Research/Employment 07/2013 - present: Deputy Head of School for Research (Physics and Astronomy) 08/2012 - 08/2014: Head of Solid State & Photonics Division (Quantum Light Matter group) 03/2011 - 08/2014: Chair: Southampton Nanoscience Group (http://www.soton.ac.uk/nano/) 01/2008 - present: Personal Chair, University of Southampton, UK (tenure) 01/2006 – 12/2007: Lecturer, Physics & Astronomy, University of Southampton, UK 01/2004 – 12/2005: Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich: Project: Optoelectronic properties of organic semiconductors Education/Other 08/2011: Inaugural IUPAP Quantum Electronics Young Scientist Prize (awarded at IQEC Sydney) 2006: Awarded Academic Fellowship, RCUK (Roberts Fellowship) 09/2003: Ph.D. in Physics, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK Dissertation title: Exciton-Polariton Dynamics in Semiconductor Microcavities 09/2000: Bachelor of Science degree in Physics, University of Athens, Athens, Greece Diploma Thesis: "Path Integral Approach to Quantum Field Theory", with the mark 10/10 Teaching/supervisory experience 1. Coordinator of MPHYS (Hons) Physics with NanoScience 2. Teaching “Introduction to Nanoscience”, first year undergraduate course 60-70 UGs. 3. Course coordinator: “Introduction to Nanoscience” 4. Deputy course coordinator: “Nanoscience: technologies and advanced materials” 5. Academic lead/representative for Erasmus-Mundus 6. Advisor to 8 postdoctoral researcher 7. Number of postgraduates awarded PhD: nine Funding ID 15. EPSRC: Scheme: Standard Research NR-1 Title: SuperSolar hub extension co-Investigator, Year of Award: 2017. Value: £857k 14. EPSRC: Scheme: Programme Grants Title: Hybrid Polaritonics co-Investigator. Year of Award: 2015. Value: £5.1M 13. EPSRC: Scheme: Responsive Mode NR-1. Year of Award: 2015 Title: Improved Understanding, Development and Optimisation of Perovskite-based Solar Cells co-Investigator. Value: £800k 12: EPSRC: Scheme: Centres for Doctoral Training. Year of Award: 2014 Title: EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in New and Sustainable PV Principal Investigator for Southampton. Value: £5.2M 11. EPSRC: Scheme: Standard Research. Year of Award: 2014 Title: UK Quantum Technology Hub: NQIT - Networked Quantum Information Technologies co-Investigator. Value: £38M 10. EPSRC: Scheme: Responsive Mode, Year of award: 2010 Title: Engineering polariton non-linearity in organic and hybrid-semiconductor microcavities Principal Investigator. Value: £889k 9. EU-FP7: Scheme: NoE, Year of award: 2009 Title: Nanophotonics for Energy Principal Investigator of Southampton node. Value: €3.8M 8. EU-FP7: Scheme: ITN, Year of award: 2009 Title: ICARUS Principal Investigator of Southampton node. Value: €3.5M 7. EU-FP7: Scheme: ITN, Year of award: 2009 Title: CLERMONT-4 Principal Investigator of Southampton node. Value: €3.8M 6. EU-FP7: Scheme: ITN, Year of award: 2009 Title: Spinoptronics Principal Investigator of Southampton node. Value: €3.9M 5. EPSRC: Scheme: Responsive Mode, Year of award: 2008 Title: Femtosecond semiconductor lasers co-Investigator, in collaboration with Prof Anne Tropper (PI). Value: £753k 4. EPSRC: Scheme: Responsive Mode, Year of award: 2008 Title: Spin currents and superfluidity of microcavity polaritons Principal Investigator. Value: £700k 3. EPSRC: Scheme: First Grant, Year of award: 2007 Title: Actively manipulating electronic excitations in nanocrystals Principal Investigator. Value: £475k 2. University of Southampton: Scheme: Adventure in Research, Year of award: 2007 Title: Hybrid Solar Cells Principal Investigator. Value: £27k 1. Royal Society: Scheme: Research Grant, Year of award: 2006 Title: Optical Memory Cells Principal Investigator. Value: £15k Administrative Experience/related memberships 0. Deputy Head of School for Research (Physics & Astronomy) 1. Chair of Nanoscience, University Research Strategy Group 2. Head of Solid State & Photonics Division (Quantum Light Matter group) 3. Director of ULTRASPEC (university research facility) 4. Advisory Committee for STFC/EPSRC laser pool, Research Councils UK (four members) 5. Research Vision Committee, University of Southampton (three members) 6. Deputy Head of School for Enterprise, School of Physics & Astronomy 7. Research Strategy Committee, School of Physics & Astronomy 8. Senior Management Team, School of Physics & Astronomy 9. REF/Impact coordinator for 2014 10. Strategy and Executive board: Zepler Institute, University of Southampton 11. International Research Quality Assurance Assessment Panel for NTUA 2013 12. REF Champion for Physics submission (Southampton) External expert/examiner External expert/advisor to Academy of Finland External expert/advisor to Academy of Greece Advisor to STFC/EPSRC Research Councils UK on laser facilities External assessor/interviewer for academic appointments in the UK External PhD examiner in UK, Greece, Sweden Panel member of Royal Society International Grant Scheme External expert for RTN (now ITN) EU networks External expert for CASE EU networks Enterprise International patent on hybrid optoelectronic devices utilizing RET for light emitting and light harvesting applications. Current projects with related industries/partners aim at producing prototypes and demonstrators towards spinning out and/or licensing of IP. Referee RC UK, NSF, EU, DFG, NPG, Royal Society, American Physical Society, American Institute of Physics, American Chemical Society, IoP, Wiley, Elsevier, Nature, Science |