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Parvantoni

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Education

Melpomeni Parvantoni graduated from the 4th General Lyceum of Marousi with a grade of 19.4 (Excellent) in 2021 and continued her undergraduate studies at the Department of Physics of the University of Crete.
Career

In the summer of 2025, she began researching Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) under the supervision of Dr. Tanio Diaz Santos. In addition, she completed an internship in the summer of 2025 at the Institute of Astrophysics of FORTH under the supervision of Dr. Andreas Zezas on the study of galaxy spectra.
Interests

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs), Black Holes and their evolution, Binary Star Systems, Dark Matter.
Email
ph5772@edu.physics.uoc.gr
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Student
Name
Melpomeni
Supervisor
Diaz Santos
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Starting Year
2025
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Bellas

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Michalis Bellas graduated from the 2nd General High School of Metamorfosi (Athens) in 2022 with a grade of 18.9/20 ('Excellent'). The same year, he began his undergraduate studies in the Department of Physics at the University of Crete.
Career

In September 2024 and 2025, he volunteered at "Researcher's Night at FORTH".  In November 2025, he joined the Institute of Astrophysics (IA) at FORTH when he began working on his bachelor's thesis on the topic of the Interstellar Medium (ISM) in compact Luminous and Ultra-Luminous Infrared Galaxies (LIRGs and ULIRGs), under the supervision of Dr. Tanio Diaz-Santos.
Interests

Properties of the ISM, star-formation, exoplanets and planetary systems
Email
ph5764@edu.physics.uoc.gr
Affiliation
Student
Name
Michalis
Supervisor
Diaz Santos
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Starting Year
2025
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11

Pyrovolakis

ChristosPyrovolakis
Education

Pyrovolakis Christos graduated from Souda High School of Chania in 2022 with a final grade of 19.1/20 ( Excellent ). The same year, he began his undergraduate studies in the Department of Physics at the University of Crete.
Career

In November 2025, he joined the Institute of Astrophysics at FORTH when he started working on his senior thesis on the topic of Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs) under the supervision of Dr. Ioannis Liodakis.
Interests

Supermassive black holes (SMBHs), active galactic nuclei (AGNs), accretion disks, tidal disruption events (TDEs), star formation.
Email
ph5746@edu.physics.uoc.gr
Affiliation
Student
Name
Christos
Supervisor
Liodakis
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Starting Year
2025
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11

Charalampidou

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Education

Maria-Georgia Charalampidou graduated from the 3rd General High School of Kifisia in 2024 with a grade of 19.6/20 ("Excellent"). The same year, she commenced her undergraduate studies in the Department of Physics at the University of Crete.
Career

In 2025, she joined the Institute of Astrophysics at FORTH as a member of Dr. Ioannis Liodakis’ team.
Interests

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), Blazars, Supermassive Black Holes, Extragalactic Objects
Email
ph5901@edu.physics.uoc.gr
Affiliation
Student
Name
Maria-Georgia
Supervisor
Liodakis
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Starting Year
2025
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10

Tsakalou

TsakalouMarina
Education

Marina Tsakalou graduated from General High School of Archanes in 2020 with a grade of 19.1/20. The same year she started her undergraduate studies in the Department of Physics at the University of Crete.
Career

In October of 2025, she started working on her senior thesis on the topic of Tidal Disruption Events (TDEs) under the supervision of Dr. Ioannis Liodakis.
Interests

Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs), Black Holes, Dark Matter, Cosmology.
Email
ph5612@edu.physics.uoc.gr
Affiliation
Student
Name
Marina
Supervisor
Liodakis
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2025
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10

Fotis

FotisPanagiotis
Education

Panagiotis Fotis graduated from the 1st High School of Ierapetra in 2021 with a grade of 19.4/20 (‘Excellent’). In the same year, he began his undergraduate studies in Physics at the University of Crete.
Career

In 2025, he joined the Institute of Astrophysics at FORTH, following a research internship in Skinakas Observatory. As a member of Dr. Ioannis Liodakis’ BOOTES project team, he started conducting his thesis on circular polarimetry.
Interests

AGNs, Blazars, Supermassive Black Holes, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Polarimetry
Email
ph5702@edu.physics.uoc.gr
Affiliation
Student
Name
Panagiotis
Supervisor
Liodakis
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Undergraduate Student
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Starting Year
2025
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9

Τsioupli

Tsioupli Vasiliki
Education

Vasiliki graduated from General highschool in 2019. The same year she started her undergraduate studies in University Of Crete Department of Physics.
Career

In 2025 she completed a summer internship programm at Skinakas observatory, Institute of Astrophysics (FORTH). In the same year she started working on her bachelor's thesis about circular polarization under the supervision of Dr Ioannis Liodakis.
Interests

Active galactic nuclei (AGNS), Blazars, extra galactic objects, super massive black holes, circular polarization, Multimessenger Astrophysics, Star formation, dark matter, observational Astrophysics, cosmology.
Email
ph5499@edu.physics.uoc.gr
Affiliation
Student
Name
Vasiliki Rafailia
Supervisor
Liodakis
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Starting Year
2025
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9

Fotiadis

FotiadisProdromos
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. As a student, he represented Greece in several Balkan and International Mathematics Competitions (JBMO, BMO, IMO). In March 2025, he joined the Institute of Astrophysics at FORTH. Under the supervision of Prof. Kylafis and Nick Loudas (Princeton University), he is studying accretion onto strongly magnetized neutron stars and the associated X-ray radiation, with a focus on the formation of cyclotron lines in the accretion column. He was awarded the  "Georgios Grammatikakis" prize in 2025.
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
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Starting Year
2025
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Starting Month
3
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