Professor of Physics, University of Crete
Director of Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser

Tel: +30 2810 391316
Fax: +30 2810 391318
e-mail: fotakis@iesl.forth.gr

Costas Fotakis is Director of the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) at FORTH (Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas) and Professor of Physics at the University of Crete. He is also Director of the European Ultraviolet Laser Facility operating at FORTH, which is currently part of the EU project "LASERLAB", linking 17 major European laser infrastructures.

His research interests include laser spectroscopy, molecular photophysics, laser interactions with materials and related applications for material processing and analysis.

He has been chair or co-chair of several major international scientific conferences and member of several EU panels including the European Strategy Forum for Research Infrastructures (ESFRI).

He has over 200 publications primarily in the field of photonics and their applications and belongs to the editorial boards of several international scientific journals.

He is the 2004 recipient of the "Leadership Award / New Focus Prize" of the Optical Society of America (OSA) "for decade-long leadership of, and personal research contribution to, the field of laser applications to art conservation and leadership in establishing and guiding the scientific excellence of the laser science programs at IESL/FORTH".

He has been Springer Professor at the University of California, Berkeley for 2005-6.

He is also Life Member and Fellow of OSA and member of the Fellows Committee of the European Optical Society (EOS).

See also the detailed Curriculum Vitae in pdf file