During the spring semester of the 2024-25 academing year the Department of Physics consists of 21 faculty members, 3 Honorary Professors, and 10 Emeriti Professors. There are 9 faculty members at the level of Full Professor, 8 at the level of Associate Professor, and 4 Assistant Professors.
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Section of Applied Physics V. Apostolopoulos, A. Georgakilas, E. Iliopoulos, L. Lymperakis
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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], A. Zezas
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Section of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics D. Antypas, D. Charalambidis[1], C. Fotakis[1], I. Kominis, P. Lambropoulos[1], P. Rakitzis, T. Zouros[2]
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Section of Condensed Matter Physics E. Economou[1], N. Flytzanis[1], K. Makris, C. Moutafis, G. Siviloglou, S. Sotiriadis, G. Tsironis, X. Zotos[1]
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Section of Theoretical High Energy Physics G. Athanasiu, P. Ditsas[2], E. Kiritsis, V. Niarchos, N. Papanicolaou[1], A. Porfyriadis, N. Tsamis[1]
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Honorary Professors E. Kaxiras, D. Christodoulou, D. Psaltis
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Professors awaiting formal appointment: K. Roumpedakis
[1]: Emeritus Professor (10 members) [2]: Retired faculty (4 members)
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 19 faculty members, as well as the 7 Emeriti Professors who are still actively involved in research and teaching, as were on April 24, 2024. (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, 130 refereed papers which received ~5500 citations. The corresponding average h-index is 34.
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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 |
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| Anastasiadis Spiros | 1993-2005 | Professor - Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Crete |
| Christou Aris | 1985-1996 | Professor - Univ. of Maryland College Park, USA |
| Efthymiopoulos Thomas | 1982-2003 | Passed away on 7 Feb. 2022, while Professor Emeritus - Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Patras |
| Floratos Emmanuel | 1983-2000 | Professor Emeritus - Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens & Member of Academy of Athens |
| Georges Anastasios | 1985-1992 | Passed away on 3 Mar. 2018, while a Professor - Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Patras |
| Grammatikakis George | 1982-2023 | Passed away on 25 October 2023, while Emeritus Professor |
| Halkias George | 1989-1996 | Passed away while a researcher at Demokritos Research Center |
| Hatzidimitriou Despina | 1993-2009 | Professor - Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens |
| Hatzopoulos Zaharias | 1981-2019 | Associate Professor (Retired) - Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Crete |
| 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 |
| Kiriakidis George | 1981-2017 | Professor (retired) - Dept. of Physics Univ. of Crete & Researcher at IESL/FORTH |
| Nicolaides Cleanthes | 1985-1987 | Reseacher Emeritus - Theoretical & Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation |
| Panagopoulos Christos | 2008-2015 | Research Professor - Nanyang Technological University, Singapore |
| Perakis Ilias | 2000-2019 | 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 |
| Psaltakis Gregory | 1989-2023 | Associate Professor (retired) - Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Crete |
| Ragiadakos Christos | 1985-1995 | Educational Institute, Ministry of Education |
| Stassis Constantine | 1986-1987 | Passed away on 14 April 2023, while a retired Professor from Iowa State University, USA |
| Tomaras Theodoros | 1989-2021 | Passed away on 31 Jul. 2021, while an Emeritus Professor. |
| Tsinganos Kanaris | 1985-2001 | Professor Emeritus - Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Athens |
| Tzanetakis Panagiotis | 1985-2014 | Passed away on 3 Apr. 2024, while an Emeritus Professor |
| Varmazis Costas | 1983-1984 | Passed away on 2 Jun. 2016, while a Senior fellow - Tyco Electronics, USA |
| Ventura Joseph | 1983-2006 | Passed away on 5 Oct. 2020, while an Emeritus Professor. |
| Xanthopoulos Basilis | 1982-1990 | 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 Emeritus - Hellenic Open University |
