Loukas Michalas, Assistant Professor,
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (IESL-FORTH)Loukas Michalas received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Athens, Greece. Since May 2024 he is an Assistant Professor with the department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. Previously Loukas was a postdoctoral researcher at the IESL-FORTH, Greece, at the University of Southampton, UK, at the IMM-CNR, Rome, Italy and at the University of Athens, Greece. Over the years Loukas also collaborated via short secondment placements (1-2 months) as visiting researcher with the Keysight Labs, Linz, Austria, with the IEMN-CNRS, Lille, France, with RF Microtech, Perugia, Italy and with Imperial College London, UK. His major research activity is presently focusing on involving machine learning techniques in the development and reliability study of RF nanoelectronics devices and RF MEMS. Parallel research interests include metal-oxide based memristors, thin film semiconductor devices and microwave microscopy. In 2021 Loukas was awarded the competitive Individual Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship grant, whilst presently he is the Principal Investigator in AIMS5.0, a project focuses on using Artificial Intelligence in manufacturing. Apart from research Loukas also enjoys being involved in science outreach and public engagement activities.