Maria Vamvakaki

Maria Vamvakaki Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete Heraklion Greece Crete Email: vamvakak@iesl.forth.gr Biographical Sketch: Maria Vamvakaki received her Ph.D. from the University of Sussex (Brighton, UK) in 2008, working under the supervision of Profs. S. P. Armes and N. C. Billingham. Shortly after, she joined the research group of Prof. C. S. Patrickios at the University of Cyprus (Nicosia, Cyprus) as a postdoctoral fellow. In 2001 he joined the Department of Materials Science and Technology of the University of Crete (Heraklion, Greece) in which she is appointed an Associate Professor and leads the Materials Chemistry Lab. She is also an affiliated researcher at FO.R.T.H.-I.E.S.L. since 2003. Her current research interests include the synthesis of functional and stimuli-responsive polymeric materials and the self-assembly of macromolecules in solution and at a surface.