Education
- 2020: PhD in Astrophysics (University of Crete, Greece)
- 2026: MSc in Computational Physics (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
- 2014: Bachelor in Physics (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)
Research
- 2022 – present: Postdoctoral Fellow at Institute of Space Sciences
(ICE/CSIC, IEEC), Barcelona, Spain
- 2021 – 2022: Postdoctoral Research Assistant at Department of Astronomy,
University of Geneva, Switzerland
Awards and funding
- 2022: Seal of Excellence, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral – Fellowships
- 2022 – 2024: ICE Fellowship funded by Maria de Maeztu grant (68,000 EUR)
- 2021 – 2022: Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship (42,000 CHF)
- 2016 – 2020: Full Doctoral Scholarship from ERC Consolidator (FORTH, Heraklion, Greece)
- 2016: Reciprocal Scholarship of Excelling MSc Students (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
Research visits
- April 2019: Observatoire de Geneve, Switzerland
- August 2017: Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA
International Collaborations
- POSYDON collaboration (PIs: Tassos Fragos, Vicky Kalogera)
Best 6 refereed (co)authored publications
- Kovlakas et al. 2020, A census of ultraluminous X-ray sources in the local Universe,
MNRAS, 498, 4790.
- Bavera et al. 2021, The impact of mass-transfer physics on the observable properties of
field binary black hole populations, A&A, 647, A153.
- Navin et al. 2021, Periodic Fast Radio Bursts from Luminous X-ray Binaries, ApJ, 917, 13
- Lehmer et al. 2021, The Metallicity Dependence of the High-mass X-Ray Binary Luminosity Function, ApJ, 907, 17
- Kovlakas et al. 2021, The Heraklion Extragalactic Catalogue (HECATE): a value-added galaxy
catalogue for multimessenger astrophysics, MNRAS, 506, 1896
- Kovlakas et al. 2022, The ionizing and heating power of ultraluminous X-ray sources under
the geometrical beaming model, A&A, 665, 28
Teaching and supervising experience
- 2022: Summer School for AstroStatistics in Crete, Coordination & Teaching
- 2021: Supervision of MSc student Celvin Tan, University of Geneva
- 2021: Supervision of BSc student David Bekri, University of Geneva
- 2019: Summer School for AstroStatistics in Crete, Coordination & Teaching
- 2018: Assistance for "Physics of Galaxies" Master course, University of Crete
- 2018: Tutor in "Adventures in Astrophysics" for advanced undergrads, University of Crete
- 2017: Teaching Assistant in "Ph150: Introduction to Computers" Department of Physics, University of Crete
- 2014: Tutor for Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, and Computer Programming
Science communication and outreach experience
- 2022: 250 Ans de l'Observatoire de Geneve, University of Geneva, Switzerland
- 2018 – present: The Tipping Point in Education / sessions with Schools, Greece
- 2018 – 2020: Astronomy Translation Network, International Astronomical Union
- 2017 – 2019: Skinakas Observatory Open Nights, Greece
- 2017 – 2019: Journal Club coordinator, Institute of Astrophysics, FORTH, Greece
- 2018: European Researcher's Night, Heraklion, Greece
- 2015 – 2018: Lecture for the philosophy group "Socratic Cafe", Drama, Greece
- 2014 – 2015: Outreach through radio show "Fysika Magica on Air", Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2014: Teacher at the 2nd Summer School of Astronomy, Drama, Greece
- 2010 – 2011: Science columnist for the "Korios" newspaper, Cyprus
