EDUCATION
PhD in Physics 1989, Physics Dept., University of Crete, Greece.
Thesis Title : Potential Energy Surfaces and Dynamics of the Excited OH in Collisions with He and CO.
M.Sc. in Lasers and their Applications, 1983 School of Science and Engineering, University of Essex, U.K.
B.Sc. in Physics 1982, Physics Dept., Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
EMPLOYMENT
Researcher Dec 1993 to present
Institute of Theoretical and Physical Chemistry, N.H.R.F. Athens, GreeceResearcher Sept 1992 - Aug 1993, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry University of Maryland, U.S.A. Research Director : Prof. Millard H. Alexander
Instructor Feb 1992 - Aug 1992 Physics Dept., University of Crete, Greece
for the teaching of the undergraduate course "Computational Physics"
Research Associate
Oct 1990 - Aug 1992
Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser
F.O.R.T.H., Iraklio, Crete, Greece.
Research Director : Prof. Stavros C. Farantos
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
Dec 1989 - Sept 1990
Max-Planck Institut fur Stroemungsforschung
Goettingen, Germany
Research Director : Dr. Reinhard Schinke
Research Associate
May 1989 - Nov 1989
Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser
F.O.R.T.H., Iraklion, Crete, Greece.
Research Director : Prof. Stavros C. Farantos
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Computational modeling with classical and quantum methods of
elementary molecular processes like scattering, photodissociation and
electronic deexcitation.
modeling of cluster growth mechanisms.
modeling of glassy materials.
PUBLICATIONS
"Ab initio Potential Energy Surfaces of He + OH(X2Π) and He+OH(A2Σ+)"
Journal of Physical Chemistry 92, 2723, 1988.
"Quantum Mechanical Study of Rotationally Inelastic Collisions on the He+OH Excited Potential Energy Surface"
Journal of Physical Chemistry 92, 2719, 1988.
"Electronic Deexcitation of OH with CO: an ab initio study", Chemical Reactivity in Excited States, ed. by J.C. Whitehead (Reidel, Dodrecht 1988)
"A Classical Dynamical Investigation of the Mechanism of Electronic Quenching
of OH in Collisions with CO"
Molecular Physics 69, 129, 1990.
"Ab initio Potential Energy Surfaces for Studying the Quenching of CH(A2Δ) by H2"
Chemical Physics Letters 167, 278, 1990.
"A Very Efficient and Accurate Charge Control Model for Pseudomorphic Transistors, based on the Variational Technique"
Solid-State Electronics 35, No. 4, 459, 1992.
"Mapping of Transition State Wavefunctions: II A Model for the Photodissociation of ClNO(T1)"
The Journal of Chemical Physics 96, 3688, 1992.
"The photodissociation of ClNO through Excitation of the T1 State: An ab intio Study"
The Journal of Chemical Physics 97, 3357, 1992.
"Dynamics of Hydrogen-Bonded Systems: Small Water Clusters"
The Journal of Chemical Physics 98, 4059, 1993.
"Minimum Structures and Dynamics of Small Water Clusters"
Journal of Physical Chemistry 97, 12158, 1993.
"Quantum Monte-Carlo Studies of Small B(H2)n Clusters "
The Journal of Chemical Physics 101, 2577, 1994 ,/P>
"Flux redistribution during the Photodissociation of ClNO in the T1 state"
The Journal of Chemical Physics 101, 4722, 1994
"Predissociation of the A2+ ,C2+ and D2+ levels of 4HeH from a multistate close-coupling scattering approach"
J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 28, 2927, 1995.
"On the rovibrational spectra of the excimer HeH and its isotopes. A multistate close-coupling treatment."
J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 29, 3611, 1996.
"Theoretical investigation of metastable Hydrogen de-excitation in collisions with He and Ne"
J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 31, 473, 1998.