Department Chair

Andreas Zezas

Andreas Zezas received his BSc in Physics from the Univ. of Patras in 1996 and his PhD in 2002 from the University of Leicester (UK). He joined the Department of Physics as an Assistant Professor in the fall of 2008, he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2015 and to Professor in 2020. In 2014 he was awarded an ERC consolidator grant entitled Accreting binary populations in Nearby Galaxies: Observations and Simulations (A-BINGOS). His research interests is the study of discrete X-ray sources in other galaxies  (neutron star and black-hole X-ray binaries, and supernova remnants), induced star-formation and nuclear activity in interacting galaxies, and the cosmological evolution of galaxies and their populations of compact objects. He served as Deputy Chair of the Department during 2021-23 and as Chairperson since September 1st, 2023.

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Department Deputy Chair

Eleftherios Iliopoulos

Eleftherios Iliopoulos obtained his BSc in Physics from the University of Athens in 1994 and his Ph.D. degree from Boston University, USA in 2002. Since 2004 he has worked as a research associate in the Institute of Electronic Structure and Lasers (IESL) of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) and since 2005 as a visiting assistant professor (PD407) in the Physics Dept. of University of Crete and he joined the faculty in January 2009. His research interests include epitaxial growth of III-Nitride semiconductors (AlN, GaN, InN) and their ternary and quaternaries alloys in the whole composition range, their heterostructures and nanostructures, studies of their physical properties and application in novel micro/nano-electronic devices (resonant tunneling diodes, quantum dot photodetectors etc.). He is Deputy Chair since September 1st, 2026.

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Secretary of the Department

Eleni Kantidaki

Administrative Secretary