| Personal data | Maria Fyta, PhD | |
| Place of birth: Germany | ||
| Nationality: Greek | ||
| Appointments |
2012 -- present: Juniorprofessor at the University of Stuttgart, Germany 2008 -- 2012: Postdoctoral and Marie Curie fellow at the group of Prof. R. Netz, Department of Physics, Technical University of Munich, Germany 2005 -- 2008: Postdoctoral fellow at the group of Prof. E. Kaxiras, Department of Physics, Harvard University USA 1999 -- 2005: Teaching assistant at the University of Crete, Greece | |
| Education |
6/2005: PhD (Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece) Advisor: Prof. P.C. Kelires (University of Crete) Title:Theoretical investigation of the energetics and mechanical properties of nanostructured amorphous carbon 9/2001: M.Sc. in Condensed Matter Physics, University of Crete, Greece. 1995 -- 1999: B.Sc. in Physics, University of Crete, Greece. |
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| Summary of scientific contributions | Link to publications | |
| Research interests |
Computational Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Biophysics Tunable nanomaterials Optoelectronic and mechanical properties of nanostructured and defective materials Hybrid bio/nanomaterials Two-dimensional materials and heterostructures Chemically modified and biofunctionalized materials Nanopore materials for biosensing |
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| Teaching Experience: |
2012 -- present: Lecturer for undergraduate and graduate courses at the University of Stuttgart 2008 -- 2011: Teaching assistant for advanced courses at the Physics Department, Technical University of Munich 1999 -- 2005: Teaching assistant for courses in Physics and Mathematics taught at the Physics Department, University of Crete |
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| Scholarships & Awards |
2010 : Intra-European Marie Curie Fellowship 2009 : Postdoctoral fellowship for women by the Munich Cluster of Excellence (Stelle fuer Nachwuchswissenschaftlerin aus der Exzellenzinitiative) 2008 : Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship 2007 : Best Paper in a Workshop at ICCS 2007 (International Conference on Computational Science): Multiscale Modeling of Biopolymer Translocation Through a Nanopore by M. Fyta, S. Melchionna, E. Kaxiras, and S. Succi. 2002 : Award from the National Scholarships Foundation,Greece for graduate study 1998 : 2nd Price at the Summer school on Advanced Physics, UoC - Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH) 1996, 1997 : Consecutive awards from the National Scholarships Foundation, Greece for undergraduate study |
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| Activities: |
Member: Materials Research Society, American Physical Society, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, European Physical Society, Deutscher Hochschulverband | |
| Languages: |
Greek, English , German |