Faculty of the Department

During the spring semester of the 2023-24 academing year the Department of Physics consists of 19 faculty members, 2 Honorary Professors, and 10 Emeriti Professors. There are 9 faculty members at the level of Full Professor, 6 at the level of Associate Professor, and 4 Assistant Professors.

Section of Applied Physics
V. Apostolopoulos, A. Georgakilas, E. Iliopoulos, G. Kiriakidis^[2], L. Lymperakis
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
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]
Section of Condensed Matter Physics
E. Economou^[1], N. Flytzanis^[1], K. Makris, S. Sotiriadis, G. Tsironis, X. Zotos^[1]
Section of Theoretical High Energy Physics
G. Athanasiu, P. Ditsas^[2], E. Kiritsis, V. Niarchos, N. Papanicolaou^[1], A. Porfyriadis, N. Tsamis^[1]

Honorary Professors
D. Christodoulou, D. Psaltis

Professors awaiting formal appointment
- C. Moutafis

^[1]: Emeritus Professor (10 members)
^[2]: Retired faculty with an office in the Physics Bldg (5 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 17 faculty members, as well as the 7 Emeriti Professors who are still actively involved in research and teaching, as were on April 24, 2022. (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 ~5200 citations. The corresponding average h-index is 34.


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
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
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

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