V. Charmandaris, C. Haldoupis[2], N. Kylafis[1], I. Papadakis, I. Papamastorakis[1], V. Pavlidou, K. Tassis, I. Vardavas[2], J. Ventura[1], A. Zezas - Section of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
D. Charalambidis, C. Fotakis[1], I. Kominis, P. Lambropoulos[1], P. Rakitzis, T. Zouros[2] - Section of Condensed Matter Physics
E. Economou[1], N. Flytzanis[1], K. Makris, G. C. Psaltakis, G. Tsironis, P. Tzanetakis[1], X. Zotos - Section of Theoretical High Energy Physics
G. Athanasiu, D. Christodoulou[3], P. Ditsas[2], G. Grammatikakis[1], E. Kiritsis, V. Niarchos, N. Papanicolaou[1], T. Tomaras, N. Tsamis
[1]: Emeritus Professor (10 members)
[2]: Retired faculty (6 members)
[3]: Honorary Professor (1 member)
The high quality research performed by our faculty members has been internationally recognized. This can also be seen by the following histograms presenting the refereed papers, citations, and h-index of all 20 faculty members, as well as the 7 Emeriti Professors who are still actively involved in research and teaching, as were on April 13, 2019. (Click on the corresponding images for a larger version). Based on these data, each of the above mentioned members has on average published, throughout her/his career, 118 refereed papers, which received ~4000 citations. Their average h-index is 30.
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Refereed Publications | Refereed Citations | h-index |
Additionally, you may view the continuously updated Google Scholar entries of all members of our Department, sorted by citation, by pressing the icon .
A number of individuals served as faculty members at the Department of Physics of the University of Crete in the past and contributed with their efforts to the improvement of the Department. In the following table we provide their names, the period they were members of the Department, as well as their current position.
Name | Period | Last known Position |
Anastasiadis Spiros | 1993-2005 | Professor - Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Crete |
Christou Aris | 1985-1996 | Professor - Univ. of Maryland College Park, USA |
Efthimiopoulos Thomas | 1982-2003 | Professor Emeritus - Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Patras |
Floratos Emmanuel | 1983-2000 | Professor Emeritus - Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens |
Georges Anastasios | 1985-1992 | Passed away on 3 Mar. 2018, while a Professor - Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Patras |
Halkias George | 1989-1996 | Passed away while a researcher at Demokritos Research Center |
Hatzidimitriou Despina | 1993-2009 | Associate Professor - Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens |
Kapetanakos Christos | 1994-1996 | Private Sector, USA |
Karabourniotis Dimitris | 1985-2013 | Associate Professor (Retired) - Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Crete |
Kelires Pantelis | 1989-2009 | Professor - Dept. of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science & Engineering, Technological Univ. of Cyprus |
Panagopoulos Christos | 2008-2015 | Research Professor - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
Perakis Ilias | 2009-2019 | Professor & Chair - Dept. of Physics,University of Alabama - Birmingham (USA) |
Petkou Anastasios | 2004-2012 | Professor - Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Thessaloniki |
Ploumpidis Dimitris | 1983-198? | Professor (retired) - Dept. of Primary Education, Univ. of Crete |
Ragiadakos Christos | 1985-1995 | Educational Institute, Ministry of Education |
Stassis Constantine | 1986-1987 | Professor (retired) - Iowa State University, USA |
Tsinganos Kanaris | 1985-2001 | Professor - Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens |
Varmazis Costas | 1983-1984 | Passed away on 2 Jun. 2016, while a Senior fellow - Tyco Electronics, USA |
Xanthopoulos Basilis | 1984-1990 | Passed away on 27 Nov. 1990, while serving as Chair of the Dept. of Physics at the Univ. of Crete |
Zdetsis Aristides | 1985-1989 | Professor Emeritus - Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Patras |
Zevgolis Dimitrios | 1984-1987 | Professor - Greek Open University |
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