- Interdisciplinaryexperience and background, ranging between:
- Natural sciences (geology, petrology, mineralogy, geochemistry & planetary sciences/meteorite research)
- Chemical and structural materials characterisation
- State-of-the-art analytical instrumentation
- State-of-the-art technologies (micro/nanoscale, lithography, photonics, MEMS)
- Aspects of life sciences
- Current research involves intensive work on:
- Secondary minerals in Martian meteorites & planetary studies.
- Automated petrography using digital image analysis and pattern recognition,
- Astrobiology, biominerals and biosignatures,
- Synthesis of organics on mineral surfaces – origins of life,
- Life under extreme conditions (simulated, zero and high gravity – ESA & ISS involvement),
- Biodeterioration, restoration & laser cleaning of artworks,
- Development of analytical techniques and automated spectral interpretation (TOF-SIMS, Raman, optical microscopy, LIPS/LIBS)
- Management Committee of the:
- European Astrobiology Network Association (EANA)
- Network of Researchers on Horizontal Gene Transfer and Last Universal Common Ancestor (NoR HGT & LUCA) – Chairman elect
- COST ORIGINS TD 1308 Committee and web-manager(project terminated in 2018).
- Dissemination of Science
- Extensive Mobility & Networking activities
- Highly proficient in computer programmingand Internet, skilled in latest technologies.
- Speaking and writing English(fluent), German(good), Greek(mother tongue).
Professor of Mineralogy and Petrology, NTUA