Ioannis Liodakis PhD
Team
Current team members:
Beatriz Agís González obtained her PhD in 2017 from the Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA) and Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain). Before joining IA in 2024 she was a IAC-KU Leuven Postdoctoral Fellow in Belgium and a "Junta de Andalucía" fellow at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía in Spain. Her research interests revolve around accretion on active galactic nuclei, tidal disruption events and quasi-periodic eruptions.
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Eugene Malygin obtained his Specialist degree (BSc + MSc) in Astronomy from Kazan Federal University in 2020 and completed his PhD in Astrophysics at the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences in 2023. For several years, he carried out observations with the optical 6-m BTA telescope and the 1-m Zeiss telescope at the Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, studying supermassive black holes, as well as the geometry and behaviour of matter in the central parsec of AGNs through reverberation mapping and polarized light.
Sara Capecchiacci is from Italy, where she obtained both my Bachelor’s degree in Physics and my Master’s degree in Astrophysics and Space Physics. Sara loves looking at the night sky with her telescope, named Anakin Skywatcher, and aspires to be an astrophotographer. In her spare time, she enjoys reading a nice book and practicing outdoors sports. She started her PhD in Crete in 2024.
Alberto Floris comes from San Donà di Piave, a city nearby Venice, in Italy. He holds a MSc in Astrophysics and Cosmology obtained at the University of Padova (Italy). His main research interests are Active Galactic Nuclei, Broad Line Regions, Tidal Disruption Events, star formation and the Interstellar Medium. In his free time he enjoys trekking, learning new languages and studying history. He started his PhD in Crete in 2024.
Dimitrios Alkinoos Langis obtained his Bachelors in 2023 and Masters in 2024 in Physics at the University of Crete. His research interests primarily revolve around Active Galactic Nuclei, Tidal Disruption Events, and Supermassive Black Holes. In his free time, he enjoys playing chess, strength training, and cinema. He started his PhD in Crete in 2024.
Anastasia Glykopoulou is a senior undergraduate at the Physics Department of the University of Crete. Her work is focusing on the detection of optical polarization angle rotations from blazars.
Vasiliki Tsioupli is pursuing her undergraduate degree in Physics from the University of Crete. Her work focuses on instrumentation and particularly the characterization of the optical circular polarization capabilities of RoboPol.
Aris Polychronakis got his bachelors from the University of Crete in 2025 and pursued a masters degree from the same University. He work focuses on the analysis of polarimetric data from RoboPol and the detection of intranight polarization angle rotations.
Marina Tsakalou is pursuing her undergraduate degree in Physics from the University of Crete. Her work focuses on black hole mass estimation in TDEs.
Panagiotis Fotis is pursuing his undergraduate degree in Physics from the University of Crete. His work focuses on optical circular polarization observations and modeling of blazars.
Christos Pyrovolakis is pursuing his undergraduate degree in Physics from the University of Crete. His work focuses on tidal disruption events and their host galaxies.
Past team members:
Sebastian Kiehlmann
Postdoc: 2024 - 2025
Last known position: German federal government
Georgia Pachygiannaki
Summer student: 2024
Last known position: Undergrad at Aberystwyth University
Styliana Grigoriou
Undergraduate thesis 2024-2025
Last known position : MSc University of Lund
Alessandro Paggi
Postdoc: 2024-2025
Last known position : Postdoc at INAF bologna
Vasilis Papachristodoulou
Undergraduate thesis: 2024-2025
Last known position : MSc University of Thessaloniki
John Andrew Kypriotakis
Postdoc: 2024-2026
Last known position : Postdoc at University of Crete