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Rodríguez-Sacristán

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Education

Alejandra is from Sevilla, Spain and she is 22 years old. She lived and studied in Sevilla until 2021 and then moved to Groningen, the Netherlands to study a bachelor's in Physics at the University of Groningen. She followed the theoretical particle physics track and graduated in the summer of 2025. In september 2025 I started the MCs Advanced physics program at the University of Crete. 
Career

She is following the theoretical high energy physics and cosmology track and started her masters thesis under the supervision of professor Achilleas Porfyriadis.
Interests

Interested in high energy theoretical physics, cosmology, gravity and quantum field theory.
Email
arodriguez@physics.uoc.gr
Affiliation
Student
Name
Alejandra
Supervisor
A. Porfyriadis
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MSc Student
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Starting Year
2025
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Starting Month
12

Tsaraktsidis

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Education

Georgios Tsaraktsidis graduated from the 1st High School of Komotini in 2022 with a grade of 19/20 ('Excellent'). In the same year he started his undergraduate studies in the Department of Physics at the University of Crete.
Career

In the summer of 2024 he joined Prof. Achilleas Porfyriadis's research group when he started working on the analytical study of dynamical extreme black holes.
Interests

Theoretical gravitational and high energy physics
Email
ph5744@edu.physics.uoc.gr
Affiliation
Student
Name
Georgios
Supervisor
A. Porfyriadis
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Student Category
Undergraduate Student
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Starting Year
2024
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Starting Month
9

Parvantoni

MelpomeniParvantoni
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
Affiliation
Student
Name
Melpomeni
Supervisor
Diaz Santos
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Student Category
Undergraduate Student
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Starting Year
2025
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Starting Month
6

Simosi

KonstantinaSimosi
Education

Konstantina Simosi earned a BSc in Physics with a specialization in Astrophysics, Astronomy, and Mechanics from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2024. In September 2025, she began her graduate studies at the University of Crete.
Career

Konstantina Simosi conducted part of her undergraduate thesis research at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, Canada, through the Mitacs Globalink Research Award, which she received in 2022. In 2024, she received a distinction for her academic performance upon graduation.  For her MSc thesis she will be working under Dr. Tanio Diaz Santos.
Interests

Extragalactic astrophysics, high-redshift galaxies, interstellar medium, circumgalactic medium, galaxy evolution, radio astronomy
Email
ksimosi@physics.uoc.gr
Office
308 Physics Bldg
Affiliation
Student
Name
Konstantina
Supervisor
Diaz Santos
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Student Category
MSc Student
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Starting Year
2025
Female
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Starting Month
12

Bellas

MichalisBellas
Education

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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Student Category
Undergraduate Student
Director
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Starting Year
2025
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Starting Month
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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Off
Student Category
Undergraduate Student
Director
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Starting Year
2025
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Starting Month
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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Student Category
Undergraduate Student
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Starting Year
2025
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Starting Month
10

Diamantopoulos

VasilisDiamantopoulos
Education

Vasilis Diamantopoulos received his High School Diploma from the 8th General High School of Peristeri in 2018. He earned a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Crete in 2024 and an M.Sc. in Advanced Physics with specialisation in Astrophysics and Space Physics in 2025. Since November 2025, he has been a Ph.D. candidate under the supervision of Prof. Anthony C. S. Readhead. His University of Crete faculty liaison is Prof. V. Pavlidou. 
Career

In 2024 he completed his bachelor’s thesis titled “X-ray Variability Studies of NGC 4051” under the supervision of Prof. Iossif Papadakis. During his M.Sc. he worked with Prof. Papadakis on the energy dependence of the X-ray variability of NGC 4051 and NGC 4395. He presented his M.Sc. thesis in July 2025. His Ph.D. research will focus on Compact Symmetric Objects (CSOs), using Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), under the supervision of Prof. Anthony C. S. Readhead.
Interests

His interests include Extragalactic Astronomy, Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN), Radio Astronomy and Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), Compact Symmetric Objects (CSOs), Gravitational Lensing, Observational Cosmology, and the teaching of Physics laboratories.
 
Email
vasdiam@physics.uoc.gr
Office
232 Physics Bldg
Telephone
(+30) 2810 39-4239
Affiliation
Student
Name
Vasilis
Supervisor
Readhead, Pavlidou
Google Scholar
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tx0CX50AAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7899-3705
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Student Category
PhD Student
Director
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Starting Year
2025
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Starting Month
11

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. He obtained his BSc in 2024 and after completing his MSc in Advanced Physics in the fall of 2025, he commenced his PhD.
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. He is working towards his PhD under the supervision of Prof. Tassis and Dr. Tritsis.
Interests

Theoretical astrophysics, star formation, active galactic nuclei, cosmology
Email
eagianoglou@physics.uoc.gr
Office
230 Physics Bldg
Telephone
(+30) 2810 39-4256
Affiliation
Student
Name
Emmanouil
Supervisor
Tassis, Tritsis
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7334-3193
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Student Category
PhD Student
Director
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Starting Year
2025
Departure Date
Female
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Starting Month
11
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