George Miltos Maragkakis is a PhD Candidate at IESL-FORTH and the Department of Physics, University of Crete. He received his Bachelor of Science in Physics in 2016, and his Master of Science in “Advanced Physics” in 2017, from the same Department. In 2018, he joined the Ultrafast Laser Micro and Nano Processing (ULMNP) Laboratory at IESL-FORTH, led by Research Director Emmanuel Stratakis, where he is conducting his PhD on 2D Materials and Multiphoton Microscopy.

Education

• 2018-Today, PhD, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece & IESL, FORTH
• 2017-Master's Degree, “Advanced Physics”, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece
• 2016-Bachelor, Physics, Physics Department, University of Crete, Greece

Interests

• 2D Materials
• Multi-photon Imaging
• Nanomaterials for Clean Energy Applications
• First Principle Calculations
• Digital Adaptive Optics
• Valleytronics

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

• 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006–2007, Awards by the Greek Mathematic Society for the performance in the Panhellenic Competition “Thales”
• 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006–2007, Awards by the Greek Mathematic Society for the performance in the Panhellenic Competition “Euclid”
• 2007-6th prize for the performance in the 17th Panhellenic Physics Competition