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Mr George Gassias is a PhD candidate at the department of History an Archeology of University of Crete. He received his Bachelor Degree from the University of Athens in 2000 and his Master Degree from the University of Crete in Contemporary Greek and European History. His research focuses on agrarian reform and the rural transformations in Greece in the


Ms. Evangelia Vasilaki is a Ph.D candidate at the Chemistry Department of the University of Crete. She received her Bachelor degree from the University of Piraeus in 2010 and her Master degree in Chemistry from the University of Crete. She studies the synthesis and modification of metal oxides for photocatalytic applications. She has published 5 articles in international peer-reviewed journals with 57 citations.


Dr. Sotirios Psilodimitrakopoulos is a Post-Doctoral research fellow at IESL-FORTH with specialty in Multiphoton-Microscopy. He received his Ph.D degree from the Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO), Barcelona, Spain in 2012 and he continued as a Post-Doctoral fellow at the Laboratory of Optics & Biosciences (LOB), at Ecole Polytechnique, Paris France.  His research focuses on developing novel measurements and instrumentation for non-linear microscopy.


Dr. Ioanna Sakellari is a postdoctoral researcher at FORTH. In 2011, she obtained her PhD in Physics from the University of Crete and, soon after, she moved as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. In 2013, she joined the 4th Physics Institute at the University of Stuttgart, where in 2015 she was awarded a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship. Her research interests cover a wide range of scientific areas including Nanotechnology, Photonics, Metamaterials, and Materials Science.


Dr. Fasoulakis Michail is a Post-Doctoral research fellow at ICS-FORTH. He received his Ph.D degree from the University of Warwick, UK in 2017. His research focuses on (algorithmic) game theory and economics, algorithms, information theory, decision theory, operations research, communications and signal processing.


Ms. Meropi Manataki is a 4th year Ph.D candidate at Technical University of Crete. She received her Diploma degree in 2011 and her Master degree from the Technical University of Crete in Geotechnology and the Environment, Dept. of Mineral Resources Engineering. Her research focuses on applied geophysics, GPR data processing and modelling and archaeological prospection.


Dr. Melda Küçükdemirci is a Post-Doctoral research fellow at Laboratory of Geophysical-Remote Sensing & Archaeoenvironment (GeoSat ReSeArch Lab), of  Foundation for Research and Technology, Hellas (FORTH). She received her Ph.D degree from the University of Istanbul in 2014. Her research focuses on geophysical  prospection for archaeology, Ground Penetrating Radar, Magnetometry and data fusion and integration approaches.


Mr. Dimitrios Oikonomou is a 1st  year  Ph.D candidate at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He received his Bachelor degree in Geology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2008 and his Master degree from the same University in Applied Geophysicsr  . His research focuses on developing novel algorithms for joint inversion of electrical resistivity and seismic geophysical data derived from environmental and archaeological applications.


Mrs Maria Cristina Manzetti is a 3rd year Ph.D candidate at Technical University of Crete, in Digital Media and Cultural Heritage. She received her Bachelor degree from the University of Rome Tor Vergata in Cultural Heritage in 2007 and his Master degree from the University of Rome Tor Vergata in archaeology in 2010. In 2011 she attended the 2nd level master in Geotechnology for Archaeology at University of Siena. Her research focuses on Roman theatres, Virtual Acoustics Analysis, 3D Visibility Analysis, 3D reconstructions and virtual archaeology application.


Dr. Athanasios Argyriou is a Post-Doctoral research fellow at GeoSat ReSeArch Lab of IMS-FORTH. He received his Ph.D degree from the University of Portsmouth in 2012 and he continued as a Post-Doctoral fellow a FORTH. His research focuses on geoinformatic (GIS/Remote Sensing/Geophysics) applications regarding the assessment of natural hazards risks, geomorphometrics, land use changes, urban sprawl, cultural heritage conservation and archaeological landscape. He has 17 publications in peer reviewed journals and international conferences proceedings.