Research Assistants

Research Assistants

Christos Pavlou

Christos Pavlou, acquired his BSc in Material Science in 2010 from the Department of Material Science, at the University of Patras, his thesis was on ‘investigation of micromachining operations and tool wear’ at the LMS laboratory, in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, at the University of Patras. Moreover his was a faculty member at the LMS laboratory, as an external collaborator, from the 2005 to 2010, where he participated in various projects.

Elli Bellou

Elli Bellou received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in physics from the University of Patras in 2017 and 2019, respectively. She is currentlypursuing a Ph.D. at the Chemical Engineering department of the same University as a member of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Laboratory (FORTH/ICE-HT).Her research focuses on the evaluation of 2D material fracture behavior both experimentally and theoretically.

Stella Peloni

Stella Peloni obtained her Diploma in the department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics (Univ. of Patras) in 2020 on the “Structural health monitoring of aeronautical components utilizing the digital twin concept”. Currently, sheis a PhDcandidate in the department of Chemical Engineering at University of Patrasand a research assistant at the Composites and Nanostructured Materials Laboratory(FORTH/ICE-HT) since 2021. Her research is focused on the production and characterization of multilayered composites with graphene nano-inclusions, as well as, the analysis of their mechanical behavior.


Chris Kostaras

Chris Kostaras has initiated his doctorate diploma studies in the department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Patras in 2018. He is holding a Master’s diploma as well as a graduate degree from the department of Physics of the University of Patras. He has taken part as a speaker in the 10th Panhellenic Scientific Conference in Chemical Engineering. He has also participated in workshops conducted by ICE-HT/FORTH and at the 2021 Graphene Industrial Forum.

Maria Kotsidi

Maria Kotsidi, received her BSc from the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Patras in 2017. Currently she is a PhD student at the department of Chemical Engineering (Univ. of Patras) working on graphene-based solutions for the protection of artworks, supervised by Professor Costas Galiotis.

Christos Tsakonas

Christos Tsakonas received his Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the University of Patras in 2014 and his MSc in Computational Mechanics from National Technical University of Athens in 2017. He is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Laboratory (Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Patras) and a research assistant at the Composites and Nanostructured Materials Laboratory (FORTH/ICE-HT) since 2017. His master thesis focused on Investigation of Chemical Vapor Deposition Processes using computational Models. His PhD research is currently focused on production of graphene sheets and other 2D materials with chemical vapour deposition on solid and liquid catalytic substrates as well as their characterization by in-situ techniques.

Marinos Dimitropoulos

Marinos Dimitropoulos obtained his B.Sc. in physics (2015) and M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (2018) from the University of Patras. He is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Laboratory and a research assistant at the Composites and Nanostructured Materials Laboratory (FORTH/ICE-HT) since 2017.

Stefanos Matsalis

My name is Stefanos Matsalis and I graduated from the department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Patras in 2020. My thesis was on “Synthesis and application of graphene oxide as a humidity sensor”. I am currently a Ph.D. student at the department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, under the supervision of Professor Costas Galiotis, with main point of interest “Development and Manufacturing of graphene-based sensors” and especially humidity sensors.