I. Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Athanasios Mourlas is a Mechanical Engineer (B.Sc. TEI of Piraeus, Greece) and received his Ph.D. (University of Ioannina, Greece) on the tribological characterization of metallic and ceramic coatings. He has been associated with the TribLab for twenty (20) years as a Laboratory Associate and currently, as postdoctoral researcher, he is studying the effects of thermal cycles on the microstructure and tribological performance/properties of particle reinforced multilayer structures, deposited via conventional arc melting/welding techniques.

Dr. Ioannis Papantoniou is a Production and Management Engineer (Technical University of Crete, Greece) and received his Ph.D. (National Technical University of Athens, Greece) on the topic of manufacturing reinforced aluminum foams via "friction stir processing". Currently, he serves as a collaborative researcher of TribLab focusing on the elaboration of MMCs via solid-state techniques.

Dr. Lamprini Malletzidou is a Physicist (B.Sc. Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece) and received her Ph.D. from the same University on the characterisation of surfaces via spectroscopic techniques. As collaborative researcher of TribLab, she is working on morphological and structural characterisation of coatings and composite materials.

Dr. Paraskevi Pantazopoulou is a Chemical Engineer (National Technical University of Athens, Greece) and received her Ph.D. from the same University on the development of pigments for the protection of reinforced concrete. As a post-doctorate researcher of TribLab, she is working on electrochemical corrosion and oxidation of metallic surfaces/composites.

ii. PhD Canditates

Aristotelis Manousakis is a Mechanical Engineer (University of West Attica, Greece) and received his M.Sc. (University of Ioannina, Greece) on Materials Science and Engineering. Currently, he carries out his Ph.D. thesis "Elaboration of metallic matrix composites reinforced by ceramic particulates via liquid- and solid-state techniques" at TribLab.