EDUCATION:

1993 - Ph.D. in Polymer Science & Engineering
University of Massachusetts; Amherst, MA 01003
1989 - M.S. in Polymer Science & Engineering
University of Massachusetts; Amherst, MA 01003
1987 - B.S. with honors in Chemistry
National University of Athens; Athens, GREECE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2000 - Present Associate Director, Institute of Materials Science
2005 - Present Professor; (1999-2005) Associate Professor; (1994-1999) Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry, IMS, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT

2004 Adjunct Advisor, International Center for Young Scientist, NIMS, JAPAN
2001 Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Carnegie Mellon Univ.
1992 - 1994 Post Doctoral Member of Technical Staff,
AT&T Bell Laboratories; Murray Hill, NJ
1987 - 1992 Research Assistant, Department of Polymer Science & Engineering
University of Massachusetts; Amherst, MA

AWARDS And HONORS:

2004 - Elected as Member of the Connecticut Academy of Science & Engineering
1997 - National Science Foundation, Early Faculty Career Award,
1997 - American Association of University Professors, Excellence Award for Teaching Promise,
1997 - HP Fellowship for two of his Graduate Students (K. A. Higginson, D. L. Thomsen),
1992 - Elected Member of the Honor Society of , UMASS Chapter,
1987 - Graduated Valedictorian (First in the Class of 1987), Department of Chemistry, National University of Athens, Athens, GREECE.

MAJ. RESEARCH INTERESTS:

SWNT Purification, Separation, Spectroscopic Characterization and Assembly (tailor-made synthesis, supramolecular architecture via self-assembly, device fabrication, assembly & failure analysis  Implantable Electrochemical Sensors  Nanotube immunosensors  DNA delivery  Nanosized CdSe and Si Semiconductors  DNA-assisted Photonic Crystal Fabrication

MEMBERSHIPS & COMMITTEES:

American Chemical Society, Polymer Chemistry Division, Inc., member & Symp. organizer;
American Physical Society, member Division of High Polymer Physics;
Society of Plastics Engineers, member & symposium organizer;
Materials Research Society, member; International Society for Optical Engineers (SPIE), member

SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES:

1. STATE NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE: Chair of the State-wide CT Nanotechnology Course Development

2. EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Progress In Polymer Science.

3. INSTITUTE, CENTER AND LABORATORY ASSOCIATION:
a) Co-Founding Member, Connecticut Nanotechnology Initiative (CNI), Inc., New Haven, CT.
b) Founder of the CT Nanovan Project (Exposing CT high school students to Nanoscience though the use of AFM)
c) Associate Director, Institute of Materials Science (IMS). This Institute provides the largest research facility in the area of materials characterization in the State of Connecticut, available for researchers, corporations & gov. labs.
d) Director, Center for Advance Deployable Nanosensors. This recently established center (Fall 2002) intends to develop nanosized sensors based on diverting intracellular electrical processes into nano-scale electronic circuits.
e) Co-Director, Nanomaterials Optoelectronics Laboratory. This laboratory combines specialized research facilities between the Microelectronics Laboratory at the Electrical and Computer Eng. Dept. and the Institute of Materials Science and provides a state of the art fabrication and characterization infrastructure for nanosized optoelectronic devices, available for local and visiting researchers and corporations.

COLLABORATORS (within the last 48 months) M. Dresselhaus (MIT), R. Baughman, A. Zhakidov (UTexas, Dal-las); Y. Bar-Cohen (NASA, JPL); D. Mavroidis (Northeastern); M. Yarmush, M. Tomassone (Rotgers); (UCO-NN-ECE); T. Goodson (Wayne State U.); F. Moussy (U. Florida); F. Jain, J. Rusling, R. Birge, Marcel Ulz, A. Dobrynin, Ken Noll, D. Burgess (UCONN) M. Reed, L. Pfefferle, G.Haller (YALE), I. Ichinose (NIMS/Japan).

DEPARTMENTAL LEVEL COMMITTEES

i) UCONN Chemistry Dept. Undergraduate Committee, Member

ii) UCONN Chemistry Dept. Advisory Board Committee, Member

iii) UCONN Chemistry Dept. PTR Reform Committee, Member

iv) Polymer Program Curriculum Committee, Member

v) Polymer Program (Organized the Polymer Science Seminar Series) (Spring 1995), (Spring1996), (Fall 1998),(Fall 2002)

vi) Polymer Program Industrial Outreach Committee
(Organizer, Chairman and Speaker at the Introduction to Polymer Science Course, UCONN, IMS, 9/5/97, One day workshop offered by the Polymer Science Program. (Organizer, Chairman and Speaker at the "3rd Annual Connecticut Polymer Exposition: "State of the Art: Polymers in Connecticut" 8/18/1998.

vii) Polymer Program Faculty Recruitment Committee, Member

viii) Polymer Program, Block Grand Outreach (e.g. NSF-MARSEC, etc.)

xi) Polymer Science Program, Polymer Certificate (Chairman)

x) Polymer Science Program, Fund-Raising Committee (Chairman and Member)

xi) Polymer Science Program, General Exam Committee Review, Member

xii) Polymer Program, Faculty Search Committee

xiii) Physics Department, Faculty Search Committee

xiv) Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty Search Committee

DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION DUTIES

Associate Director of the Institute of Materials Science (equivalent to Associate Dean level)

SERVICE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NON-UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

1) American Chemical Society (ACS) (Symposium Organization, Member and Symposium Organizer).

2) Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), Electrical and Electronics Division, (Symposium Organization and Chairperson at the National SPE Meeting (ANTEC '97, Toronto, Canada, April 28-May 1, 1997) (see page 8).

3) SPIE International Society for Optical Engineers, (Participated in the 1997 Organizing Committee of the SPIE conference on "Organic Materials for Photonics" that was held in San Diego, CA, 7/31/97).

4) Hellenic Society "Paideia", (Secretary of the Central Board of the Directors)
Hellenic Society "Paideia" is an international Organization promoting Hellenic (Greek) Studies in 54 Universities around the world.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PRESENTLY ACTIVE

1) American Chemical Society, member 1989 - present.
Polymer Chemistry Division, Inc., member 1989 - present

2) American Physical Society, member 1992 - present.
Division of High Polymer Physics, member 1993 - present

3) Materials Research Society, member 1990 - present.

4) SPIE International Society for Optical Engineers, member 1997 - present