Lasers ART's Sake IESL-FORTH Cultural Heritage
Surface cleaning, based on laser ablation, is particularly effective for the controlled and selective removal of altered over-layers and unwanted accumulations in a variety of CH substrates (i.e. stonework, easel paintings, icons as well as glass and metal objects).
Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) provides insight on the identity and composition of materials in Cultural Heritage objects.
Raman Spectroscopy gives analytical information on the molecular structure of materials
INTERNATIONAL Collaborations
Collaboration in EUROPE
National Collaborations
Collaborations with Small and medium-sized enterprises or small and medium-sized businesses (SME).
Collaborations with multidisciplinary research groups inside FORTH’s doors.
UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBER
Demetrios Anglos is Professor at the Department of Chemistry, University of Crete and Associated Researcher at IESL-FORTH.
PRINCIPAL APPLICATION SCIENTIST
Paraskevi Pouli is a Principal Application Scientist at IESL-FORTH.
SPARCH
Spectrochemical Analysis of Archaeological Bio-organic Residues
UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEMBER
Prof. Sophia Sotiropoulou is physicist, and Research Associate at IESL – FORTH.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Dr. Vivi Tornari studied Optical Holography and Research Associate at IESL – FORTH .
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Dr. Panagiotis Siozos is physicist, and Research Associate at IESL – FORTH.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Dr. Aggelos Philippidis is chemist , and Research Associate at IESL – FORTH.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Dr Maria Roumpou is an archaeologist specialized in archaeological science
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Dr. Anastasia Giakoumaki is currently an experienced Research Assistant at IESL-FORTH.
TECHNICIAN
Kostas Hatzigiannakis is a Physicist MSc and a research scientist at IESL-FORTH.
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW
Olga Kokkinaki is a physicist and a staff member of IESL-FORTH
Dr. Victor Hermida Pinon is a physicist and Post Doctoral Fellow at IESL – FORTH
TECHNICIAN
Ms. Kristalia Melessanaki is an Art Conservator, and a staff member of IESL-FORTH.
TECHNICIAN
Michalis Andrianakis is Electrical Engineering and a staff member of IESL-FORTH
PH.D. STUDENT
Maria-Eleni Konstantinou is chemist and PhD student at the University of Crete.
M.Sc. STUDENT
Evdoxia Dimitroulaki is a physicist and a staff member of IESL-FORTH
MS. PAPANIKOLAOU ATHANASIA Career IESL – FORTH, Msc, Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece (2015-2019) 2016,Bacherlo,Department of Physics, University of Crete, Greece DR. PAPADAKIS VASSILIS Career IESL – FORTH, Post Doc (2002-2014) IMBB-FORTH, Post Doc (2014- today) MS. BERNIKOLA IRINI Career IESL – FORTH, MSc in Art Conservation Science, Aristoteleion Apnepistimion THessalonikis, Greece (2005-2017) […]
CALLOS, Conservation of Athens antiquities with Laser and Lidar technologies Open to Science and public, aiming to study and preserve the emblematic archeological objects and monuments of Athens.
February 22, 2020
Papanikolaou A, Tserevelakis G J, Melessanaki K, Fotakis C, Zacharakis G and P. Pouli
“Development of a hybrid photoacoustic and optical monitoring system for the study of laser ablation processes upon the removal of encrustation from stonework”
Opto-Electron Adv 3, 190037 (2020).
The focused training-by-research course entitled “Bring your own Conservation Challenges to our Laser Laboratories” is an ongoing training activity since 2010. These activities, up to now, have been addressed to more than 10 professional conservators.
September 30, 2020
Our group has undertaken a series of analytical investigations at the prehistoric settlement of Akrotiri, Thera, in support of the important, ongoing excavation, directed by Professor Emeritus Christos Doumas, under the auspices of the Athens Archaeological Society.
September 30, 2019
A new article entitled “Non-invasive photoacoustic detection of hidden underdrawings in paintings using air-coupled transducers” has been recently published in “Ultrasonics” presenting resent work of IESL-FORTH (Crete-Greece), team.
July 1, 2019
A new article has been recently published in “Heritage Science” presenting a collaborative work between Greece, Italy, Poland and Netherlands researchers.