Current position: Professor, Medical Physics Laboratory, Medical School National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
Education
2002: Ph.D. in Medical Physics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Greece
1997: Professional Medical Physics license
1994: M.Sc. in Medical Physics, University of Aberdeen, UK
1992: B.Sc. in Physics, Physics Dept., University of Athens, Greece
RESEARCH POSITIONS AND EMPLOYMENT
06/2018 - present: Professor, Medical Physics Laboratory, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2011- 2018: Associate Professor, Medical Physics Laboratory, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
2006-2011: Assistant Professor, Medical Physics Laboratory, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
1999-2006: Medical Physicist, Medical Physics Department, Hygeia Hospital, Athens
1996-2003: Research fellow: Nuclear & Particle Physics Sec., Physics Dept., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
TEACHING
Medical Physics: undergraduate Medical students
Physics of the human body: undergraduate Medical students
Radiotherapy: postgraduate Medical Physics students (MSc course in Medical Physics)
Radiation Protection: IAEA Regional postgraduate courses on radiation protection and the safety of radiation sources
Computer applications in intensive care units and contemporary surgery techniques: Postgraduate Medical students in the corresponding M.Sc. programs
Lectures in 20 educational seminars
Supervisor in 26 MSc thesis in Medical Physics
Supervisor in 4 PhD thesis in Medical Physics
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Member of the Coordination Committee in the Inter-University and Inter-Departmental postgraduate course in "Medical and Radiation Physics”
Member of various Institutional Committees
4th International Conference on Imaging Technologies in Biomedical Sciences (ITBS 2007), Milos 2007, Greece: member of the organizing committee
5th International Conference on Radiotherapy Gel Dosimetry (Dosgel 2008), Crete 2008, Greece: member of the organizing committee
RESEARCH
Quality assurance in stereotactic radiotherapy applications
Development of phantoms and methods for the assesment and correction of geometric distortion in MRI images used for radiotherapy applications
Conventional (TLD, diode, film) and contemporary (3D polymer gel-MRI) experimental dosimetry in modern radiation therapy techniques, such us Intensity
Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT), high dose rate brachytherapy and stereotactic radiotherapy- radiosurgery
Comparison and evaluation of modern radiotherapy techniques using physical and biological parameters
Monte Carlo modelling of brachytherapy sources for the generation of dosimetry data for use in treatment planning systems and development of analytical dosimetry models guided by Monte Carlo simulation: data for 4 different sources have been incorporated in corresponding treatment planning systems and used in brachytherapy applications worldwide (publications 50,51,57,60)
Monte Carlo simulations of high energy x-rays and charge particles for radiotherapy purposes
PUBLICATIONS
81 publications in Peer Reviewed International Journals,
Total Impact Factor =192.9
h-index :25 (Source: Scopus Citation Overview, January 2017)
h-index: 28 (Source: Google Scholar, January 2017)
citations:1422 (Source: Scopus Citation Overview, January 2017)
citations:1880 (Source: Google Scholar, January 2017)
91 abstracts/presentations in international conferences
36 invited talks in national (30) and international (6) conferences-meetings
