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Fotiadis

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Education

Prodromos Fotiadis graduated from Nikiforos Drama High School in 2023 with a grade of 19.8/20. The same year, he started his undergraduate studies in the Department of Physics at the University of Crete.
Career

As a student, he represented Greece in various Balkan and International mathematics competitions (JBMO,BMO,IMO).
Interests

Neutron stars.
Email
ph5851@edu.physics.uoc.gr
Affiliation
Student
Name
Prodromos
Supervisor
Kylafis
Past Member
Off
Student Category
Undergraduate Student
Director
Off
Starting Year
2025
Female
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Mavrommatis

MavrommatisMichalis
Education

Michalis Mavrommatis graduated from Soudas High School of Chania in 2020 with a grade of 18.3 (Excellent). That same year, he began his undergraduate studies in the Department of Physics at the University of Crete.
 
Career

He has worked on projects analyzing data from meteorological stations, investigating urban emissions, and detecting wildfires across Europe. Currently he is part of "PARSEC", a project collaboratively implemented by the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) and the Institute of Astrophysics (IA) of FORTH. At this project, he develops and applies a machine-assisted methodology for constructing and curating semantically enriched astrophysical catalogs in the form of knowledge graphs under the supervision of Dr. Leonidaki (IA-FORTH) and Dr. Flouris (ICS - FORTH).
 
Interests

Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Astrophysics
Email
ph5604@edu.physics.uoc.gr
Affiliation
Student
Name
Michalis
Supervisor
Leonidaki
Past Member
Off
Student Category
Undergraduate Student
Director
Off
Starting Year
2025
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Vogiatzis

VogiatzisStavros
Education

He graduated from the 2nd General High School of Sykeies, Thessaloniki, with a grade of 17.5 (Very Good) in 2022, and he began his undergraduate studies in Physics at the Univ. of Crete.
Career

He joined the Institute of Astrophysics in 2024, when he commenced his research, under  the supervision of Prof. Kylafis, on problems related to scattering in the strong magnetic fields of neutron stars.
Interests

Magnetic fields, accretion disks, scattering.
Email
ph5760@edu.physics.uoc.gr
Affiliation
Student
Name
Stavros
Supervisor
Kylafis
Past Member
Off
Student Category
Undergraduate Student
Director
Off
Starting Year
2024
Female
Off

Diamantopoulos

VasilisDiamantopoulos
Education

Vasilis Diamantopoulos received his High School Diploma from the 8th General High School of Peristeri in 2018. In the same year he began his studies in the Department of Physics of the University of Crete.
Career

In 2024 he started working on his bachelor’s thesis titled “X-ray Variability Studies of NGC 4051” under the supervision of Prof. Iossif Papadakis.
Interests

His interests include Extragalactic Astronomy, Active Galactic Nuclei, Gravitational Lenses, Observational Cosmology and the teaching of Physics laboratories.
Email
ph5179@edu.physics.uoc.gr
Affiliation
Student
Name
Vasilis
Supervisor
Papadakis
Past Member
On
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Univ. of Crete & IA-FORTH (Greece) - MSc student
Student Category
Undergraduate Student
Director
Off
Starting Year
2024
Ending Year
2024
URL and Title of Dissertation
X-Ray variability studies of NGC4051
Departure Date
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Kofinaki

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Education

Maria Kofinaki graduated from the 7th High School of Heraklion in 2021 with grade 19.9/20 ("Excellent"). The same year, she started her undergraduate studies in the Department of Physics.
Career

In 2024 she joined the Institute of Astrophysics when she started her practical training at Skinakas observatory.
Interests

Observational Cosmology,  Αstrophysics
Email
ph5691@edu.physics.uoc.gr
Affiliation
Student
Name
Maria
Supervisor
Liodakis
Past Member
On
Moved to Institute
Univ. of Crete - Undergraduate student
Student Category
Undergraduate Student
Director
Off
Position at IA-FORTH
Practical Training at Skinakas Observatory
Starting Year
2024
Ending Year
2024
Departure Date
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Gregoriou

StylianaGregoriou
Education

Styliana Gregoriou graduated from the High School of Agios Ioannis, Limassol, in 2021  with a grade of 19.25/20 ("Excellent"). In the same year, she started her undergraduate studies in the Department of Physics at the University of Crete.
Career

In the summer of 2024, she completed her internship at Skinakas Observatory.
Interests

Cosmology, Extragalactic astrophysics
Email
ph5677@edu.physics.uoc.gr
Affiliation
Student
Name
Styliana
Supervisor
Liodakis
Past Member
Off
Student Category
Undergraduate Student
Director
Off
Starting Year
2024
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On

Barla

KalliopiBarla
Education

Kalliopi Barla graduated from the Highschool of Kastelli Pediados, Heraklion, in 2018 with a grade of 18,3/20,0. In the same year she started her undergraduate studies in the Physics Department of the University of Ioannina. During the spring semester of academic year 2021-22, she was an Erasmus studies student in the Faculty of Sciences of Universidad de Girona, in Catalonia, Spain.
Career

In October 2023, she started working on her senior thesis under the supervision of Prof. Nikolaos Chatzianastasiou, exploring possible effects of solar activity (using sunspot number as index) on stratospheric temperatures during the last 80 years.
Interests

Observational astrophysics,  evolution of galaxies, star formation, exoplanetary systems, astrobiology, ethics in modern physics. 
Email
ph08304@uoi.gr
Affiliation
Student
Name
Kalliopi
Supervisor
Reig
Past Member
On
Moved to Institute
Univ. of Ioannina - Undergraduate student
Student Category
Undergraduate Student
Director
Off
Position at IA-FORTH
Practical Training at Skinakas Observatory
Starting Year
2024
Ending Year
2024
Departure Date
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Polychronakis

AristeidisPolychronakis
Education

Aristeidis Polychronakis graduated from the 8th High School of Heraklion in 2020 with a grade of 18.3/20 ('Excellent’). The year after, he started his undergraduate studies in the Department of Physics of the University of Crete.
Career

In 2024, he started working on his senior thesis concerning testing the accuracy of magnetic field estimation methods in star-forming regions, using simulations of collapsing molecular clouds, under the supervision of Prof. Tassis. In the summer of 2024, he completed his internship at Skinakas Observatory.
Interests

Interstellar medium physics, magnetic fields, star-formation
Email
ph5698@edu.physics.uoc.gr
Affiliation
Student
Name
Aristeidis
Supervisor
Tassis
Past Member
Off
Student Category
Undergraduate Student
Director
Off
Starting Year
2024
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Smpokos

EmmanouilSmpokos
Education

Emmanouil Smpokos graduated from the 4th High School of Heraklion in 2021 with a grade of 19.9/20 (“Excellent”). The same year he started his undergraduate studies in the Department of Physics at the University of Crete.
Career

In 2024 he joined the Institute of Astrophysics at FORTH, when he started working on the topic of statistical properties of positional angles of radio sources in various radio surveys, under the supervision of Dr. Paul Kalas.
Interests

Exoplanets, large-scale structures , statistical analysis of the parameters of radio sources
Email
ph5692@edu.physics.uoc.gr
Affiliation
Student
Name
Emmanouil
Supervisor
Kalas
Past Member
Off
Student Category
Undergraduate Student
Director
Off
Starting Year
2024
Female
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