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Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627-0171 |
231 Quinby Road, Apt D Rochester, NY 14623 +1(585)771-7583 (GSM) |
| PhD | candidate in Physics at the University of Rochester (thesis adviser Prof. Adrian Melissinos) |
| M.A., | Physics; University of Rochester (4 March 2005) |
| B.S., | Physics; Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Sciences (June 2003); overall GPA 8.53/10 (excellent), major GPA (Theoretical Physics) 9.58/10 |
| Fall 2007 | Teaching Assistant for PHY 415 (Electromagnetic Theory I) |
| and PHY 510 (Relativistic Quantum Mechanics) | |
| Fall 2005-Present | Research assistant, LIGO project (Prof. Adrian Melissinos) |
| Fall/Spring 2004 | Lab instructor, introductory electromagnetism lab. |
| July 2001 | Student at the 13th Summer School of Advanced Physics; Dept. of Physics, University of Crete, Herakleion, Greece |
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, "Upper limit map of a background of gravitational waves" LIGO-P060029-00-Z (Submitted to Phys. Rev. D)
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, "Search for gravitational waves from binary inspirals in S3 and S4 LIGO data" (Submitted to Phys. Rev. D)
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, "Search for Gravitational Waves Associated with 39 Gamma-Ray Bursts Using Data from the Second, Third, and Fourth LIGO Runs" LIGO-P060024-07-Z (submitted to Phys. Rev. D)
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, "All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data" LIGO-P060010
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, "Search for gravitational wave radiation associated with the pulsating tail of the SGR 1806-20 hyperflare of 27 December 2004 using LIGO" Phys. Rev. D 76, 062003 (2007)
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, "Upper limits on gravitational wave emission from 78 radio pulsars" Phys. Rev. D 76, 042001 (2007)
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, "First cross-correlation analysis of interferometric and resonant-bar gravitational-wave data for stochastic backgrounds" Phys. Rev. D 76, 022001 (2007)
LIGO Scientific Collaboration, "Searching for a Stochastic Background of Gravitational Waves with LIGO" Astrophysical Journal (ApJ 659 (2007) 918)
T. Fricke, S. Giampanis and A.C. Melissinos, "Synchronization issues affecting the fsr stochastic search during S4", LIGO DCC number T070025-00-Z
C. Forrest, T. Fricke, S. Giampanis and A.C. Melissinos, "Search for a Diurnal Variation of the Power detected at the fsr frequency" LIGO DCC number T070228-00-Z (September 2007)
A.C. Melissinos, T. Fricke and S. Giampanis, "The Effect of time shift on a cross-correlation statistic" LIGO DCC number T070222-00-Z (September 2007)
T. Fricke, S. Giampanis and A.C. Melissinos, "Geometric Acceptance of the LIGO Interferometers at the FSR Frequencies" LIGO DCC number T070043-00-Z (February 2007)
T. Fricke, S. Giampanis and A.C. Melissinos, "A Note on Calibration Issues at FSR" LIGO DCC number T070044-00-Z (February 2007)
S. Giampanis, T. Fricke and A.C. Melissinos, "Calibration of Fast Channels" LIGO DCC number T050180-01-D (September 2005)
S. Giampanis, "Calibration of Fast Channels", Presentation at LSC Meeting, 19-22 March, 2007, Hilton Capitol Center, Baton Rouge LA (G070098-00-Z).
S. Giampanis, T. Fricke and A. C. Mesissinos, "Analysis of S4 Data for a High Frequency (37.52kHz) Stochastic Background", Presentation at LSC Meeting, March 19-22, 2006, Hanford WA (G060095-00-Z).
S. Giampanis, R. Savage, Daniel Sigg, "Calibration/Validation of the AS_Q_FAST channels", Presentation at LSC Meeting, March 19-22, 2006, Hanford WA (G060106-00-W).
2003-2010, RA/TA Assistantship for PhD studies, University of Rochester, Physics and Astronomy Department.
2003, Partial Fulbright Scholarship (scholarship award not accepted).
1999, State Scholarship Foundation, Greece, for second best GPA (first year of studies).
1998, State Scholarship Foundation, Greece, for 4th best performance in the Hellenic University Entrance Examinations.
Expert Matlab programmer and Linux user.
Fluent in Python, C, HTML, Simulink, Mathematica.
Proficient in Greek, English, German.
Adrian C. Melissinos Professor of Physics Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Rochester Phone: (585) 275-2707 E-mail: melissATpas.rochester.edu