Stavros Komineas

Professional Experience

• Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece (Professor, 2024 - present) (Associate Professor, 2017 - 2024) (Assistant Professor, 2013 - 2017)
• Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece (Assistant Professor, 2009 - 2013)
• Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany (Visiting Scientist, 2006 - 2008)
• Theory of Condensed Matter group, Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, U.K. (EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellow, 2002 - 2006)
• Physics department, University of Bayreuth, Germany (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, 1998 - 2002)

Education

• Ph.D. thesis: "Dynamics of topological magnetic solitons", Physics department, University of Crete and IESL - FORTH, Greece (1993-1997).
  
• M.Sc.: Physics department, University of Crete and IESL - FORTH, Greece (1991-1993).
• B.Sc.: Physics department, University of Patras, Greece (1986-1990).
  Undergaduate thesis, "Period-doubling bifurcation route to Chaos", Institute for Theoretical Physics, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands (1990).

Visiting Research Fellow

• Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Program on "Topological Defects in Non-Equilibrium Systems and Condensed Matter", (Dresden, Germany, August 1999)
• Los Alamos National Laboratory, Center for Nonlinear Studies (CNLS) (Los Alamos, New Mexico, 1 November - 12 December 2001)
• Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics (KITP), Program on "Quantum gases" (University of California, Santa Barbara, 5 April - 1 May 2004)
• Ecole Normale Superieure, "Cold atoms" group (Paris, France, 1 June - 30 June 2004)
• Cavendish Laboratory, TCM group, Cambridge (Cambridge, U.K., 19 January - 15 February 2011 & 16 April - 15 June 2012)
• Clarendon Laboratory, Quantum Materials group, Oxford (Oxford, U.K., 1 February - 15 April 2012)
• RWTH Aachen University (Mercator Fellow) (Aachen, Germany, 1 February - 30 April 2017)

Honours

• Associate Member of St. Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge
• Mercator Fellow, Visiting Professor, RWTH Aachen University (1/2/2017 - 30/4/2017)

Workshops and Events

• Workshop on "Partial Differential Equations in Physics and Materials Science", Heraklion, May 29 - 31, 2024.
• Workshop on ``Textures and Topology in Magnetics'', Heraklion, July 27, 2023.
• Workshop on ``Statics and Dynamics of Skyrmions'', Heraklion, March 29 - April 1, 2022.
• 12th International Symposium on ``Hysteresis Modeling and Micromagnetics'', Heraklion, May 19 - 22, 2019.
• Mini Workshop on ``Patterns and Topology in Micromagnetics'', Heraklion, May 13 - 17, 2019.
• Workshop on Partial Differential Equations in Physics and Materials Science'', Heraklion, May 10 - 16, 2018.
• Seminar and Workshop on ``Topological Patterns and Dynamics in Magnetic Elements and in Condensed Matter'', Dresden, 27 June - 8 July 2016.
• Workshop on ``Domain microstructure and dynamics in magnetic elements'', Heraklion, April 8 – 11, 2013.