Ph.D. Physics, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, University of Athens,
Greece.
Post Graduate Training: Visiting Research Scientist 1983-84, ORNL (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), X-Rays and Applications Group, USA. Visiting Research Scientist 1998, High Flux Isotope Reactor, Neutron Scattering Section, Solid State Division, ORNL, USA.
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2006-present: Professor, Physics Department, Graduate Faculty, FAU.
2010-present: Founding Director, Medical Physics program, FAU.
2006-present: Director, Center for Biomedical and Materials Physics (CBAMP).
1992-2006: Associate Professor, Physics Department, FAU.
1991-92: Adjunct Professor, Physics Department, FAU.
1986-92: Associate Professor, Physics Department, University of Athens, Greece.
1982-86: Lecturer, Physics Department, University of Athens, Greece.
1973-82: Assistant Professor, Physics Department, University of Athens, Greece.
HONORS
2019: Fellow of the American Physical Society.
2016: Legacymakers, 100 Women of Distinction at Florida Atlantic University.
2008: Sabbatical, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.
2006: Faculty Research Incentive Award, Division of Research, FAU.
2003: Charles E. Schmidt College of Science Undergraduate Teaching Award Nominee.
2001: Advisor of the Year Award for Eminent Leadership, Premed Society.
1998: Sabbatical at HFIR of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
1997: Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising.
1997: Nomination for the Teacher of the Year award by the students.
1996: Teaching Incentive Program Award (TIP).
1968-73: Hellenic National Research Foundation Graduate Fellowship.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Physical Society (APS)
Hellenic Physical Society (HPS)
American Crystallographic Association (ACA)
Materials Research Society (MRS)
American Association of University Women (AAUW)
National Association of Women in Education (NAWE)
American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)
Society of Directors of Academic Medical Physics Programs (SDAMPP)
Association for Women in Science (AWIS)
RESEARCH INTERESTS Structure and physical properties of crystalline matter. Experimental methods of study include: x-ray diffraction, neutron scattering, electron microscopy, and magnetic measurements. Medical Physics, Radiation Therapy. Research topics include:
Crystal structure, microstructure and properties of apatite based natural & synthetic biomaterials. Structure, microstructure and magnetism of alloy catalysts in carbon nanofibers.
Structure and magnetism of nano-bioceramics.
Medical Physics: Radiation Therapy
Preferred orientation, phonons, critical current density of bulk high- Τc superconductors.
Magnetic transitions in long-range ordered alloys.
Structure and phonons in colossal magnetoresistance materials (CMR).
Electronic states of light elements with x-ray Raman spectroscopy.
Internal strains in solids with the techniques of x-ray crystallography.
Plasmon excitations in solids using inelastic x-ray scattering.
