A Heartfelt Goodbye to Vincent Detalle
March 4, 2025
Deeply saddened by the loss of our dearest friend, colleague, and collaborator.
Preserving Cultural Heritage Amidst Climate Change: A Europe Direct Crete Colloquium Featuring discussions on how coastal monuments can be safeguarded
October 31, 2024
Sharing results and insights of the EU project HERACLES.
Starting the OtoLIBS Project
October 07-18, 2024
During a two-week visit, our team analyzes otoliths using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy.
The PhoHS team presented at the colloquium organized by the Piraeus Bank Group Cultural Foundation.
October 14, 2024
Colloquium on “Traditional and innovative techniques in the protection and promotion of monuments”.
Farewell Austin, you will be dearly missed
October 2, 2024
Deeply saddened by the loss of our dearest friend, colleague, and collaborator.
President Xi’s initiative of global civilizations and the cooperation between FORTH and the Palace Museum
The Photonics for Heritage Science team is thrilled to be featured in a documentary
PhoHS presence at the colloquium dedicated to Research projects on Cultural Heritage funded by the General Secretariat for Research and Innovation
PhoHS of IESL- FORTH had a strong representation in the colloquium “Protection and Promotion of Greek Cultural Heritage”
Applying laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and elemental imaging on marine shells for archaeological and environmental research
New article published in Scientific Reports
The Director of the Palace Museum visited FORTH to sign an MoU
Visit from the Director of Palace Museum to FORTH
Visiting, in Beijing, the Joint Laboratory of IESL- FORTH and the Palace Museum.
Visiting the Joint Laboratory with Place Museum, in Beijing.
Photoacoustic real-time monitoring of UV laser ablation of aged varnish coatings on heritage objects
A recent article has been published in the Virtual Special Issue of the Journal of Cultural Heritage dedicated to LACONA XIII proceedings
CALLOS TriENA at Open Conservation Laboratory
CALLOS TriENA at Open Conservation Laboratory, Athens
On-site tests on the PROTEAS Instrumentation at the National Gallery -Alexandros Soutsos Museum in Athens
A series of on-site tests of the PROTEAS instrumentation were performed by PhoHS team of IESL – FORTH researchers
Palace Museum Delegation welcomed at FORTH
On Friday 28th of April 2023 we welcomed at FORTH a delegation from Palace Museum in Beijing
What a wonderful way to finish our academic year!!!
December 30, 2022
A new article by Annie Giakoumaki, A. Philippidis, Panos Siozos, Ioanna Pyrri, D. Anglos & P. Pouli was published in Science Journal .
China and Greece Dialogues on Heritage Research and Conservation
December 14, 2022
DIALOGUE 05: Mr Guo Hong ,University of Science and Technology Beijing, China
“Restoration research of Drepung Monastery murals in Tibet”
China and Greece Dialogues on Heritage Research and Conservation
November 24, 2022
DIALOGUE 04: Andreas Germanos Karydas ,NCSR “Demokritos”, Greece & CNR, -ISPC, Italy
“MA-XRF imaging of Greek Antiquities”.
China and Greece Dialogues on Heritage Research and Conservation
September 28, 2022
DIALOGUE 03: Elissavet KAVOULAKI, Ephorate of Antiquities of Heraklion, Crete, Greece
“Palace of Knossos: Conservation – restoration works and recent strategies within the HERACLES EU project”.
LIBS system installation in Mainz
June 26, 2022
LIBS system installation in Mainz
China and Greece Dialogues on Heritage Research and Conservation
April 29, 2022
DIALOGUE 01: Costas Vasiliadis – The Acropolis Museum
“The Erectheion Caryatids: Conservation Interventions and Removal of Pollution Encrustation by Means of Laser Technology”
New progress on elemental mapping of “archaeological shells”
February 21- March 04, 2022
“SeaFront project” 1st visit at IESL – FORTH
New progress on elemental mapping of “archaeological shells”
Launching Ceremony of Joint Laboratory Construction and China – Greece Symposium on Cultural Heritage Conservation Technology
December 21-22, 2021
conference entitled “China-Greece Belt and Road Cultural Conservation Lab Technology”, co-organized by the Palace Museum at the Forbidden City of Beijing and the Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser (IESL) of FORTH
Welcome Dr. Anastasia Giakoumaki
September 01, 2020
Our group is delighted to welcome Dr. Anastasia Giakoumaki as our new experienced Research Assistant, to perform research aiming at the development of methodologies and instrumentation based on laser spectroscopy techniques ….
Are you interested in pursuing your next research project at FORTH, Heraklion, Crete?
April 11, 2020
The Photonics for Heritage Science group is seeking expressions of interest from young motivated individuals for carrying out competitive research in a highly cross-disciplinary environment.