Evangelia Panagakou - CV




    Personal Data


    Last Name : Panagakou
    First Name : Evangelia (Evelyn)
    Nationality : Greek
    Place of Birth : Athens, Greece
    Date of Birth : 19.10.1983
    Address : Institute of Physical Chemistry National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos"
    City : Athens
    Country : Greece
    Postal Code : 15310
    Phone Number: +302106503658
    Mobile: +306974103782
    E-Mail Address : epanagakou@chem.demokritos.gr

    Education


    12.2010 – present: Ph.D. in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Athens – Statistical Mechanics Nonlinear Dynamics Laboratory, Institute of Physical Chemistry, National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Athens, Greece.
    09.2006 – 05.2008: M.S. in Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.
    09.2001 – 09.2007: B.S. in Physics, University of Athens, School of Science, Department of Physics, Division of Applied Physics.

    Research


    12.2010 – present: PhD Thesis: “Synchronization Phenomena in Lattices of Coupled Oscillators”. Supervisors: Dr. A. Provata, Associate Prof. F. Diakonos, Prof. D. Frantzeskakis.
    02.2009 – 06.2009: Independent Study: “On the predictability of epileptic seizures from EEG signals”, Athens Information Technology Institute.
    09.2007 – 05.2008: Participated in the Applied Math M.S. Project (University of Massachusetts, USA) on Tumor Growth. Supervisor: Professor N. Whitaker.
    09.2006 – 12.2006: Research Assistantship by Professor P. Kevrekidis, Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Worked on optical waves.
    09.2006 – 04.2007: Participated in the Applied Math M.S. Project (University of Massachusetts, USA) on Bose - Einstein Condensates (BECs):“An investigation of Bose-Einstein Condensates”. Supervisor: Professor P. Kevrekidis.
    11.2005 – 07.2006: Undergraduate Degree Thesis on Bose – Einstein Condensates: “Symmetry breaking in symmetric and asymmetric double well potentials”. Supervisor: Professor D. J. Frantzeskakis.
    Summer 2003: Joined a research team of the National Center for Scientific Research of Greece “Demokritos” and got involved with the processing of experimental data coming from the high energy physics experiments that were being carried out in CERN.

    Seminars – Summer Schools - Conferences


    12.09.2011-16.09.2011: European Conference on Complex Systems (ECCS '11 Vienna), Vienna, Austria.
    18.07.2011-29.07.2011: First European Ph.D. School on “Mathematical Modelling of Complex Systems”, Patras, Greece.
    09.2008 –07.2009: Attended the course part of the program M.S. in Information and Telecommunications Technologies (MSITT), Athens Information Technology (AIT), Athens, Greece.
    07.2007: Summer School: Lectures in Physics: Bose - Einstein Condensates, organized by the Onassis Foundation.
    24.08.2005 : Tutorial “The Grid” at CERN
    11.07.2005–22.07.2005:Summer School “Last Evolutions in Research and Technology”, organized by the National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”.
    22.11.2003 – 23.11.2003:“Development and function of electrical power Systems in Greece”, organized by “Study Festival”.
    03.2003 – 05.2003:“Access 2000-networks-internet-frontpage”, organized by the Greek Physics Union.

    Computer Skills


    Microsoft Office, Matlab, Mathematica, PSpice, ADS, Adobe Photoshop, LaTex.
    Languages: Fortran, C, C++, Pascal, Assembly PDP-11, ARM.
    Hardware: Logic Design of Digital Systems, Digital Circuits Laboratory.
    Operating Systems: Windows 98/Me/XP/Vista, Linux: Suse 9.2, Fedora/Redhat, CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu.

    Languages



    Greek : Native Language
    English : Michigan Proficiency (ECPE) (2006), Advanced Proficiency Certificate in English (Oxford U) (1998)
    French : DELF 1(unite A1: 1997, unites A2, A3, A4: 1998)

    Work Experience


    09.2009 – present : Tutoring students of secondary school and high school and preparing them for entering the university & Tutoring undergraduate students.
    09.2007 – 05.2008 : Computer Administrator (RCF Graduate RAs) of the Graduate Computer Lab, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
    02.2007 – 05.2008 : Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. (Spring 2008: TA in math121: Linear Methods and Probability for Business).
    09.2006 – 01.2007 : Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
    2005 : Assistant of Associate Professor G. S. Tombras in the Electronics I Laboratory (5th Semester) (Physics Department, University of Athens Greece).
    2002 – 2006 : Assisted students of the Department of Physics (University of Athens) in electronics and mechanics.

    Awards


    1. Honorships (1995 –2001) by the Ministry of Education, the Greek Army and the Mental Center of Papagou, Athens for being an excellent student and ranking 1st in my school.
    2. Honorships (1990 – 1995), 19 medals, 11cups, for winning individual and club nationwide chess championships.
    3. Prestigious distinction and commendation in the 59th nationwide Mathematics Competition “Euclides” in 1999, by the Greek Mathematical Society.
    4. Research and teaching assistantship (2006 – 2008) for the Master of Science in applied mathematics at the University of Massachusetts, USA (by the same University).
    5. Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation Scholarship for 1 week summer school attendance (2007).
    6. Full tuition scholarship for the Master of Science in information and telecommunications technologies at Athens Information Technology Institute, Athens, Greece, by the same Institute and the INTRACOM Group of Companies (09.2008-07.2009).
    7. PhD Research Scholarship, by the National Center of Scientific Research “Demokritos” (12.2010 – present).
    8. Full financial aid for the attendance of the ECCS 2011 at Vienna (stay and trip included), by the CSS, the ASSYST and the FuturICT team.

    Poster at Conference


    E. Panagakou, N. Kouvaris, A. Provata. «Complex Reactive Dynamics», poster for the conference “European Conference on Complex Systems, September 12-16 2011” (ECCS '11 Vienna), Vienna, Austria.

    Given Talks – Presentations


    1. “Kinetic Monte Carlo Simulations in Reaction - Diffusion Systems”, Institute of Physical Chemistry, National Center for Scientific Research, Athens, Greece. (18.05.2011).
    2. “Limit Cycle Reaction – Diffusion Dynamics”, Institute of Physical Chemistry, National Center for Scientific Research, Athens, Greece. (21.11.2011).

    Memberships


    1990 – 1995 : Member of the Athletic Chess Union of Papagou, Athens, Greece (A’ & B’ National Category).
    1994 – 1995 : Member of the Junior National Greek Chess Team.
    1995 – present : Member of the local Athletic Chess Union “Aigli Papagou”, Athens, Greece.
    1995 – 1998 : Member of the Volleyball Team of Athletic Union of Papagou, Athens, Greece.
    2011 - present : Member of Complex Systems Society.

    Interests


    1989 – 1995 : Greek Traditional Dances: Performances and attendance of classes. 1988 – 2002 : Ballet: Performances and attendance of classes. Furthermore : Dancing, volleyball, swimming, drawing, listening to music, singing, reading books, travelling, philosophy, poetry, chess.