Christos Riziotis
Director of Research/ Full Research Professor, at the Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute (TPCI) of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF)
Dr. Christos Riziotis is Director of Research/ Full Research Professor, at the Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute (TPCI) of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF), Athens, Greece. He is leading the research group "Applied Photonics-Materials and Devices" of the TPCI’s division of “Photonics & Quantum Technology”. Dr. Riziotis is also Honorary Fellow of the Defence and Security Research Institute (DSRI), University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He holds a Ph.D. in Photonics from the Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, UK, an M.Sc. in Electronics and Telecommunications and a Degree in Physics both from National University of Athens. His research interests cover the areas of photonic materials, integrated optics, laser processing, fibre sensors, optical communications, nanophotonics, plasmonics, and quantum photonics. His work has led to a number of successfully demonstrated applications in Structural Health Monitoring, environmental and industrial process monitoring, quantum computing, and biomedical / healthcare devices. He has participated or developed a number of collaborations and R&D projects with defence, telecommunications, and manufacturing industry (Pirelli Cavi, Southampton Photonics, Stratophase, MBDA Missile Systems, Kleemann Lifts S.A., Opticon S.A., Bayern Chemie Propellants GmbH etc). He has authored a wide thematic range of over 150 publications in Journals and international conference proceedings, holding also four (4) patents. He is reviewer in over 60 technical Journals, committee member in a number of international conferences, editorial board member and Guest editor in several Journals in sensors, materials and instrumentation. He serves also as Management Committee Member for several research academic networks like COST Actions in the areas of sensing, novel materials, manufacturing, and healthcare, while served also as an expert in the IEC Standardization Committee for Fibre Optic Sensors. He is also the Vice President of the Micro&Nano Scientific Society for microelectronics and nanotechnology.