Curriculum Vitae
Personal Data:
Name:
Alexandros Lappas
Date of Birth: 1 May 1965
Place of Birth: Piraeus, Greece
Marital Status: Married, two children
Education:
I received my Physics degree from the University of Crete (1988) and my
doctorate (D.Phil.) ιn Chemical Physics from the School of Chemistry and
Molecular Sciences (MOLS) at the University of Sussex, UK (1993). My thesis
was concerned with the “Physical Properties of Magnetic and
(Super)conducting Layered Copper Oxides”.
Career & Interests:
During the period 1993-95 I took up a post-doctorate research fellowship in the
Inorganic & Solid State Chemistry division of the University of Sussex under the
supervision of Prof. K. Prassides and the close collaboration of Prof. H. Kroto. I
was involved in the development of fullerene-based magnets &
superconductors and demonstrated their novel structure-property relationships.
I moved back to Sussex in 1997-98, immediately after my compulsory military
service (1996-97) in Greece, where I expanded my knowledge in the field of
fullerene research, and in parallel I served as a Temporary Lecturer (Inorganic
& Physical Chemistry curriculum).
I was elected at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, at FORTH, as an
Associated Researcher (December 1998) in the field of solid-state Materials
Science. I initiated the experimental activity dealing with low-dimensional
materials as well as molecule-based solids, with the aim to understand their
structures, reactivities and properties at the atomic scale. I was promoted to a
Principal Researcher in 2002 and since then have established an active
research group synthesising new materials (from bulk solids to nanocrystals)
aiming to unravel the dynamical and static aspects of the spin-charge-lattice
coupling in complex matter. I have succeeded in bringing in a diversified
armoury of methods and probes for the needs of the laboratory by gaining
access to large-scale European facilities in neutron, synchrotron and muon
science as well as setting up in-house methods ranging from magnetometry to
femtosecond laser time-resolved spectroscopy. Recently, it was my initiative
(Oct. 2006) that led to the expansion of the research activity in functional
colloidal nanocrystal heterostructures (magnetic, semiconducting, piezoelectric),
aiming to demonstrate their viability in future technologies.
Since September 2001 I have taught courses, as a Temporary Lecturer
(PD407), at the Dept. of Materials Science & Technology, and recently (2005
onwards) at the Dept. of Physics, both in the University of Crete.
Under my coordination the Functional Nanocrystals Laboratory at FORTH has
attracted significant funding (>1.45 M€; Jan. 1999 - 2007) from Greek and
European sources.
Publications:
I have had 41 refereed articles published in international journals after regular
submissions, 20 conference articles in journal with referees, 7 referred articles
in special volumes of conferences and more than 15 contributed talks in
international conferences. My work has been cited more than 440 times (without
self-citations; h-index= 14; source WoS, June 2007).
Telephone:
1344 (office), 1349 (lab.)
Email:
lappas@iesl.forth.gr