Chairs, Committee & Organisers

Bio: Dr. Aristeidis Bakandritsos (ORCID 0000-0003-4411-9348) is a group leader at CATRIN-RCPTM, Palacký University Olomouc, and senior researcher at VSB-TUO, CEET, MELab in Ostrava, Czech Republic. He received bachelor in chemistry from AUTH, and his Ph.D. in 2006 in chemistry from the NKUA & N.C.S.R. “Demokritos, Greece. His research interests involve the development of functional nanomaterials and their application in energy storage, catalysis, and biomedicine. In 2008 he worked as visiting researcher at Cornell University, then in University of Patras, Greece as As. Prof. and in 2016 he moved to RCPTM where he currently leads a research division and since 2019 he also received a senior researcher position in MELab. In the last eight years, he supervised research projects leading to top-rated publications in journals like Nat. Nanotech., Nat. Commun., ACS Nano, Adv. Mater., Adv. Energy Mater., Energy Env. Sci. and others. He is the PI or supervisor of several HORIZON, MSCA and national grants and the coordinator of the 2D-BioPAD RIA HORIZON Project, under the umbrella of the CSA Graphene Flagship.

Institution: The Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute (CATRIN) at Palacký University is a cutting-edge scientific hub dedicated to advancing research in the fields of nanotechnology, biotechnology, and biomedicine. CATRIN emphasizes interdisciplinarity, fosters global collaborations, and works to translate the research findings into practical applications. CATRIN-RCPTM, a part of CATRIN, focuses on the development of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies for energy conversion and storage, environmental applications, catalysis, and in biomedicine. The research covers a wide range of low-dimensional carbon materials, 2D nanostructures, and metal-based nanomaterials with unique magnetic, optical, electronic, or biological properties. 

Regional Center for Advanced Technologies and Materials

Project: 2D-BioPAD is developing a fast, reliable, cost-effective and digitally enabled point-of-care in vitro diagnostic system for early Alzheimer's disease detection. The 2D-BioPAD system employs cutting-edge 2D materials (i.e., graphene), nanomaterials and aptamers, to enhance biocompatibility, sensitivity and specificity for the simultaneous detection of up to five Alzheimer’s biomarkers in blood. The device will be accompanied by a user-friendly mobile app that will give healthcare professionals real-time access to quantified results in primary healthcare settings. Along the way, artificial intelligence will be used to optimise the design and implementation of the 2D-BioPAD system.

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Bio: Prof. Ioanna Zergioti is a Professor at the NTUA, School of Applied Mathematics and Physical Sciences since 2003. She studied Physics at the University of Crete and she received the PhD degree at the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas. After her PhD, she worked as a post-doctoral researcher in the Max Planck Institut für Biophysikalische Chemie in Göttingen, on Laser matter interactions studies. Then, she worked as a post-doctoral researcher at Philips CFT on Laser Stereolithograpy of sol gels for electronics until 2000. Her main research activities are related to the laser printing, patterning, sintering for organic electronics and sensors applications as well as laser matter interaction studies. She has co-authored more than 200 publications in international refereed journals and conference proceedings, 15 patents. Over the years she has gained experience in leading R&D activities in the frame of EU funded RIA as a principal investigator (in more than 20 projects overall).

Institution: Founded in 1837, almost along with the modern Greek state, NTUA is the oldest Technical University in Greece. It comprises 9 Schools, 512 faculty members, 4.090 external collaborators, 23.914 students, 300,000 sq.m. of installations. According to QS World Universities Ranking 2016, NTUA is the leading academic institution in Greece and the only one in the top 400 institutions worldwide. At NTUA operate 194 laboratories, 140 of which are certified. In 2015, they were ongoing 1423 national and European research projects. NTUA Faculty members publish annually more than 3.000 scientific papers (in journals, conference proceedings, chapters in volumes etc.) which earn more than 20.000 citations.

Research group: The group of Laser Printing and Materials Processing (LMP) is headed by Prof. Ioanna Zergioti, and is located at the Physics Department of the National Technical University of Athens. The group's research activities encompass laser materials processing for electronics, photonics, optoelectronics and biological applications.

The principal technology LMP builds on is the Laser Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT) for the deposition of liquid and solid phase organic and inorganic materials. LIFT is compatible with a broad range of nanomaterials and thin films including metal nanoparticle inks and pastes, nanowires, thin metal films, and recent demonstrations of 2D materials and heterostructures. Among the numerous examples of LIFT for the digital fabrication of components and devices involving these nanomaterials, the development of OTFTs, OPVs, Graphene FETs and flexible touch sensors based on 2D materials stand out. In addition to the LIFT of nanomaterials, LMP has also a strong background in thin-film patterning, sensors’ development and device structural and optical characterization. A spin out activity of the group is the start-up company PhosPrint active on laser bioprinting for regenerative applications.

Project: Next-2Digits will introduce the direct wafer-scale integration of 2DM in PICs using two additive technologies: i) semi dry transfer of Graphene layers for full wafer scale integration and direct die processing and ii) Laser Digital Transfer of pristine 2DM pixels directly on the stack without the need for post-processing. This will enable defect-free interfaces offering high carrier mobility and large bandwidth, paving the way for the next generation of on-chip Photodetectors (PDs) and Modulators.

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Bio: Prof. Zdenek Sofer is tenured professor at the University of Chemistry and Technology Prague since 2019 and group leader since 2011. He received his PhD also at University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic, in 2008. During his PhD he spent one year in Forschungszentrum Julich (Peter Grünberg Institute, Germany) and also one postdoctoral stay at University Duisburg-Essen, Germany. Research interests of prof. Sofer concerning on 2D materials synthesis and crystal growth, exfoliations, chemical modifications and derivatisation. His research covers various applications of 2D materials including energy storage and conversion, electronic, catalysis and sensing devices. He is an associated editor of FlatChem journal. He co-authored more than 600 articles, which received over 27000 citations (h-index 84). He received Neuron Impulse award in 2016 and the award of Czech Science Foundation President in 2019.

Institution: University of Chemistry and Technology Prague is a public university with an almost 200-year-long tradition, and it stands as one of the largest Central European educational and research centres. In the QS World University Rankings, UCT Prague holds an impressive position, ranking 4th among Czech universities and 35th in the world in Faculty Student Ratio. It collaborates with over 100 academic institutions worldwide and actively engages in industrial R&D, technology transfer, and a wide range of projects funded by national and international providers, including the EU.

Research Group: Research group of prof. Zdenek Sofer was established in 2011 and is focused on the research in the field of two-dimensional materials covering graphene, its monoelemental counterparts like phosphorene and germanene as well as broad spectra of compound 2D materials including chalcogenides, halides, carbides and many others. Research activities focus especially on the methods of synthesis and crystal growth of various 2D materials, their surface modifications and exfoliation. Various applications are explored in the research group including electronic and opto- electronic devices, batteries and supercapacitors for energy storage, chemical and electrochemical catalysis and different type of sensors. Research group has broad network of collaboration in the field of 2D materials for various applications.

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Project: The 2D-PRINTABLE project is dedicated to achieving this goal by employing sustainable and affordable techniques known as liquid exfoliation methods. Guided by machine learning and AI methods, our mission is to create more than 40 new 2D materials and develop innovative printing and liquid deposition techniques. These techniques will enable us to fabricate nanosheet networks and heterostructures with unique properties, facilitating the production of advanced printed digital devices. In particular, we aim to integrate these materials into printable 2D-based heterostructures specifically designed for digital technologies and these heterostructures will serve as the foundation for a range of printed electronic devices, including transistors, solar cells and LEDs, all of which will deliver exceptional performance.

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