{"id":18,"date":"2014-03-07T10:49:46","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T10:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heronlab.phys.uth.gr\/?page_id=18"},"modified":"2026-03-22T12:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T09:44:15","slug":"personal","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/heronlab.phys.uth.gr\/?page_id=18","title":{"rendered":"Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Faculty Members<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/giorgosveldes.users.uth.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong> Dr. Giorgos\u00a0 P.\u00a0 Veldes, Associate Professor, Head of the HERON\u00a0 LAB<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Konstantinos Sagias, <\/strong><\/span><\/span><strong style=\"color: #339966; font-size: revert;\">Technical Laboratory Staff<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Research collaborators<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"http:\/\/users.uoa.gr\/~dfrantz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof. Dimitri J. Frantzeskakis, Dept. of Physics \/ National and Kapodistrian University of Athens\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/people.math.umass.edu\/~kevrekid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof. Panayotis G. Kevrekidis, Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics \/ University of Massachusetts\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ku.ac.ae\/college-people\/dr-ioannis-kourakis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prof. Ioannis Kourakis, Dept. of Mathematics \/Khalifa University of Science and Technology<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\"https:\/\/ngizani.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Nectaria Gizani, Associate Professor,\u00a0 Hellenic Open University<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/heronlab.phys.uth.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Tritakis_CV.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Dr. Vasilis Tritakis<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Dr. Ioannis Asproulias<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Postdoctoral Researchers<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/heronlab.phys.uth.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Brief-CV-Maria-Birba-1.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Dr. Maria Birba <\/strong><\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><strong>(<a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"http:\/\/giorgosveldes.users.uth.gr\/\">Adv: Dr. Giorgos Veldes<\/a>)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">PHD Candidates\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"http:\/\/giorgosveldes.users.uth.gr\/\">Adv: Dr. Giorgos Veldes<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/heronlab.phys.uth.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/cv_english_fanissmanis.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Theofanis G. Smanis, MSc\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/heronlab.phys.uth.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Athanasios-Nikolaou-cv.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Athanasios Nikolaou, MSc<\/span><\/a> <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/heronlab.phys.uth.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Brief-CV-Kleideri.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Paraskevi Kleideri, MSc <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/heronlab.phys.uth.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/CV_IOANNIS-PROKOPIOU_30112021.pdf\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Ioannis Prokopiou, MS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #339966;\">c <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #ccffcc;\"><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Ioannis Georgiou, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">MSc <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Evaggelos Benatos,<\/span> <\/strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">MSc <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Sofia Tsigouni,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">MSc <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Konstantinos Bakopoulos<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">, MSc<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Aikaterini-Maria Nika, MSc<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Postgraduate Students<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><span style=\"color: #003366;\"><a style=\"color: #003366;\" href=\"http:\/\/giorgosveldes.users.uth.gr\/\">Adv: Dr. Giorgos Veldes<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Evaggelos Koumpouras<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Konstantinos Daskalopoulos<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Liimnaiou Eleftheria<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Liberation Serif','serif';\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Faculty Members Dr. Giorgos\u00a0 P.\u00a0 Veldes, Associate Professor, Head of the HERON\u00a0 LAB Konstantinos Sagias, Technical Laboratory Staff \u00a0Research collaborators Prof. Dimitri J. 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