Porfyriadis

Porfyriadis
Education

Achilleas Porfyriadis received his B.Sc. in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2010 and his Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from Harvard University in 2016. His academic genealogy tree is here.

Career

He was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara (2016-2019) and at Harvard's Black Hole Initiative (2019-2022). He joined the Department of Physics at the University of Crete as an Assistant Professor in the Fall of 2022 and became affiliated with IA-FORTH in February 2026.

Interests

Theoretical high energy and gravitational physics. Current topics of interest include black holes, holographic dualities, and gravitational waves.

Email
Department
Department of Physics
Office
201 Physics Bldg
Telephone
+(30) 2810-394203
Affiliation
Name
Achilleas
University/Institute
University of Crete
Past Member
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Director
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Researcher Category
Female
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Educational Title TR