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Chaniotaki

EiriniChaniotaki
Education

Eirini Chaniotaki graduated from the 1st Hight School of Kalymnos in 2019 with a grade of 19.0/20.0(‘Excellent’). The same year, she started her studies in the University of Crete at the Department of Physics.

Career

During the summer of 2022 she participated in the physics summer school of the University of Ljubljana for bachelors and masters level students. At the beginning of 2023, she started working on her thesis regarding polarization in supernovae, under the supervision of Dr. John Antoniadis.

Interests

Observational Astrophysics, Supernovae, Stelar evolution, Galaxies, Microlensing

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Name
Eirini
Supervisor
Antoniadis
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Starting Year
2023
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Agianoglou

EmmanouilAgianoglou
Education

Emmanouil Agianoglou graduated from the 2nd High School of Korydallos in 2018 with a grade of 19.5/20 ('Excellent'). The same year he started his undergraduate studies in the Department of Physics at the University of Crete.

Career

In 2023 he joined the Institute of Astrophysics at FORTH, when he started working on his senior thesis concerning modeling the early phases of star formation under the supervision of Prof. Tassis.

Interests

Theoretical astrophysics, star formation, active galactic nuclei, cosmology

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Name
Emmanouil
Supervisor
Tassis
Past Member
On
Moved to Institute
Univ. of Crete & IA-FORTH (Greece) - MSc student
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Director
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Starting Year
2023
Ending Year
2024
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Koukouraki

Koukouraki_Chryssi
Education

Chryssi Koukouraki graduated from the 1st High School of Rethymno in 2021, with a grade of 19.9/20 (‘Excellent’). The same year she started her undergraduate studies in the Department of Physics at the University of Crete, ranking first in the incoming class.

Career

During her school years she played competitive chess and has won several medals in Greek Youth Championships. In July 2023, she was awarded the "Stephanos Trachanas" scholarship for her academic excellence. The same month, she joined the Institute of Astrophysics at FORTH. She is currently working on topics related to star-formation under the supervision of Prof. Κ. Tassis. In 2024 she received the "George Grammatikakis Award" of the Department of Physics.

Interests

Star-formation, magnetic fields

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Name
Chryssi
Supervisor
Tassis
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Director
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Starting Year
2023
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Gourni

Anastasia_Gourni
Education

Anastasia Gourni graduated from the 2nd High School of Chalkida in 2019 with a grade of 18.8/20. In the same year, she started her undergraduate studies in the Department of Physics of the University of Crete.

Career

In the summer of 2022, she attended a Physics Summer School organized by the University of Ljubljana for bachelor's and master's degree students. The following year, she started her senior thesis involving progenitor systems of SNe-Ia under the supervision of Dr. John Antoniadis.

Interests

Observational Astrophysics, Supernovae, Stellar evolution, Stellar systems, Variable Stars

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Affiliation
Name
Anastasia
Supervisor
Antoniadis
Past Member
On
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Director
Off
Starting Year
2023
Ending Year
2024
Departure Date
Female
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Binas-Valavanis

VasileiosBinasValavanis
Education

Vasilios Binas-Valavanis graduated from the high school of Kardamyli (Messinia) in 2019 with a grade of 19.8/20.0 ('Excellent'). The same year he started his undergraduate studies in the Department of Physics of the University of Crete.

Career

He became a member of the Institute when he started working on his senior thesis under the supervision of Prof. Iossif Papadakis to study the X-ray variability of Active Galactic Nuclei using Swift/BAT light curves. 

Interests

Active Galactic Nuclei, Fourier analysis of variable phenomena, High Energy Astrophysics, Cosmology.

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Affiliation
Name
Vasileios
Supervisor
Papadakis
Past Member
On
Moved to Institute
Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Crete & IA/FORTH - MSc student
Student Category
Director
Off
Starting Year
2022
Ending Year
2023
Departure Date
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Aspradakis

Aspradakis
Education

He graduated from the 2nd General High School of Ierapetra Lasithi in 2018, with a grade of 19.4/20 ("Excellent"), and at the same year he enrolled in the Dept. of Physics of the University of Crete.

Career

In the fall of 2022, he started his bachelor thesis on "Phase Transitions in Millisecond Pulsars" under the supervision of Dr. John Antoniadis, which was completed in 2024.

Interests

Black Holes, Cosmology, Theoretical Astrophysics, Neutron stars

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Affiliation
Name
Nikolas
Supervisor
Antoniadis
Past Member
On
Student Category
Director
Off
Starting Year
2022
Ending Year
2024
Departure Date
Female
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Vervelaki

Vervelaki
Education

Anna Vervelaki graduated from the 11nth High School of Heraklion in 2019 with a grade of 19.7/20  (‘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 2022 she completed her internship at Skinakas Observatory. At the beginning of the academic year she started working on her senior thesis regarding a binary system composed of a millisecond pulsar and a white dwarf companion under the supervision of Dr. John Antoniadis.

Interests

Observational Astrophysics, Binary stellar systems, Supernovae, Compact Objects, Galaxies

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Affiliation
Name
Anna
Supervisor
Antoniadis
Past Member
On
Moved to Institute
Univ. of Bonn (Germany) - MSc student
Student Category
Director
Off
Starting Year
2022
Ending Year
2024
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