Postdoctoral Researcher

Aguilera Dena

Education	David Aguilera Dena obtained his Bachelor in physics from the National Autonomous University of Mexico in 2015. He later obtained his MSc and PhD in Astrophysics at the University of Bonn in 2017 and 2021.
Career	David completed his PhD in the University of Bonn on the topic of massive star evolution, and its connection to transients such as supernovae, gamma-ray bursts and gravitational waves. Since early 2021, he is working at FORTH-IA on the project EPICS, seeking to understand the birth and evolution of compact objects.
Interests	Supernovae; gamma-ray bursts; single and binary massive star evolution; gravitational wave sources; X-ray binaries; neutron stars
Email	davidrad@ia.forth.gr
Office	233 Physics Bldg
Telephone	(+30) 2810-394233
Affiliation	Postdoctoral Researcher

URL

https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-aguilera-dena-phd-a81a6b19b/

Host

Antoniadis

Name

David

Visit Duration

Mon, 01/02/2021 - 12:00 - Sun, 28/02/2021 - 12:00

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=uHdXBx0AAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3874-2769

Past Member

Moved to Institute

Private sector, Munich, Germany

Director

Off

Position at IA-FORTH

2021-2022, Postdoctoral Researcher (HFRI-SFN)

Group of

Antoniadis

Departure Date

Wed, 30/11/2022 - 12:00

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Konstantinou

Education	Anna Konstantinou received her Bachelor's degree in Physics from the Department of Physics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in 2018, specializing in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Mechanics. In 2021, she obtained her Master's degree from the Department of Physics of the University of Crete, with the thesis entitled "Study of the Impact of Interstellar Cloud Shapes on CMB Polarization Foregrounds" under the supervision of K. Tassis and V. Pelgrims. In 2026, she completed her PhD at the same department with the dissertation "Unveiling the Role of Magnetization in Galaxy Evolution through Numerical Simulations", under the supervision of E. Ntormousi.
Career	During her doctoral studies and until June 2026, she collaborated with the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa on research projects involving numerical simulations of magnetic fields. Since July 2026, she has been working as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Astrophysics of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH), as part of the ERC-funded project "SMILE: Search for Milli-lenses to Discriminate between Dark Matter Models", under the supervision of C. Casadio.
Interests	Her research interests include numerical magnetohydrodynamic simulations, galactic magnetic fields, polarimetry, the interstellar medium, dark matter, gravitational lensing, and astrobiology.
Email	akonstantinou@ia.forth.gr
Affiliation	Postdoctoral Researcher

Name

Anna

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=icH9BHUAAAAJ

ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4758-212X

Past Member

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Director

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Deputy Director

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Group of

Casadio

URL and Title of Dissertation

Study of the impact of the interstellar cloud shapes on CMB polarization foregr…

Female

Vernardos

Education	George Vernardos obtained his physics degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece) and his PhD in Astrophysics from Swinburne University of Technology (Australia) in 2015.
Career	Between 2015 and 2019, he held a postdoctoral position at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen (The Netherlands).  Since September 2019 he is affiliated with the Institute of Astrophysics of FORTH (Greece).
Interests	Strong gravitational lensing by galaxies, quasar microlensing, dark matter properties in sub-galactic scales, quasar structure and Supermassive Black Hole environments.
Email	gvernard@ia.forth.gr
Office	246, Physics Bldg
Telephone	(+30) 2810 39-4251
Affiliation	Postdoctoral Researcher

URL

https://www.lehman.edu/directory/Physics-and-Astronomy/Vernardos-Georgios.php

Name

George

ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8554-7248

Past Member

Moved to Institute

École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland) - Marie Curie Fellow

Last known position

Lehman College - CUNY (USA) - Assistant Professor

Educational Title

PhD

Director

Off

Position at IA-FORTH

2019-2020, Postdoctoral Researcher

Departure Date

Tue, 15/09/2020 - 12:00

Female

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Xiluri

Affiliation	Postdoctoral Researcher

URL

https://www.as.arizona.edu/people/appointed-staff/kiriaki-xiluri-lauria

Name

Kyriaki

Past Member

Moved to Institute

Cornell University (USA) - Postdoctoral researcher

Last known position

University of Arizona (USA) - Manager, Computer Support Group

Director

Off

Position at IA-FORTH

1991-1994, Postdoctoral researcher

Group of

Papamastorakis

Departure Date

Thu, 01/09/1994 - 12:00

Female

Croke

Affiliation	Postdoctoral Researcher

URL

https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/croke-bfw

Name

Barry

Past Member

Moved to Institute

Australian National University - Postdoctoral researcher

Last known position

Australian National University - Associate Professor

Director

Off

Position at IA-FORTH

1994-1996, Postdoctoral Researcher

Group of

Papamastorakis

Departure Date

Tue, 10/09/1996 - 12:00

Female

Off

Litchfield

Affiliation	Postdoctoral Researcher

URL

https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-litchfield-9013017/

Name

Simon J.

Past Member

Moved to Institute

Private Sector (UK)

Last known position

TSYS International (UK) - AIX and Linux systems admin

Director

Off

Position at IA-FORTH

1996-1998, Postdoctoral Researcher

Group of

Kylafis

Departure Date

Tue, 01/09/1998 - 12:00

Female

Off

Contopoulos

Affiliation	Postdoctoral Researcher

URL

http://www.academyofathens.gr/en/researchers/icontopoulos

Name

Ioannis

Past Member

Moved to Institute

Private Sector (Greece)

Last known position

RCAAM, Academy of Athens - Research Director

Director

Off

Position at IA-FORTH

1997-1998, Postdoctoral Researcher

Group of

Tsinganos

Departure Date

Tue, 01/09/1998 - 12:00

Female

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Reig

Affiliation	Postdoctoral Researcher

URL

https://www.ia.forth.gr/person/reig

Name

Pablo

Past Member

Moved to Institute

University of Valencia (Spain) - Assistant Researcher

Last known position

ΙΑ-FORTH - Research Director

Director

Off

Position at IA-FORTH

1998-2002, Postdoctoral Researcher

Group of

Kylafis

Departure Date

Sun, 01/09/2002 - 12:00

Female

Off

Xilouris

Affiliation	Postdoctoral Researcher

URL

http://members.noa.gr/xilouris/

Name

Emmanuel

Past Member

Moved to Institute

CEA/Saclay (France) - Postdoctoral researcher

Last known position

IAASARS, National Obs. of Athens - Research Director

Director

Off

Position at IA-FORTH

2000-2000, Postdoctoral Researcher

Group of

Kylafis

Departure Date

Fri, 01/09/2000 - 12:00

Female

Off

Boumis

Affiliation	Postdoctoral Researcher

URL

https://www.astro.noa.gr/en/staff/research-personnel/boumis-panayotis/

Name

Panayotis

Past Member

Moved to Institute

IAA, National Obs. of Athens - Researcher

Last known position

IAASARS, National Obs. of Athens - Research Director

Director

Off

Position at IA-FORTH

2000-2002, Postdoctoral Researcher

Group of

Papamastorakis

Departure Date

Sun, 01/09/2002 - 12:00

Female

Off

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