Modestos Athanasiou

Biography

Dr. Modestos Athanasiou received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Sheffield in 2011.He then pursue his doctoral studies in the field of engineering, applied physics and material science, with emphasis on nanofabrication and spectroscopical characterization of inorganic semiconductor material and devices, for optoelectronics applications at the University of Sheffield and the Center for GaN Materials and Devices.  After the completion of his doctoral studies in 2015, he continued his post-doctoral studies at the University of Sheffield, focused on developing advanced nano-fabrication processes for gallium nitride and related materials. He was involved in the activities of Joint Centre of Wide Bandgap Semiconductors Optoelectronics (JCWSO) between Nanjing University and University of Sheffield and played a major role in the establishment of a joint collaborative research center between the two universities. He has co-supervised more than 10 Ph.D students and final undergraduate students, providing support to their projects. In January 2018, he joined industry based in Cyprus/China, serving the role of the Product Development Manager for architectural lighting fixtures. In January 2019, he was awarded an Advanced Research Fellowship at the University of Cyprus in the Department of Physics and Experimental Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory, under the supervision of Associated Professor Grigoris Itskos. His main research interests are the development of next generation of hybrid III-nitrides devices, for solid-state lighting and lasing applications. He has been awarded the prestigious Marie-Curie Fellowship for the development of ultrafast white light sources based on III-nitrides and lead halide perovskites nanocrystals for visible light communications purposes (VLC), also known as Lifi. He has published more than 25 peer-reviewed publications in respected high-impact factor journals (ACS journals, Nature family etc.) and presented his work in more than 50 national and international conferences, where in two of them his work was highlighted via best-presentation awards.