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Department of Physics

SECTION OF ASTROPHYSICS, ASTRONOMY AND MECHANICS

PhD Candidates

  • Aminalragia-Giamini Sigiava
    Office: II 0 #48, Phone: 210 727 6855, Email: sagiamini[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Advanced modelling and analysis of high-energy space plasma populations
    Advisory Committee: I. Daglis (Supervisor), D. Hatzidimitriou, G. Balasis
     
  • Anastasiadis Ioannis
    Office:  IV 0 #19, Phone: 210 727 6802, Email: yananas[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Astrophysical plasma jets from rotating black holes
    Advisory Committee: N. Vlahakis (Supervisor), K. Tsinganos, T. Apostolatos
     
  • Antoniadis Konstantinos
    Office:  NOA, Phone: 210 810 9177, Email: k.antoniadis[at]noa.gr
    Thesis title: Episodic mass loss in the final stages of massive stars
    Advisory Committee: D. Hatzidimitriou (Supervisor), A. Bonanos, P. Boumis
     
  • Antonopoulou Alexandra
    Office: II 0 #44 , Phone: 210 727 6905 , Email: alexantonop[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: 
    Advisory Committee:  G. Balasis(Supervisor), I. Daglis , A. Rontogiannis
     
  • Antonopoulou Eleni
    Office: IV 0 #31 , Phone: 210 727 6, Email: elantonop[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Revealing the hidden aspects of black holes: magnetohydrodynamic simulations and flares in extreme gravity
    Advisory Committee:  A. Nathanail (Supervisor), T. Apostolatos, N. Vlahakis
     
  • Athanasopoulos Dimitrios
    Office: IV 0 #25, Phone: 210 727 6792, Email: dimathanaso[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Rotational state of Main Belt  asteroids that belong to old collisional families
    Advisory Committee: K. Gazeas (Supervisor), M. Delbo, C. Avdellidou
     
  • Bisketzis Vasilios
    Office:  IV 0 #19, Phone: 210 727 6802, Email: vabis[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Plasma dynamics in the environment of a rotating black hole
    Advisory Committee: N. Vlahakis (Supervisor), I. Kontopoulos, T. Apostolatos
     
  • Chrisafeli Maria-Irini
    Office:  IV 0 #42, Phone: 210 727 6853, Email: erschrysfeli[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: The three dimensional structure and kinematics of the Small Magellanic Cloud
    Advisory Committee: D. Hatzidimitriou (Supervisor), A. Zezas, S. Kazantzidis
     
  • Christodoulou Evaggelia
    Office:  NOA, Phone: 210 810 9177, Email: evachris[at]noa.gr
    Thesis title: Properties of yellow and red supergiants with dust
    Advisory Committee: D. Hatzidimitriou (Supervisor), A. Bonanos, P. Boumis
     
  • Dakanalis Ioannis
    Office:  NOA, Phone: 210 810 9191, Email: idakanalis[at]noa.gr
    Thesis title: Study of vortex flows in the solar atmosphere
    Advisory Committee: G. Tsiropoula (Supervisor), S. Patsourakos, N. Vlahakis
     
  • Kapsambelis Emmanouil
    Office:  NOA, Phone: 210 810 9164, Email: emkap[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Generalized geometric structures on gravity and cosmology
    Advisory Committee: E. Saridakis (Supervisor), S. Vasilakos, T. Apostolatos
     
  • Karavola Despina
    Office:  II 0 #47, Phone: 210 727 6894, Email: [at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: A study on hadronic acceleration and the resulting electromagnetic and high-energy neutrino signals from active galaxies
    Advisory Committee: M. Petropoulou (Supervisor), D. Giannios, L. Sironi
     
  • Katsioli Stavroula
    Office:  NOA, Phone: 210 810 9129, Email: s.katsioli[at]noa.gr
    Thesis title: A study of the properties of the cold dust in nearby galaxies through observations at millimeter wavelengths
    Advisory Committee: E. Xilouris (Supervisor), D. Hatzidimitriou, K. Dasyra
     
  • Kokkinakis Dimitrios
    Office: IV 0 #19 , Phone: 210 727 6802, Email: dkokkinakis[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Instability of magnetized astrophysical jets
    Advisory Committee: N. Vlahakis (Supervisor), K. Gourgouliatos, T. Apostolatos
     
  • Koletti Mirto
    Office:  RCAAM, Phone: 210 659 7246, Email: mkoletti[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Study of plasma outflow in areas of the solar atmosphere 
    Advisory Committee: K. Gontikakis (Supervisor), N. Vlahakis, S. Patsourakos
     
  • Koutsoumbou Evgenia
    Office:  IV 0 #8, Phone: 210 727 6709, Email: evkoutso[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: The influence of black hole jets on interstellar gas clouds and star formation
    Advisory Committee: K. Dasyra (Supervisor), A. Mastihiadis, D. Hatzidimitriou
     
  • Lavasa Eleni
    Office:  II 0 #51, Phone: 210 727 6725, Email: elavasa[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Studying solar snergetic particle events, contributing to their prognosis using machine learning techniques
    Advisory Committee: A. Papaioannou (Supervisor), I. Daglis, A. Anastasiadis
     
  • Liberatori Alessio
    Office:  IV 0 #10, Phone: 210 727 6853, Email: aliberatori[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Revisiting the asymptotic giant branch stellar evolutionary phase with Gaia and other data
    Advisory Committee: D. Hatzidimitriou (Supervisor),  A. Bonanos, M. Petropoulou
     
  • Loules Argyrios
    Office: IV 0 #19, Phone: 210 727 6802, Email: arloules[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Modelling of astrophysical accretion disks
    Advisory Committee: N. Vlahakis (Supervisor), M. Petropoulou, I. Kontopoulos
     
  • Moutsiana Georgia
    Office: II 0 #44, Phone: 210 727 6905, Email: gmoutsiana[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Comparative study of acceleration processes in the Earth’s and Jupiter’s magnetospheres
    Advisory Committee: I. Daglis (Supervisor), M. Gioulidou, G. Clark
     
  • Munoz Sanchez Gonzalo
    Office:  NOA, Phone: 210 810 9177, Email: gonzalom[at]noa.gr
    Thesis title: Episodic mass-loss in extreme red supergiants
    Advisory Committee: A. Bonanos (Supervisor), D. Hatzidimitriou, P. Boumis
     
  • Nasi Afroditi
    Office: II 0 #44, Phone: 210 727 6905, Email: afnasi[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Extreme events of acceleration and deep penetration of energetic electrons into the inner magnetosphere
    Advisory Committee: I. Daglis (Supervisor), W. Li, G. Balasis
     
  • Palafouta Sofia
    Office: IV 0 #25, Phone: 210 727 6792, Email: spalafou[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Investigating stellar populations as a probe for stellar merging processes
    Advisory Committee: K. Gazeas (Supervisor), T. Apostolatos, S. Zola
     
  • Papadimitriou Konstantinos
    Office: II 0 #48, Phone: 210 727 6855, Email: kpapadimitriou[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Investigating the causal drivers of the variability of radiation belt particle populations by means of information measures
    Advisory Committee: G. Balasis (Supervisor), I. Daglis, S. Wing
     
  • Papaspirou Panagiotis
    Office: , Phone: 210 727 6, Email: ppapaspirou[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Kepler’s Somnium: Greek influences on Johannes’ Kepler work
    Advisory Committee: X. Mousas (Supervisor), P. Preka-Papadima, C. Filis
     
  • Sinnis Haralampos
    Office: IV 0 #19, Phone: 210 727 6802, Email: chsinnis[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Stability study of relativistic magnetized astrophysical jets
    Advisory Committee: N. Vlahakis (Supervisor), K. Tsinganos, I. Kontopoulos
     
  • Stathopoulos Stamatios
    Office:  ΙΙ 0 #47, Phone: 210 727 6894, Email: stamstath[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Spectral and temporal signatures of leptohadronic radiation models for active galactic nuclei in the multi-messenger era
    Advisory Committee: M. Petropolou (Supervisor), A. Mastihiadis, P. Padovani
     
  • Thanasoula Konstantina
    Office:  II 0 #44, Phone: 210 7276905 , Email: ntinathan[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Study of the radial diffusion mechanism effect on the trapped populations of the inner magnetosphere
    Advisory Committee:  I. Daglis (Supervisor), G. Balasis, T. Sarris
     
  • Theodoropoulou Georgia
    Office:  IV 0 #23, Phone: 210 727 , Email: geotheo[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Determining the equation of state of neutron stars by analyzing gravitational wave signals from tidally deformed binary neutron star systems
    Advisory Committee:  T. Apostolatos (Supervisor), N. Stergioulas, D. Hatzidimitriou
     
  • Timogiannis Iason
    Office:  IV 0 #23, Phone: 210 727 6, Email: timogian[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Extended spinning body In curved spacetime
    Advisory Committee: T. Apostolatos (Supervisor), N. Vlahakis, G. Luke-Gerakopoulos
     
  • Tsakonas Haris
    Office:  IV 0 #10, Phone: 210 , Email: haristsak[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Study of the recent interaction history of the Andromeda Galaxy - Extension of the study to other barred spiral galaxies
    Advisory Committee: D. Hatzidimitriou (Supervisor), M. Arnaboldi, F. Hammer
     
  • Tzerefos Haralampos
    Office:  NOA, Phone: 210 810 9164, Email: chtzeref[at]phys.uoa.gr
    Thesis title: Modified gravity: Applications in cosmology, black holes and gravitational waves
    Advisory Committee: E. Saridakis (Supervisor), T. Apostolatos, S. Vasilakos