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.


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 .

Past Faculty Members

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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