PCRL Alumni

Konstantina Kanta

PhD Title: Design and Implementation of Digital Signal Processing Algorithms and Optical Circuits in 5G Optical Networks
PhD Award Year: 2024
Currently Employed: Optical Communications Engineer,
DSP, NVIDIA

Thenia Prousalidi

PhD Title: System Development of Silicon Photonics Transceivers for future upgrades of High Energy Physics Experiments at CERN
PhD Award Year: 2024
Currently Employed: Research Associate, PCRL

Nikos Argyris

PhD Title: Digital signal processing techniques for coherent optical transceivers and high-bandwidth dynamic networks
PhD Award Year: 2023
Currently Employed: Sr. Engineer, System Products Team, NVIDIA

Kostas Tokas

PhD Title: Design and development of optical routing techniques and optical subsystems for Data Center Networks with Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation
PhD Award Year: 2022
Currently Employed: Sr. Engineer, NVIDIA

Christos Tsokos

PhD Title: Optical Beamforming Networks for Next Generation Mobile Communication Systems
PhD Award Year: 2022
Currently Employed: Research Associate, PCRL

Giannis Kanakis

PhD Title: Development of Photonic Integrated Circuits for Intra-Datacenter Interconnects and HPCs
PhD Award Year: 2021
Currently Employed: Research Associate, PCRL

Panagiotis Groumas

PhD Title: High speed optical interconnects based on serial transmission for the interconnection of data centers
PhD Award Year: 2021
Currently Employed: Research Associate, PCRL

Lefteris Gounaridis

PhD Title: Design and realization of photonic structures and control for interferometric hybridly integrated sensors
PhD Award Year: 2021
Currently Employed: Research Associate, PCRL

John Poulopoulos

PhD Title: Development of SOI platform integrated circuits and optical interfaces for applications in optical communications
networks
PhD Award Year: 2020
Currently Employed: Research Associate, PCRL

Nikos Iliadis

PhD Title: Coherent optical transceivers with dynamic spectral characteristics for flexible optical networks
PhD Award Year: 2019
Currently Employed: Nokia Corp., Athens

Vassilis Katopodis

PhD Title: Polymer technology for optical modulators and node design for flexible and high – speed optical interconnects for intra – and inter – data centers
PhD Award Year: 2018
Currently Employed: IBM

Giannis Giannoulis

PhD Title: Thermo-Optic Switching Fabrics Employing Dielectric-Loaded Plasmonic Structures Hetero-Integrated on a Silicon-on-Insulator Platform
PhD Award Year: 2017
Currently Employed: Research Associate, PCRL

Ioannis Lazarou

PhD Title: Advanced Modulation Formats in Optical Telecommunications for Next Generation Optical Long Haul and Access Networks
PhD Award Year: 2015
Currently Employed: Project Manager R&D Projects / Research Consultant, EXUS

Μarios Bougioukos

PhD Title: Highly Integrated Photonic Circuits for the Transmission and Processing of Advanced Modulation Format Signal in Optical Fiber Networks
PhD Award Year: 2013
Currently Employed: Vodafone

Christos Stamatiadis

PhD Title: Tb/s Photonic Routers Realized with Micro-Photonic Silicon Circuits
PhD Award Year: 2012

Alexandros Maziotis

PhD Title: Photonic Systems for Next Generation Broadband Access Networks
PhD Award Year: 2012
Currently Employed: Software Engineer at UBS, UK

Paraskevas Bakopoulos

PhD Title: High-Bandwidth Photonic Systems for Signal Generation and Processing, that Use High Nonlinearity Optical Fibers, for Application to Telecommunications and Biomedical Imaging
PhD Award Year: 2010
Currently Employed: Senior Staff Engineer, Mellanox Technologies

Christos Kouloumentas

PhD Title: Nonlinear Optical Fiber Circuits to Realize Complex Signal Processing in Optical Fiber Networks
PhD Award Year: 2010
Currently Employed: CTO Optagon Technologies, Athens

Dimitris Petrantonakis

PhD Title: Application of Integrated Photonic Technologies to All-Optical Data Routing and Regeneration Systems
PhD Award Year: 2010
Currently Employed: Senior Research Consultant, Intracom Defense, Athens

Panagiotis Zakynthinos

PhD Title: Towards Photonic VLSI, for use in Next Generation Wavelength Division Multiplexing Networks using Hybrid Photonic Integration
PhD Award Year: 2010
Currently Employed: European Patent Office, Hague

Leontios Stamboulidis

PhD Title: Optical Data Routing with Photonic Integrated Circuits
PhD Award Year: 2009
Currently Employed: Founder at LEO Space Photonics R&D

Dimitris Apostolopoulos

PhD Title: Optical Packet Switching and Buffering Systems for Broadband Packet Switched Networks
PhD Award Year: 2009
Currently Employed: Senior Research Associate, PCRL

Olga Zouraraki

PhD Title: Optical Packet Switching with High Non-linearity Optical Fibers and Highly Integrated Optical Gates
PhD Award Year: 2009
Currently Employed: Nokia Corp., Athens

Giorgos Kanellos

PhD Title: Uses of Photonic Integrated Circuit Technologies, in Demanding High Capacity Optical Network Applications
PhD Award Year: 2008
Currently Employed: Assistant Professor, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Dimitris Tsiokos

PhD Title: Digital Optical Circuits for Data Switching and Regeneration for Optical Fiber Networks
PhD Award Year: 2007
Currently Employed: Founder and CEO at bialoom, Cyprus

Efstratios Kehayas

PhD Title: Next Generation High Capacity Optical Networks, Transparent to Modulation Format and Data Traffic
PhD Award Year: 2007
Currently Employed: Chief Commercial Officer, Gooch & Housego, UK

Constantinos Vyrsokinos

PhD Title: All-Optical Signal Processing in Digital Communication Networks
PhD Award Year: 2007
Currently Employed: Lecturer, Aristotelean University of Thessaloniki

Stylianos Sygletos

PhD Title: Physical Layer Studies and Strategies towards the Migration to Dynamically Reconfigurable Ultra-High Capacity, Metropolitan Networks
PhD Award Year: 2005
Currently Employed: Assistant Professor, Aston University, UK

Nikos Pleros

PhD Title: Ultra-High Speed Digital Optical Circuits for Optical Packet Switched Networks
PhD Award Year: 2004
Currently Employed: Professor, Aristotelean University of Thessaloniki

Constantinos Yiannopoulos

PhD Title: Ultra-High Speed Circuits for Digital Optical Networks
PhD Award Year: 2004
Currently Employed: Assistant Professor, University of Peloponnese

Giorgos Theophilopoulos

PhD Title: Towards the Realization of All-Optical Packet Switching in Ultra-High Speed Networks
PhD Award Year: 2003
Currently Employed: Intralot

Marios Kalyvas

PhD Title: All-Optical Digital Signal Processing in Telecommunications Networks with Ultra-High Speed, Nonlinear Interferometers
PhD Award Year: 2003
Currently Employed: Qatar Railways Company

Christos Bintzas

PhD Title: All-Optical Data Switching in Digital Telecommunications Networks
PhD Award Year: 2003
Currently Employed:
Program Delivery Manager at Netcompany-Intrasoft

Kyriakos Vlachos

PhD Title: All-Optical Fiber Circuits for Digital Optical Signal Processing at Ultra High Speeds
PhD Award Year: 2002
Currently Employed: Associate Professor, University of Patras

Kyriakos Zoiros

PhD Title: Application of Optical Fiber Sagnac Gates for Multiplexing/Demultiplexing and for Generation of Ultra High Speed Pseudorandom Data-Sequences
PhD Award Year: 2000
Currently Employed: Professor, University of Thrace

Antonis Hatziefremidis

PhD Title: Application of Optoelecronic Devices for the Generation of Polarized Electron Beams
PhD Award Year: 1999
Currently Employed: Professor, University of Athens

Thanasis Papakyriakopoulos

PhD Title: Optical Sources for OTDM/WDM Communication Systems
PhD Award Year: 1999
Currently Employed: Cisco Hellas

Thanasis Houbavlis 

PhD Title: Ultra High Speed Optical Logic Gates
PhD Award Year: 1999