| 1998 | Ph.D. 'Trapping in Disordered Systems', Dept of Physics, Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 1993 | Physics Degree, Dept of Physics, Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece |
| 1993-1997 | Student in the Dept of Computer Science, Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece (successfully completed 40 courses) |
| 2015 | Associate Director and Research Professor at DIMACS, Rutgers University | 2012-2015 | Research Associate at the Department of Ecology, Rutgers University (Lab of Prof. Nina H. Fefferman). | 2008-2012, 2006-07 | Research Associate at the Levich Institute, City College of NY (Laboratory of Prof. H.A. Makse). |
| 2007, 2001-05 | Post-doctoral position at the Computational Physics group, Physics Department of Univ. of Thessaloniki (prof. P. Argyrakis). | |
| 1999-2001 | Post-doctoral position at the Laboratory for Polymer Reaction Engineering, Chemical Engineering Dept. and Chemical Process Engineering Research Institute, in the group of prof. C. Kyparissides. | |
| 1997 | Visiting scientist at the Institut fur Festkorperforschung, KFA, in Juelich, Germany (with prof. K.W. Kehr). | |
| 1994-1995 | Scientific training at the Laboratoire de Photophysique et Photochimie (Director: Dr. D. Markovitsi) in Comissariat d'Energie Atomique (CEA), Centre d'Etudes Saclay, France |
| 2013 | APS Outstanding Referee, American Physical Society | 2011 | Distinguished Referee, European Physical Society |
| 2009 | Distinguished Referee, European Physical Society |
| 2003-2004 | Research scholarship from the Research Committee (Univ. of Thessaloniki) |
| 2002-2003 | IKY-DAAD travel fellowship for research in Giessen, Germany (prof. A. Bunde) |
| 2000-2001 | EIE-CNRS fellowship for research in Saclay, France (Dr. D. Markovitsi) |
| 1994 | Scholarship from Ministere Affaires Etrangeres of France for research at CEA, Saclay, France. |
| 1993 | Scholarship from the City of Heraklion for 1st place in advanced physics summer school |
| 1993 | Valedictorian at the Science Departments graduation, University of Thessaloniki |
| 1990 | Greek government scholarship for First Year studies achievement. |
| 2002-2005 | Adjunct Professor, graduate course 'Simulation methods' |
| 1999-2001 | Part of the NAUSIKA group, developing an educational CD-ROM of virtual labs for teaching Thermodynamics in High-School students. |
| 2000-2002 | Teaching assistant, graduate course 'Simulation methods' |
| 1996-1998 | Teaching assistant, 4th year course 'Advanced Statistical Physics' |
I have participated in numerous research projects funded by NSF, the European Commission, the Army Research Laboratory, the Greek Ministry of Research, etc.
In most of these projects I have been actively involved as a co-author of the grant proposals.
The paper on obesity spreading was widely covered by the media, e.g. NSF Highlights, The Atlantic Cities, Physics World, Science Daily, Medical Xpress, Jeff Nesbit's "On the Edge" blog in US News, etc.
The paper on influential spreaders was widely covered by the media, e.g. Technology review, Science Daily, Fast company, Science for SEO, Emedia, wikio, NSF, India Times, etc.
The paper on the tolerance of scale-free networks was also covered by many homepages and newspapers, such as: Press Release, Plus magazine, Science Daily.
I was interviewed by Science News on the authenticity of Pollock paintings, based on their fractal structure.