About me
I studied mechanical engineering at the University of Patras. In 2015, I obtained my diploma degree from the Department of Mechanical Engineering & Aeronautics. My diploma thesis was developed in the field of Applied Mechanics, Technology of Materials & Biomechanics. In 2016, I continued my academic training with a MSc in Computational and Experimental Engineering and Advanced Materials at the University of Patras. My thesis work focused on the development of multifunctional energy storage devices. In 2019, I joined the Novel Aerospace Materials group of the Aerospace Engineering faculty at TU Delft. There, I worked on the development of piezoelectric generators which can convert the biomechanical energy into electricity. The work focused not only on materials development but also on the fabrication of workable prototypes that can be integrated in on-body sensor modules to make them self-sustainable.
Research:
In July 2022, I joined the Biomechanics group at the Institute of Lightweight Design and Structural Biomechanics, TU Wien. My PhD project focuses on the micromechanical assessment of cell clusters and the development of an instrument to test the mechanical properties of the cells microenvironment. My main research interests include AFM based nano- and microindentation of soft samples, and biomechanics with a focus on cell clusters. This work is part of an interdisciplinary Marie Skłodowska-Curie COFUND doctoral programme, called ENROL-Engineering for Life Sciences, which in turn is under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.