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Date of birth: |
1950 |
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Place of birth: |
Thessaloniki, Greece |
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Current address: |
Department of Physics University
of Thessaloniki
GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece |
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Telephone: |
+30 - 2310 - 998043 |
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Fax: |
+30 - 2310 - 998042 |
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e-mail: |
panos@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.(1979),
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
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1971-1978 : Teaching and
Research Assistant at the University of Illinois and at the University of
Michigan, USA.
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1978-1979 : Lecturer, University
of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
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1979-1980 : Researcher at the
Greek Army Research Center, Galatsi, Athens, Greece, where I completed my
military service.
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1980-1985 : Visiting Professor,
Department of Physics, University of Crete, 71100 Iraklion, Greece.
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1985-1989 : Assistant Professor,
Department of Physics, Division of Solid State, University of Thessaloniki,
54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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1989-1990 : Sabbatical year of
absence at IBM Corp., Kingston-NY, USA. Scientific Engineering
Computations.
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1989-1997 : Associate Professor,
Department of Physics, Division of Solid State, University of Thessaloniki,
54124 Thessaloniki, Greece.
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1997-now : Professor, Department
of Physics, Division of Solid State, University of Thessaloniki, 54124
Thessaloniki, Greece.
Research Interests /
Specializations
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics.
Molecular dynamics of the solid state and of crystal lattices. Dynamical properties,
transport, kinetics. Phase transitions and Statistical physics of
disordered systems, disordered lattices and other structures, systems of non-integer dimensionality,
fractals. Transport properties in
excited states and in molecular cluster
states. Trapping. Kinetic growth models, crystal growth, percolation phenomena, scaling theory.
Non-equilibrium systems. Nanoparticle kinetics, Brownian rotation.
Random walks in ordered and random lattices,
and in other complex systems,
their properties and applications to physical, chemical, and
biological 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.
Networks. Structure and Dynamics of networked
system. Spreading phenomena on networks. Scale-free networks. Random
networks. Social and economic networks. Properties of networked entities.
Graph theory. Game Theory. Mathematical modelling and simulation of neural
networks. Computational and artificial networks.
Dynamics of signal transfer
in neurons in biological brains
and applications to learning, memory, and other functions.
Large-scale computer simulation techniques.
Monte-Carlo methods. Numerical solutions of complicated physical systems
where analytical solutions are not amenable. Grid Computing and Parallel
Computing. Smart algorithms for solution of Complex problems.
Direct comparison of modelling results with
experimental systems of other Laboratories in a plethora of physical
problems, e.g. liquid crystals, crystal growth, nanoparticle dynamics, reaction-diffusion
processes, dendrimer dynamics, pharmaceutical systems diffusion, etc.
Publications
Author of about 350 published
works in the
most well known international refereed journals, and in Conference
Proceedings, Books, etc. (170 in journals and 180 in proceedings). There
are about 100-150 citations/year to this published work (for a total of
about 3000-4000). The h-factor ~ 30.
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Funding /
International Collaborations
In my
tenure at the University of Thessaloniki I have led a research group of
average size of ten (10) members, at all levels of their study
(Undergraduate to post-doctoral). Approximately one (1) PhD degree awarded
per year. This research has been supported by several funding agencies, in
over 50 different projects over the past 25 years, in which I was the
Principal Investigator. Average funding is at the level of ~€200,000 per
year.
Some
examples in the last decade include:
European
Commission: INTAS 2000-2005
European
Commission: INTERREG, 2004-2007 and 2012-2014, project ICoSCIS
European
Commission: Nest (Pathfinder), STREP project DYSONET, 2005-2008, Principal
Investigator, and Coordinator.
European
Commission: Nanotechnologies, STREP project INTERCONY, 2006-2009
European
Commission, Coordination Action project GIACS, 2004-2009
European
Commission: ICT thematic Area, IP(Integrated Project) project MULTIPLEX,
2012-2016
Greek
Secretariat of Research and Technology: Project PENED, 2004-2008
Greek
Secretariat of Research and Technology: Several IRAKLITOS and PYTHAGORAS
projects, 2004-2013.
NATO,
Science for Peace Project 1997-2000
Bilateral
scientific agreements with Germany, France, USA, Belgium, Russia, Bulgaria,
etc.
