Curriculum Vitae. Aristi Christofi

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1 Curriculum Vitae Aristi Christofi Personal information Surname: Christofi First name: Aristi Date of birth: 05 April 1985 Place of birth: Nicosia, Cyprus Nationality: Cypriot Contact information Address: National Center of Scientific Research (NCSR) Demokritos, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Aghia Paraskevi, Athens- Greece Phone number: Web page: Education 07/ Post-Doctoral Fellow National Center of Scientific Research (NCSR) Demokritos Scientific Program Title: THUNDER: Resonant photonic-phononic nanostructures for enhanced acousto-optic interaction: phoxonic device realization Scientific Advisor: Dr. Papanikolaou Nikos, NCSR Demokritos, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, tel: , 03/ /2014 Ph.D. studies National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Faculty of Physics Department of Solid State Physics Grade: with Highest Honors Ph.D Thesis Title: Anisotropic photonic nanocomposites Thesis Advisor: Prof. Nikolaos Stefanou, National and KapodistrianUniversity of Athens, Faculty of Physics, Department of Solid State Physics, tel: , 1

2 Examining Committee: Prof. Nikolaos Stefanou, Prof. Ioannis Stratis, Prof. Dimitris Syvridis, Assoc. Prof. Kyriacos Kalli, Assist. Prof. Emmanuel Syskakis, Assist. Prof. Vassilis Yannopapas, and Researcher A Stavros Thanos. 09/ /2009 M.Sc. Physics and Technological Applications National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences Department of Physics and National Center of Scientific Research (NCSR) Demokritos Grade: 8.83/10 Master Thesis: Excited states using the Hartree-Fock theory and the functional subspaces, with application on the LiH molecule Theoretical and computational studies on a system of electrons with the purpose to calculate the energy of the first order excited state. Advisor: Dr. Stavros Thanos, NCSR Demokritos, Institute of Materials Science 09/ /2007 B.Sc. in Physics University of Cyprus Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences Department of Physics Diploma Thesis: Photo-induced electron transfer reaction in Cryptochromes Simulations and theoretical computations on protein electron transfer systems, focused on electron transfer reactions with biological importance, applying the INDO/S and TDDFT methods. Advisor: Prof. Spyros S. Skourtis, University of Cyprus, Department of Physics 09/ /2003 Apostolos Varnavas Lyceum, Nicosia-Cyprus Languages Native language: Greek English (fluent) GCE O Level English Language (C), June 2001 FCE (C), June 2000 French, Italian, Spanish (basic) 2

3 Publications 1 Journals 1. Nonreciprocal guided modes in photonic crystals of magnetic garnet particles with a planar defect, A. Christofi and N. Stefanou, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 31, 2104 (2014). 2. Periodic structures of magnetic garnet particles for strong Faraday rotation enhancement, A. Christofi, N. Stefanou, and N. Papanikolaou, Phys. Rev. B 89, (2014). 3. Layer multiple scattering calculations for nonreciprocal photonic structures, A. Christofi and N. Stefanou, Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 28, (2014). [1] 4. Multiple scattering calculations for nonreciprocal planar magnetoplasmonic nanostructures, A. Christofi, C. Tserkezis, and N. Stefanou, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Ratiat. Transfer 146, 34 (2014). [Invited Paper] 5. Strong magnetochiral dichroism of helical structures of garnet particles, A. Christofi and N. Stefanou, Opt. Lett. 38, 4629 (2013). [1] 6. Nonreciprocal photonic surface states in periodic structures of magnetized plasma nanospheres, A. Christofi and N. Stefanou, Phys. Rev. B 88, (2013). [3] 7. Nonreciprocal optical response of helical periodic structures of plasma spheres in a static magnetic field, A. Christofi and N. Stefanou, Phys. Rev. B 87, (2013). [6] 8. Giant optical activity of helical architectures of plasmonic nanorods, A. Christofi, N. Stefanou, and G. Gantzounis, J. Phys. Chem. C 116, (2012). [20] 9. Helical assemblies of plasmonic nanorods as chiral metamaterials, A. Christofi, N. Stefanou, G. Gantzounis, and N. Papanikolaou, Proc. SPIE 8423, 84230A (2012). [1] [Best Student Paper Award] 10. Photonic structures of metal-coated chiral spheres, A. Christofi and N. Stefanou, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 29, 1165 (2012). 1 In square brackets appears the number of citations, calculated according to ISI Web of Knowledge, Scopus and Google Scholar, excluding self-citations. 3

4 11. Optical modes of chiral photonic composites, A. Christofi, N. Stefanou, and S. Thanos, Microel. Eng. 90, 152 (2012). [3] 12. Spiral-staircase photonic structures of metallic nanorods, A. Christofi, N. Stefanou, G. Gantzounis, and N. Papanikolaou, Phys. Rev. B 84, (2011). [4] 13. Photonic eigenmodes and light propagation in periodic structures of chiral nanoparticles, A. Christofi, N. Stefanou, and G. Gantzounis, Phys. Rev. B 83, (2011). Participation in conferences MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit, Boston-USA, 1-6 December 2013, Electromagnetic Multiple Scattering Method for Layer-by-Layer Periodic Structures of Magnetized Spheres and some Applications to Nonreciprocal Plasmonic Nanoarchitectures, A. Christofi and N. Stefanou. 2. XXIX Panhellenic Conference on Solid State Physics and Materials Science, Athens-Greece, September 2013, Nonreciprocal Plasmonic Nanoarchitectures, A. Christofi and N. Stefanou. 3. XIV Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference, Lille- France, June 2013, Electromagnetic Multiple Scattering by Periodic Assemblies of Gyrotropic Spheres, A. Christofi and N. Stefanou. 4. SPIE Photonics Europe Conference, Brussels-Belgium, April 2012, Helical Assemblies of Plasmonic Nanorods as Chiral Metamaterials, A. Christofi, N. Stefanou, G. Gantzounis, and N. Papanikolaou. 5. XXVII Panhellenic Conference on Solid State Physics and Materials Science, Limassol-Cyprus, September 2011, Chiral Metamaterials of Metallic Nanorods, A. Christofi, N. Stefanou, G. Gantzounis, and N. Papanikolaou. 2 : talk, : poster 4

5 6. IV International Micro and Nano Conference, NCSR Demokritos, Athens-Greece, December 2010, Optical Modes of Chiral Photonic Nanocomposites, A. Christofi, N. Stefanou, and S. Thanos. 7. XII International Conference on the Applications of Density Functional Theory, Amsterdam-The Netherlands, August 2007, Photo-induced Electron Transfer Reactions in Cryptochromes and DNA Photolyases, A. Christofi, T. Prytkova, G. Archontis, D. N. Beratan, and S. S. Skourtis. Presentations 1. Special Talk Sessions for the Graduate Student Awards, 2013 MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit, Boston-USA, 3 December 2013, A. Christofi. Participation in schools Summer School at the NCSR Demokritos, July 10-21, 2006 Athens, Greece Honors and awards MRS Silver Graduate Student Award, 2013 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, 1-6 December SPIE Optics and Photonics Education Scholarship (06/ /2014). Travel Grant, XIV Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference, Lille-France, June Best Student Paper Award, SPIE Photonics Europe Conference, Brussels, April 2012, for Helical Assemblies of Plasmonic Nanorods as Chiral Metamaterials by A. Christofi, N. Stefanou, G. Gantzounis, and N. Papanikolaou. Travel Grant, SPIE Photonics Europe Conference, Brussels, April Ph.D. scholarship (09/ /2012) from the NCSR Demokritos. 5

6 Skills Operating Systems: UNIX / Linux, MAC OS, Windows Programming Languages: Fortran Commercial Software: Latex, Mathematica, Origin, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Office, COMSOL Multiphysics Teaching experience Physics III (Optics-Wave Mechanics) Laboratory Experiments: (spring semester), at the NTUA, Department of Physics Physics II (Mechanics) Laboratory Experiments: (spring semester), at the NTUA, Department of Physics Physics (Electromagnetism) Laboratory Experiments: and (fall semesters), at the NTUA, Department of Physics Peer-reviewing Reviewer for the peer-reviewed journals: Nanoscale Memberships Member of Optical Society of America (OSA), since Member of SPIE, since Member of Materials Research Society (MRS), since Other activities President of the Postgraduate Students Association of the Department of Physics, University of Athens ( ) Member of the General Assembly of the Department of Physics, University of Athens ( ). Member of the Postgraduate Studies Committee of the Department of Physics, University of Athens ( ). 6