Dr. Areti Mourka is currently a Post-Doctoral research fellow at the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser/Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (I.E.S.L./FO.R.T.H.). She is a PhD graduate from the Department of Physics of the University of St. Andrews in UK (2013) (the oldest of the four ancient universities of Scotland and 3rd oldest university in the English-speaking world – consistently ranked as the 3rd best university in the UK in all national league tables behind Oxbridge) and she gained both her Bachelors (2007) and M.Sc. degrees (2009) with distinction from the Department of Physics of the University of Crete in Greece; where she undertook multiple projects in Laser Interaction and Division research area with a particular emphasis on Laser Beam Shaping, Nanotechnology, Laser Materials Processing, Materials Science and Bio-Photonics applications. Her Post-Doctoral research includes work for almost four years (2014-2018) as a Research & Development (R&D) Scientist to develop new methods of lithography in Nanoscribe GmbH (Karlsruhe, Germany) and work (2013-2014) as a Laser Development Engineer during the TwO Photon absorbers for BIOmedical applications (TOPBIO) project in Amplitude Systèmes (Bordeaux, France) funded by a Marie Skłodowska Curie Initial Training Network (ITN).
