Education

• 1965: Ph.D. Nuclear Science, University of Michigan, USA
• 1963: M. Sc. Physics, University of Michigan, USA
• 1962: M.S.E. Nuclear Engineering University of Michigan, U.S.A
• 1958: Diploma E.E. and M.E., National Technical University, Greece

Career

• 2003-today: Distinguished Fellow, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser-FORTH, Greece
• 2003-today: Professor Emeritus, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece
• 1993-2000: Director, Theory Division, Max-Planck Institut fuer Quantenoptik, Germany
• 1988 - 1991: Department Chairman, University of Southern California, U.S.A.
• 1983-1997: Director, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser-FORTH, Greece
• 1982-2003: Professor, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece
• 1980 - 1982: Department Co-Chair, University of Southern California, U.S.A.
• 1979 - 1981: Professor, University of Patras, Greece
• 1978-1993: Professor, University of Southern California, U.S.A.
• 1975 - 1978: Associate Professor, University of Southern California, U.S.A.
• 1975 - 1978: Assistant to Associate Professor, University of Southern California, U.S.A.
• 1972 - 1973: Visiting Fellow, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado, U.S.A.
• 1967 - 1972: Assistant Physicist, Argonne National Laboratory Illinois, U.S.A.
• 1965 - 1967: Senior Physicist, Bendix Research Laboratory Southfield, Michigan, U.S.A.
• 1964 - 1965: Research Associate, Radiation Laboratory, University of Michigan, U.S.A.
• 1961 - 1964: Research Assistant, University of Michigan, U.S.A.

Interests

• Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics, Quantum Technologies

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

• Fellow of the American Physical Society and European Physical Society
• Xanthopoulos-Pneumatikos Prize for Excellence in University Teaching, 2003
• Distinguished Fellow of FORTH, 2003
• Chair of Gordon Research Conference on Multiphoton Processes, 1990
• Raubenheimer Prize of Excellence in Research, Teaching and Administration, University of Southern California, 1989
• Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, 1986
• Co-Chairman of ICOMP (Intrenational Conference on Multiphoton Processes), 1977, 1984, 1996, 2002

Other

 

• Member of the NATO Science Council, 1984-86
• Member of the Editorial Board of Zeitschrift fuer Physik D, 1984-91
• Member of the Round Table on Synchrotrons of the Large Installations Program of the EEC, 1991 - 93
• Member of the Board of Associate Editors of The European Physical Journal D, 1991-97
• Chairman of the Greek National Research Council, 1994 - 97
• Chairman of the European Group on Atomic Systems (EGAS) of EPS, 1999 - 2005
• Series Co-Editor of Springer Verlag Series of Books on Atoms and Plasmas
• Member and/or Co-Chairman of Organizing Committees of International Conferences such as International Conferences on Multiphoton Processes, European Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics, NATO Advanced Study Workshop, etc
• Member at various times (since 1984) of Ad Hoc Committees on Scientific Policy and Funding of the EEC
• Recipient continuously since 1974 of National Science Foundation (USA) Grants 
• Member of the Advisory Editorial Board of Physical Review A, 1978-80 
• Member of the Panel on Atomic and Molecular Theory of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 1985-88
• Member of special NSF panel for the evaluation of proposals for Science Centers in AMO Physics, 1987-88.
• Member of the Program Committee of the Division of Atomic-Molecular-Optical Physics of the American Physical Society, 1990-1993.
• Recipient continuously since 1986 of Department of Energy (USA) Grants 
• Reviewer for Physical Review & Physical Review Letters, J. of Physics (U.K.) Journal of Chemical Physics, Chemical Physics Letters, Journal of Optical Society (U.S.A.), National Science Foundation, Research Corporation (U.S.A.), National Research Council (Canada) 
• Reviewer of Proposals for NSF, DOE, Research Corporations, NATO, EEC 
• Ph.D. thesis advisor or postdoctoral research advisor to about 50 students at the University of Southern California, the University of Crete and the Max-Planck-Institut für Quantum Optics, Garching