Vasileios Kitkas studied Physics at the Physics Department of the University of Crete (B.Sc., 2024) and is currently a postgraduate student in the MSc program “Photonics & Nanoelectronics” at the same department. His main research interests lie in the field of Optics, with emphasis on hyperspectral imaging and diffuse reflectance (DR) techniques.

He carried out his undergraduate thesis under the title “Diffuse reflectance for the identification of inks and pigments on manuscripts”. He is currently conducting his MSc thesis at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of FORTH in Heraklion, within the Photonics for heritage science group (PhoHS), focusing on the study of medieval inks and pigments in manuscripts and palimpsests, as well as the investigation of post-Byzantine books using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy.

Education

• Currentrly , MSc, Photonics and nanoelectronics, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece
• 2024, Bachelor Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece

Interests

• Optics, with emphasis on hyperspectral imaging and diffuse reflectance techniques
• Imaging identification and study of medieval inks and pigments in palimpsest manuscripts and early printed books