Date of birth:	1950
Place of birth:	Thessaloniki, Greece
Current address:	Department of Physics University of Thessaloniki GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Telephone:	+30 - 2310 - 998043
Fax:	+30 - 2310 - 998042
e-mail:	panos@physics.auth.gr

 

Studies

B.A.(1971), Augustana College, Sioux Falls, S.Dakota, USA. Majored in Chemistry. 

M.S.(1974), University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois USA. Majored in Chemical Physics.

Ph.D.(1978), University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA, in Chemical Physics.

Doctoral dissertation: Coherence studies in the first electronic excited singlet state of solid naphthalene (Supervised by Prof. R. Kopelman). Recipient of the F. Knoller fellowship.

Positions held 

• 1971-1978 : Teaching and Research Assistant at the University of Illinois and at the University of Michigan, USA.
• 1979-1980 : Lecturer, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
• 1980-1985 : Visiting Professor, Department of Physics, University of Crete, 71100 Iraklion, Greece.
• 1985-1989 : Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Division of Solid State, University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
• 1989-1990 : Sabbatical year of absence at IBM Corp., Kingston-NY, USA.  Scientific Engineering Computations.
• 1989-1997 : Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Division of Solid State, University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
• 1997-now : Professor, Department of Physics, Division of Solid State, University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.

Research Interests / Specializations 

Molecular  dynamics  of the solid  state,  crystal  lattices,  and fluids. Statistical physics of disordered  lattices,  structures,  and  systems  of non-integer dimensionality, fractals.  Transport properties in excited states and in  molecular  cluster  states.  Trapping.  Kinetics of phase transitions,  percolation phenomena, scaling theory. 

Random walks in ordered and random  lattices,  and in other  complex sys-tems, their  properties and  applications to physical and biologi-cal phenomena.

Kinetics of molecular and chemical  phenomena.  Chemical reactions of catalytic  nature on surfaces, in porous  materials,  on wires. Diffusion controlled processes on such systems,  diffusion-limited aggregation, etc.

Complex networks, structure and dynamic properties. Growth, scaling and fluctuations. Immunization on networks, Tolerance and robustness. Social networks.

Language evolution, population dynamics and learning languages through interactions between individuals.

Mathematical modeling and simulation of neural networks.  Computa-tional and  artificial  networks.  Dynamics of signal  transfer in neurons in biological  brains and  applications  to learning, memory, and other functions.

Lagre-scale computer simulation techniques. Monte-Carlo and Molecular dynamics. Numerical solutions of complicated physical systems where analytical solutions are not amenable.

Publications

Author of over 250 published works in international journals, books, conference proceedings, etc. There are about 100 citations/year to this published work.

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Funding / International Collaborations

This research has been supported by several funding agancies, such as: 

• European Union: Copernicus, COST, INTAS, Intereg  
• European Union: 6th FP STREP projects  
• Greek Secretariat of Research and Technology: Project PENED 
• NATO: Science for Peace Project, International Collaborative Grants 
• Bilateral scientific agreements with Germany, France, USA, Belgium, Russia, Bulgaria, Italy and Ukraine