Angeliki Sfakianou is a PhD student at the department of Chemistry at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Crete, Greece in 2021 and her Master’s degree in “Photonics and Nanoelectronics” from the same department in 2023. In 2020, she joined the Transparent Conductive Materials and Devices group of IESL, FORTH, where she completed her bachelor's and master’s thesis on gas sensors. Her current research interests include the synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials for gas-sensing applications.

Education

• 2023-now: PhD, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• 2023: Master in Photonics and Nanoelectronics, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece
• 2021: Bachelor, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece

Interests

• Synthesis of nanostructured materials for gas-sensing applications
• Structural, morphological, and optical characterization of nanostructured materials
• Fabrication of thin film gas sensors

Maria Zografaki is a PhD candidate at the Department of Chemistry at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Physics in 2020 and her Master’s degree in “Materials Science and Technology” from the University of Crete, in 2023. In 2019, she joined the Transparent Conductive Materials and Devices group of IESL-FORTH, where she completed her bachelor's and master’s thesis on photocatalysis, under the supervision of Prof. Vassilios Binas. Her current research activities focus on the development and physicochemical characterization of nanostructured materials, as well as on the study of the photocatalytic activity of these materials for pollutant degradation and hydrogen production. She has 13 participations in national and international conferences.

Education

• 2023-now: Ph.D. candidate in Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• 2023: M.Sc. in Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Greece
• 2020: B.Sc. in Physics, University of Crete, Greece

Scientific Interests

• Synthesis, Characterization, and Photocatalytic Activity of nanostructured materials.
• Single-atom catalysts for photo- and photoelectron-catalytic applications
• Photocatalytic hydrogen (H₂) production
• water treatment
• Metal Oxide Semiconductors
• photo-catalysis, and photo-electrocatalysis
• Photochemistry
• energy and environmental applications

Sofia Stefa received a Diploma in Physics and a Master’s degree in “Energy and Environment” at the University of Patras in Greece. She is currently a PhD candidate at the School of Production Engineering & Management of the Technical University of Crete and at IESL, FORTH. Her thesis focuses on rational design & development of nanostructured non-precious metal catalysts for energy and environmental applications.

Michalis Charalampakis is currently a PhD candidate at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Crete. He graduated from the Department of Physics of the University of Crete in 2017 where he subsequently received his master’s degree in Photonics and Nano-electronics in 2019. In 2015 he joined the Transparent Conductive Materials & Devices Group (TCMD) where he completed his undergraduate thesis on advanced metal oxides for energy storage applications, followed by his master’s thesis on the development of Nickel Cobalt Oxide inks for printable supercapacitor electrodes and devices.