Liverios Lymperakis is an Associate Professor in the Dept. of Physics, University of Crete, and an Associated Researcher of IESL-FORTH. He studied Physics (Bachelor's degree) and Physics of Materials (Master's degree) at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He contacted his doctoral work at the Fritz-Haber-Institute of the Max-Planck-Society in Berlin and received his Ph.D. from the University of Paderbon in 2005 with summa cum laude.

He worked as a group and project leader at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung in Düsseldorf from 2005 to 2011 and from 2012-2021. His field of expertise is in Computational Materials with a strong focus on first-principles calculations and ab-initio-based multiscale calculations. His research addresses topics in the fields of science and technology of materials, such as properties and epitaxial growth of compound semiconductors, novel nano- and hetero-structures for optoelectronic and powerelectronic applications, and properties of bio-inspired and structural materials at the nanoscale.

Education

• 1997 First Degree in Physics, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki (Greece)
• 2000 MSc in Physics of Materials, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki (Greece)
• 2005 PhD in Physics, Universität Paderborn, Paderborn (Germany)

Career

• Since 2022, Associate Proffesor, Department of Physics, University of Crete
• 2012-2022, Head of the project group Growth Modelling, Computational Materials Design Department Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf (Germany)
• 2012, Senior Researcher, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki (Greece)
• 2005-2011, Head of the Microstructure group, Computational Materials Design Department Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH, Düsseldorf (Germany)
• 2000-2005,Research fellow Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Geselschaft, Berlin (Germany)