Antonia Loufardaki is a PhD student at the Technical University of Crete and Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL-FORTH).  She received her bachelor in Physics and her master in Material Science and Technology from the University of Crete. She joined the Transparent Conductive Materials and Devices Group of IESL in 2023, where she is conducting her PhD. Her current research interests include the rational design, synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials for environmental applications, emphasizing Single-Atom Catalysts (SACs) supported on 2D graphitic Carbon Nitride (g-C₃N₄).

Education:

2022 - PhD student at School of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete

2020 - MSc in Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete

2017 - BSc in Physics, University of Crete

Interests:

Heterogeneous Catalysis

Nanocatalysis

Single-Atom Catalysts

Surface Science

Laser Processing

Education

• 2020, Master of Science, Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
• 2017, Bachelor, Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece

Career

• 1/11/2018-30/6/2020: Master thesis at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IESL-FORTH)
• 1/10/2015-30/11/2016: Undergraduate thesis at the IESL-FORTH
• 1/8/2013-31/7/2015: Research internship with undergraduate scholarship from IESL-FORTH

Interests

• Laser sintering techniques
• Reversible wettability of solid surfaces
• Pulsed Laser Deposition