Marios Mattheakis February, 2016

Harvard UniversityUniversity of Crete

Email: mariosmat@seas.harvard.eduscholar.harvard.edu/marios matthaiakis

Education

• Ph.D in Advanced Physics December 2014University of Crete Heraklion

– PhD Thesis: Electromagnetic wave propagatoin in gradient index meta-materials, plasmonic systemsand optical fiber networks.

– Description: In this thesis, I study analytically and numerically with COMSOL and with home-madealgorithms, the light and EM wavepacket propagation through complex photonic networks as well asthe interaction of light with the matter in plasmonic systems.

• M.Sc. in Advanced Physics March 2012University of Crete Heraklion

– Master Thesis: Wave propagation in networks of Luneburg lenses

• B.Sc. in Physics June 2010University of Crete Heraklion

– Diploma Thesis: Numerical Methods in Electromagnetics

Computational skills and knowledge

• Programming Languages

– Fortran, C/C++, Java

• Computational Software Programs

– COMSOL, MATLAB, MATHEMATICA, SIMION, EVIEWS

• Office software suites

– LATEX, Microsoft Office, Open & Libre Office

• Operating Systems

– Windows, Linux, Unix

Awards

• 2010Marie Curie Excellence Grands for the scientific project with title:ELECTRONCOMPLEXITY

Invited Presentations

• September 17, 2015Colloquium at Wesleyan University.Title: Surface plasmons in active systems and 2D materials

Participating in Conferences and Summer Schools

• 17/09/2014 − 19/09/2014COMSOL conference in Cambridge, Cambridge, United KingdomPoster Presentation: Enhanced surface plasmon polariton propagation induced by active dielectrics

• 17/07/2014 − 19/07/2014Fourth International Workshop on Statistical Mechanics and Dynamical Systems,Athens, GreecePoster Presentation: Linear and nonlinear photonic rogue waves in complex transparent media

• 14/07/2014 − 25/07/2014Fourth European Ph.D. Summer School and Workshop on Mathematical Modeling ofComplex Systems, Athens, GreecePoster Presentation: Linear and nonlinear photonic rogue waves in complex transparent media

• 14/07/2014 − 25/07/2014Fourth European Ph.D. Summer School and Workshop on Mathematical Modeling ofComplex Systems, Athens, GreecePoster Presentation: Linear and nonlinear photonic rogue waves in complex transparent media

• 07/07/2014 − 11/07/2014International Conference on Statistical Physics, organized by SigmaPhi Committee, Rhodes,Greece

• 18/03/2014 − 23/03/2014Dynamics Symposium, organized by the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and SelfOrganization (Goettingen) on Mandarfen in Austria

• 01/12/2013 − 05/12/2013Light in Disordered Photonic Media, organized by the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, GermanyPoster Presentation: Observation of photonic rogue waves in strongly scattering random media

• 15/07/2013 − 27/07/2013Third European Ph.D. School on Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems,organized by the Department of Physics, University of Crete, GreeceOral Presentation: Linear Optical Rogue Waves in Disordered Photonic NetworksPoster Presentation: Linear Optical Rogue Waves in Disordered Photonic Networks

• 27/08/2012 − 02/09/2012Third International Workshop on Statistical Mechanics and Dynamical Systems,organized by ITAP, Turunc, TurkeyPoster Presentation: Luneburg lens waveguide networks

• 25/09/2011 − 30/09/2011Nanoantennas and Hybrid Quantum Systems, organized by the Physikzentrum Bad Honnef,Germany

• 28/08/2011 − 11/09/2011Charged Particle Optics: Theory and Simulations (CPOT), organized by the Departmentof Physics, University of Crete, Greece

• 18/07/2011 − 29/07/2011First European Ph.D. School on Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems,organized by the Department of Mathematics, University of Patras, Greece.

Work Experience

• 01/10/2010 − 1/05/2011Researcher on Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH). Working for thescientific project with title: ELECTRONCOMPLEXITY

Refereeing

• Refereeing to “Journal of the Optical Society of America A (JOSA A)” (1 time).

• Refereeing to “IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics” (2 times).

Teaching Experience

• 1/02/2014 − 11/06/2014Teaching assistant of the course “Introduction to Programming (FORTRAN)”in the University of Crete.

• 1/02/2013 − 10/06/2013Teaching assistant of the course “Electromagnetism I” in the University of Crete.

• 1/02/2011 − 1/06/2011Teaching assistant of the course “Introduction to Programming (FORTRAN)”in the University of Crete.

Languages

• Greek (mother tongue)

• English (excellent)

Other Personal Information

Nationality: GreekDate of Birth: 26th of September 1984Place of Birth: Heraklion, CreteGender: Male

Publications

• M. Mattheakis, I. J. Pitsios, G. P. Tsironis, S. Tzortzakis, Extreme events in complex linear andnonlinear photonic media, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 84 (2016) pp 73-80.

• M. Mattheakis, T. Oikonomou, M. I. Molina, G. P. Tsironis, Phase transition in PT symmetricactive plasmonic systems, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 22 Vol.5 (2015)pp 1-7 (invited issue).

• M. Mattheakis, G. P. Tsironis, Extreme waves and branching flows in optical media, In: J.F.R.Archilla, N. Jimenez, V.J. Sanchez-Morcillo, L.M. Garcıa-Raffi (eds.). Quodons in mica: nonlinearlocalized travelling excitations in crystals, Springer series in materials science (2015) pp 425-454(invited issue).

• F. Perakis, M. Mattheakis, G. P. Tsironis, Small-world networks of optical fiber lattices, J. Opt. 16(2014) 102003 (8pp) (invited issue).

• C. Athanasopoulos, M. Mattheakis, G. P.Tsironis, Enhanced surface plasmon polariton propagationinduced by active dielectrics, Expert from the Proceedings of the 2014 COMSOL conference inCambridge (2014).

• M. Mattheakis, G. P Tsironis, V. I. Kovanis, Luneburg lens waveguide networks, J. Opt. 14 (2012)114005 (8pp) (invited issue).