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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.

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Affiliation
Name
Prodromos
Supervisor
Kylafis
Past Member
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Student Category
Director
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Starting Year
2025
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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

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Affiliation
Name
Michalis
Supervisor
Leonidaki
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Off
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Director
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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.

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Affiliation
Name
Stavros
Supervisor
Kylafis
Past Member
Off
Student Category
Director
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Starting Year
2024
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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.

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Affiliation
Name
Vasilis
Supervisor
Papadakis
Past Member
On
Moved to Institute
Univ. of Crete & IA-FORTH (Greece) - MSc student
Student Category
Director
Off
Starting Year
2024
Ending Year
2024
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

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Affiliation
Name
Maria
Supervisor
Liodakis
Past Member
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Moved to Institute
Univ. of Crete - Undergraduate student
Student Category
Director
Off
Position at IA-FORTH
Practical Training at Skinakas Observatory
Starting Year
2024
Ending Year
2024
Departure Date
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