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13 September 2019

Eleni Ntemou

Eleni Ntemou studied physics at the School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). She graduated in 2015 after presenting her Diploma thesis entitled "Measurements with X-Ray Energy Spectrometer”, which was written in Greek. In September 2017 she graduated from the Interdepartmental Postgraduate Program "Physics and Technological Applications" of the Physics Department of NTUA with the grade “Excellent”. Her M.Sc. thesis is titled “Measurement of the differential cross sections of 6Li(d,d0) for Ion Beam Analysis purposes”. Since June 2016 she is a Ph.D. candidate in nuclear physics at the Department of Physics of the National Technical University of Athens. Her research focuses on the study of deuteron elastic scattering cross section values on light nuclei.

Publications

Differential cross-section measurements of the elastic 7Li(d,d0) scattering for analytical purposes, K. Preketes-Sigalas, E. Ntemou, M. Kokkoris, X. Aslanoglou, M. Axiotis, V. Foteinou, S. Harissopulos, A. Lagoyannis, P. Misaelides, N. Patronis, G. Provatas, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Volume 414, Pages 99-103, (2018)
Differential cross-section measurements for deuteron elastic scattering on natN, suitable for EBS, M. Kokkoris, X. Aslanoglou, M. Axiotis, A. Lagoyannis, P. Misaelides, E. Ntemou, N. Patronis, K. Preketes-Sigalas, P. Tsintari, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Volume 410, Pages 29-36, (2017)
Measurement of the differential cross sections of 6Li(d,d0) for Ion Beam Analysis purposes, E. Ntemou, X. Aslanoglou, M. Axiotis, V. Foteinou, M. Kokkoris, A. Lagoyannis, P. Misaelides, N. Patronis, K. Preketes-Sigalas, G.Provatas, R.Vlastou, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Volume 407, Pages 34-39, (2017)
Benchmarking the evaluated proton differential cross sections suitable for the EBS analysis of natSi and 16O, M.Kokkoris, S.Dede, K.Kantre, A.Lagoyannis, E.Ntemou, V.Paneta, K.Preketes-Sigalas, G.Provatas, R.Vlastou, I.Bogdanović-Radović, Z. Siketić, N.Obajdin, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Volume 405, Pages 50-60, (2017)
Differential cross section measurements of the 19F(d,d0) elastic scattering for Ion Beam Analysis purposes, V.Foteinou, G.Provatas, X. Aslanoglou, M. Axiotis, S. Harissopoulos, M. Kokkoris, A. Lagoyannis, P. Misaelides, E. Ntemou, N. Patronis, K. Preketes-Sigalas, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, Volume 396, Pages 1-4, (2017)

30 June 2019

Maria Kontimpa

Maria Kontimpa, born in 1988, has a Certificate (B.A.) in Antiquities and Works of Art Conservation, following the Sector of Works of Art,Faculty of Fine Arts of the former Technological Educational Institute of Athens (T.E.I. Athens), currently knownas University of West Attica, Athens, Greece. In 2017, she graduated after a year of studies in Technical Art History (M.Litt.) of the College of Arts, the University of Glasgow in Scotland, UK. Her current research interest is focused on technical examination of the materials and techniques of the modern and contemporary artists, mainly in paintings and works of art on paper, through the three fields involved in the multidisciplinary approach; art history, science, and conservation. Her Bachelor and her Master dissertations proved this orientation to the study of the historical resources, as well as the scientific examination of the main tool of expression of artists; colour. Beyond her studies, Maria Kontimpa has acquired broad working experience that has stimulated and deepen her knowledge in Technical Art History; at first, on the conservation of paintings and framesthrough an internship period of 6 months conducted at the National Gallery under the supervision of Head of the Conservation Directorate and next on Pre-historic wall paintingsat the Archaeological Site of Akrotiri.

The 2 months student placement at the Burrell Collection of Glasgow Museums was an eye-opening experience during which she had the opportunity to work on the trade union painted banners in the UK under the guidance and instructions of Mrs Helen Hughes from the Burrell Collection and Dr. Margaret Smith from the University of Glasgow.During the first half of 2018, she has undertaken at the Institute of Nuclear and Particle Physics of NCSR “Demokritos”, a 6 months theoretical and practical training on the use of portable XRF analysison a diversity of materials (metal, soil, glass and others) under the supervision of Dr. Andreas-Germanos Karydas. During this period she has co-authored three poster contributions presented in two of the most prominent European conferences. Today, she is working in the private sector in a field different from her studies and expertise, even though she has never stopped seeking the chance to enter into the challenging world of scientific research of modern and contemporary pigments. LinkedIn Profile: Maria Kontimpa

30 June 2019

Savvina Fotiou

Ms Savvina Fotiou received a Diploma in Conservation of Works of Arts and Antiquities from Technological Institute of Athens. She received a certification of Byzantine Painting from the Laboratory of Byzantine Painting of municipality of Ag. I. Renti –Nikaia. In 2019 she received a Master’s Diploma in Cultural Heritage: Materials and Technologies from University of Peloponnese. Theses and publications:

‘Digital documentation through 3D laser scanning techniques and photogrammetric procedures of sculptures of School of Fine Arts’, Diploma Thesis, Technological Institute of Athens
‘Confocal micro-XRF on Roman wall – painting fragments’, Master’s Thesis, University of Peloponnese
‘Digitization of Athens School of Fine Arts artworks based on optical 3-D Scanning and photogrammetry’, A. Makris, S. Fotiou (speaker), M. A. Vlachou, I. Skaltsas, L. Karampinis, 9th International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications (IISA2018), Zakynthos, Greece, July 23-25, 2018

30 June 2019

Dimitra Papadopoulou

Graduate student of the Physics department of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Postgraduate studies at Interdepartmental Program of Post Graduate Studies of Faculty of Engineering of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki “Protection, Conservation and Restoration of Cultural Monuments”. The diploma thesis was done in collaboration with NCSR Demokritos in 2017. The title of the diploma thesis is “Evaluation of Monte Carlo simulation technique in XRF quantitative analysis of metal alloy standards”, supervised by Andreas G. Karydas. Her main activities focused on evaluating different operational parameters and instrumentation characteristics of the XRF spectrometer and evaluation of Monte Carlo technique, using metal alloy standards. She also examined various corrosion cases of metallic alloys by Monte Carlo simulations. Afterward, during the Erasmus+ practice in the University of Girona in Spain (2019) she involved in pigment analysis and studies of different quantification approaches. Within the Erasmus period she analyzed Catalonian coins of the Spanish Succession War (1700 – 1714), of the coinage collection of the Numismatic Department of the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (MNAC). Conferences European Conference on X-ray Spectrometry (EXRS 2018) “Optimizing the use of the XMI-MSIM Monte Carlo tool for the simulation of tube excited XRF spectra”, Papadopoulou, Dimitra; Kantarelou, Vicky; Kokiasmenou, Eleni; Kontimpa, Maria; Scoonjans, T; Romanno, F.P; Karydas, A.G “pXRF analysis and MA-XRF imaging of Mycenean Wall-Painting pigments from the Nestor’s Palace at Pylos”, Kokiasmenou, Eleni; Caliri, C.; Kantarelou, Vicky; Papadopoulou, Dimitra; Kontimpa, Maria; Karydas, A.G.; Romano, F.P.; Brecoulaki, H. 5^th International Congress Chemistry for cultural Heritage (CHEMCH 2018) “A systematic evaluation of the PyMca software for the XRF quantification of Cultural Heritage materials”, Kontimpa, M.; Kantarelou, V.; Papadopoulou, D.; Kokiasmenou, E.; Romano, F.P.; Karydas, A.G. 18 International Conference on Total Reflection X-ray Fluorescence Analysis and Related Methods (TXRF 2019) “Analysis of artists’ inorganic pigments containing high Z elements by portable TXRF instrumentation: Study of different quantification approaches”, Papadopoulou, D.; Queralt, I.; Karydas, A.G.; Maguregui, M.; Marguí, E. Iberian Joint Meeting on Atomic and Molecular Physics (IBER 2019) “X-ray fluorescence analysis of Catalonian coinage from the Spanish Succession War (1700 – 1714)”, Papadopoulou, D.; Queralt, I.; Marguí, E.; Pujol; Estrada, A.; Karydas, A.G.