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Droudakis

Droudakis
Education

Konstantinos Droudakis completed his undergraduate studies at the Department of Physics of the University of Crete and joined the MSc program of Advanced Physics in 2021.

Career

Since 2018 he is working with professor Andreas Zezas on studying and modeling X-Ray spectra from High Mass X-Ray Binaries and in the summers of 2019 and 2020 he was at Skinakas Observatory as Research Assistant. In 2021 he completed his undergraduate thesis with title "Spectral and Timing Analysis of Swift J005139.2-721704, a transient Be/X-Ray Pulsar".

Interests

Neutron Stars, High Mass X-Ray Binaries, X-Ray Spectroscopy.

Email
Office
232 Physics Bldg
Telephone
(+30) 2810 39-4239
Affiliation
Name
Konstantinos
Supervisor
Zezas
Past Member
On
Moved to Institute
Texas Tech University (USA) - PhD student
Student Category
Director
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Starting Year
2021
Ending Year
2022
Departure Date
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Mandarakas

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Education

Nikos Mandarakas obtained his BSc in Physics in 2018 and completed his Master studies in Advanced Physics with specialization in Astrophysics & Space Physics in 2019, both at the University of Crete. He is expected to continue for doctoral studies under the supervision of Prof. K. Tassis.

Career

He has actively engaged with polarimetric observations at Skinakas observatory since the last year of his bachelor studies and has gained experience in relevant research, data aquisition and data anlysis. For his PhD studies, he is going to be part of the PASIPHAE survey, contributing to observations, analysis of the products and development of computational tools for the needs of the survey.
 

Interests

Extragalactic astronomy, Active Galactic Nuclei, Astrophysical Jets, Polarimetry

Email
Office
230, Physics Bldg
Telephone
(+30) 2810 39-4236
Affiliation
Name
Nikolaos
Supervisor
Pavlidou
Past Member
On
Moved to Institute
Univ. of Crete & IA-FORTH (Greece) - PhD student
Student Category
Director
Off
Starting Year
2018
Ending Year
2019
Departure Date
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Kyritsis

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Education

Elias Kyritsis obtained his BSc in Physics at the University of Crete in 2018. He is a master student at the University of Crete, in Advanced Physics with specialization in Astrophysics and Space Physics.

Career

He is working with Prof. Andreas Zezas in topics related to observational astrophysics and machine learning. During the summer of 2019 he attended a research program at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) of ESA in the Netherlands.

Interests

High-energy astrophysics; Observational Astrophysics; High-Mass X-Ray Binaries; Machine learning methods in astrophysics.

Email
Office
230, Physics Bldg
Telephone
(+30) 2810 39-4256
Affiliation
Name
Εlias
Supervisor
Zezas
Past Member
On
Moved to Institute
Univ. of Crete & IA-FORTH (Greece) - PhD student
Student Category
Director
Off
Starting Year
2018
Ending Year
2020
Departure Date
Female
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