Short Introduction

I was born and raised in Athens, Greece. I studied Physics in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.  In 2010, I moved to London to pursue my PhD in Physics at the Queen Mary University of London. I moved to the USA in 2014 to  join the Materials Science and Technology Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a Postdoctoral Associate. In December 2016, I was employed at ORNL as staff in the Materials Science and Technology Division. As of December 2022, I am staff in the Center for Nanophase Materials Science of ORNL. 

My research interests include material modification and functionalization, the materials' behavior in extreme conditions, the interactions of radiation with matter, microstructure alterations and evolution, structural materials and mechanical properties, material modification and functionalization, nuclear energy, behavior of disordered systems such as liquids and glasses. 

I am a member of the Early Career Editorial Board of the Nuclear Materials and Energy journal published by Elsevier, and Advisor for the JOM Journal, the journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), by Springer.

I am committed to promoting diversity, equity and inclusion in all aspects of my life, including my workplace and STEM.

Research experience

• Senior R&D Staff, April 2024 - present, Center for Nanophase Materials Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA

• R&D Staff, 2022 – 2024,  Center for Nanophase Materials Science, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA

• R&D Staff, 2021 – 2022, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA

• R&D Associate – Atomistic Modeling, 2016 – 2020, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA

• Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2014 – 2016, Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, TN, USA

• Post-bachelor's Project, Feb. 2010 – July 2010, Theoretical and Physical Chemistry Institute, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Athens, Greece.

Education

• Ph.D. Physics, 2013, Queen Mary, University of London, UK

• B.Sc. Physics, 2009, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece 

Professional Society Committees

• Elected Vice Chair of the Chemistry and Physics of Materials Committee of TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), 2024-2026

• Member of TMS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, 2022-present

• Member of TMS Emerging Professionals Committee Member, 2021-present

• Member of TMS Computational Thermodynamics & Kinetics Committee, 2020-present

Editorial Boards

• Nuclear Materials and Energy, Early Career Board member, December 2022-present

• Advisor for the JOM Journal, the journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS), 2020-present

• Guest Editor, Special Issue “Machine Learning and New Paradigms in Computational Materials Research”, JOM (The Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society), September 2022

• Energy Frontiers in Research Centers Newsletter, Editorial Board member, Department of Energy, 2016-2017

Awards

• "Service Award". "The award recognizes an individual who volunteers time, expertise, and resources within and across ORNL communities with the goal of improving diversity and inclusion; an individual that ensures opportunities are available to network such that no woman feels isolated; or an individual that reaches out to mentor, collaborate, and nurture others," 2023. 

• "Director’s Award" in Outstanding Individual Accomplishment in Mission Support, UT-Battelle Awards Night, 2022

• "One ORNL” Award for my work as President of the Women’s Alliance Council Employee Resource Group and other service to ORNL, UT-Battelle Awards Night, 2022

• Outstanding Scholarly Output Team Award for the selective conversion of an atomically thin 2D crystal to form a Janus monolayer through the implantation of hyperthermal clusters generated by laser ablation, Science and Technology Category, UT-Battelle Awards Night, 2020

• Sound ⋂ Science Podcast Contest, Best Team Effort Award, Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences Contest Intersection of Sound and Science Podcast, Best Team Effort Award, Energy Frontiers Research Center-Hub-CMS Principal Investigators’ Meeting, Washington, DC, 2017

• Best Student Poster Presentation Award, REI-17 Conference, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 2013