Assoc. Prof. Dr. Christos Garoufalis is a Faculty Member of the Department of Materials Science of the University of Patras. He received his PhD in Physics (Computational materials science / Quantum Chemistry) in 2003 from the department of Physics of the University of Patras. Ever since, he has worked as a researcher in numerous projects either as principal investigator or simply as a member of the research group. Throughout his career, his scientific interests and research efforts have expanded far beyond the confines of quantum chemistry into the broader field of computational materials science. He possesses a diverse arsenal of theoretical methods, including phenomenological, empirical, semi-empirical, first principles and high-level ab initio techniques, in both confined and extended systems.
His published work (more than 60 papers in peer reviewed journals) is mainly focused on the theoretical study of semiconductor nanoparticles where the quantum confinement effects govern their properties.
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