Education
2010 - 2014 : PhD, "Multi-Party Quantum Cryptographic Primitives in Realistic Environments". Supervisors: Eleni Diamanti (Telecom Paristech) and Iordanis Kerenidis (Paris 7).

2006 - 2007: MPRI - Master's degree in Research in Computer Science (Paris 7, ENS Paris, ENS Cachan, Ecole Polytechnique).

2000 - 2006: Bachelor and Master's degree, Department of Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Specialization in "Application of Mathematics in Computer Science" and "Statistics".

Employment
2020-present: Emmy Noether group leader, Quantum Communication and Cryptography, Technical University Berlin, Germany.

2019-2020: Marie Curie fellow, Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Freie University Berlin, Germany.

2017-2019: Marie Curie fellow, Department of Physics, University College London.

2015-2016: Postdoctoral researcher, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh.

2014-2015: Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Physics, University College London.

2007- 2010: Software Engineer at Nokia-Siemens Networks. Responsibilities: Network planning and installation of VoIP systems, Product Security Lead (threat and risk analysis, hardening and penetration testing). 

Fellowships
  • Emmy Noether Junior Independent group Leader, DFG. Period: 2020-2026 (1.15m euros).
  • OX/BER fund, joint with Dr Aleks Kissinger. ' Compositional structure of quantum advantage'.
  • Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, European Commission under the Horizon2020 funding scheme (Freie University Berlin).
  • Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral Fellowship, Freie University Berlin.
  • Marie Curie Individual Fellowship, European Commission under the Horizon2020 funding scheme (University College London).
  • Postdoctoral and Early Career Researcher Exchanges (PECE), Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance. Visit to Telecom Paristech, January-April 2016.
  • UCLQ Fellowship, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London (2014).
  • Simons Foundation, Participation Grant for 'Quantum Games and Complexity Workshop', February 2014, Berkeley, USA.
  • Fondation Sciences Mathematiques de Paris, Visit to the University of Montreal, October-December 2013.
  • Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship (2013).
  • QIP Conference attendance grant (2013).
  • Doctoral Research Scholarship from the Region Ile-de-France (2011).
  • Postgraduate Scholarship from the French Government (2006). 

Research activities
2006 - 2007: Internship at the Computer Science Laboratory (LRI - Laboratoire de Recherche en Informatique), University Paris-Sud. Diploma Thesis: "Security of Multi-Party Protocols against Quantum Adversaries".

2003 - 2006: Member of the "Computation and Reasoning Laboratory (CoReLab)" of NTUA. Activities:
  • Co-organizer of the Seminars in Cryptography, Number Theory and Quantum Computations.
  • Lab assistant in a first-year course in Programming Languages.
  • Assistant in organizing and conducting the fifth-year course of "Cryptography and Complexity".

Teaching
Spring 2006: Lab Instructor on Programming Languages, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens.

Spring 2006: Assistant in organizing and conducting the fifth-year course of "Cryptography and Complexity" and final exams.

2005 - 2006: Organisation of the "Cryptography, Complexity and Quantum Algorithms" Seminar, National Technical University of Athens.

Popular Articles
​2physics.com: Nonlocality and conflicting interest games
phys.org: Heads or tails: Experimental quantum coin flipping cryptography performs better than classical protocols
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Referee
TAMC, QIC, TCS, NJP, TQC, Optics Letters