Ioannis Giapintzakis received his B.S. (Magna Cum Laude) in Physics and M.S. in Applied Physics from Northern Illinois University in 1985 and 1987, respectively. In 1992 he received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) based on his work on the Flux Pinning Properties of High Temperature Superconductors under the advice of Professors D.M. Ginsberg and Ian Robertson. He subsequently continued working in the area of High Temperature Superconductivity as a Post Doctoral Research Associate (1992-94) in the Seitz Materials Research Laboratory and then as an Assistant Research Professor (1994-96) in the Physics Department of UIUC. In 1997, after completing his military service, he joined the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH) in Crete at the rank of Researcher Grade C; in 2000 he was promoted to the tenured rank of Researcher B. Concurrently, he was affiliated with the Physics Department of the University of Crete as a Visiting Associate Professor teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses. In 2002, he joined the faculty of the University of Crete as an Associate Professor of the Department of Materials Science and Technology and was the coordinator for undergraduate studies. Since August of 2005 he has joined the Department of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering of the University of Cyprus as an Associate Professor. He is currently the Chairman of the Department and the Head of two laboratories: “Synthesis and measurement of physical properties of materials” and “Laser-assisted processing of materials”. His research team at present has 6 members: 2 Postdoctoral associates, 1 PhD student, 1 MSc student and 2 Diploma thesis students. He has published 86 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has been cited over 2.900 times. He has participated in several national and EU research projects both as a site representative and as work package leader with a total funding over 1.6 million €.

Growth of epitaxial thin films and nanostructures by pulsed laser deposition (PLD); Thermoelectricity of oxides for applications in solid state cooling and heating devices; Thermal transport in low-dimensional magnetic systems for applications in thermal management; Magnetic properties in C-based nanostructures for applications in spintronics and biomedicine; GMR/FM in oxides and spin injection between HMFM and NGS for applications in spintronics; Development of experimental techniques for investigation of thermal transport properties of thin films

1.“Magnetic properties of Fe3O4 thin films grown on different substrates by laser ablation", M.L. Paramês, Z. Viskadourakis, M.S. Rogalski, J. Mariano, N. Popovici, J. Giapintzakis, and O. Conde, Applied Surface Science 253, 8201(2007).
2.“Negative giant longitudinal magnetoresistance in NiMnSb/InSb: Interface effect”, S. Gardelis, J. Androulakis, Z. Viskadourakis, E.L. Papadopoulou, J. Giapintzakis, S. Rai, G.S. Lodha, and S.B. Roy, Phys. Rev. B 74, 214427 (2006).
3.“Indium oxide: a possible tunnel barrier in spintronic devices”, J. Androulakis, S. Gardelis, J. Giapintzakis, E. Gagaoudakis, and G. Kiriakidis, Thin Solid Films 471, 293-297 (2005).
4.“Unconventional magnetism in all-carbon nanofoam”, A. V. Rode, E. G. Gamaly, A. G. Christy, J. G. Fitz Gerald, S. T. Hyde, R. G. Elliman, B. Luther-Davies, A. I. Veinger, J. Androulakis, and J. Giapintzakis, Phys. Rev. B 70, 054407 (2004).
5.“Structural, magnetic and transport properties of NiMnSb thin films grown on InSb by pulsed laser deposition”, S. Gardelis, J. Androulakis, J. Giapintzakis, and P.D. Buckle, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 3178 (2004).

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