Kyriacos Georgiou, PhD

I was born in Cyprus, a small island in the Mediterranean. From a young age, I was deeply curious about how nature works, which sparked my passion for science, particularly Physics.

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In 2007, I moved to Greece to pursue my undergraduate studies, earning a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Patras. My specialization was in Energy and Environmental Physics. In 2012, I continued my studies at the University of Manchester, where I completed a Master's in Renewable Energy and Clean Technology within the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. My dissertation, titled "Effects of temperature and series resistance variation in the performance of silicon solar cells", involved experimental work at the Photon Science Institute (PSI) at Manchester.

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I obtained my PhD in Physics from the University of Sheffield in 2018, under the supervision of Prof. David Lidzey. My research focused on strong light-matter interactions in organic and hybrid nanostructures, and my thesis was titled "Exciton-Polaritons in BODIPY-filled Microcavities". I am particularly interested in photonics and organic/hybrid optoelectronics, with a specific focus on utilizing the properties of organic polaritons for optoelectronic devices. From October 2018 to October 2020, I worked as a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Sheffield, contributing to the EPSRC-funded Hybrid Polaritonics within the Electronic and Photonic Molecular Materials group.

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Between October 2020 and March 2022, I was an Onisilos Research Fellow at the University of Cyprus' Department of Physics, collaborating with Prof. Andreas Othonos in the Laboratory of Ultrafast Science.

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From March 2022 to March 2023, I worked as a Postdoctoral Scholar at Argonne National Laboratory, based in the Center for Nanoscale Materials within the Division of Nanoscience and Technology. During this time, I was also affiliated with the Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago.​

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In April 2023, I returned to the University of Cyprus as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellow at the Laboratory of Ultrafast Science. During this fellowship, I focused on hybrid organic/inorganic polariton LEDs and the ultrafast dynamics of novel materials and nanostructures, working closely with Prof. Othonos.

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Currently, I hold a Research Fellowship in the same lab, leading my own research grant on polariton solar cells, while contributing to various projects in quantum optics, nanophotonics, quantum materials, and biosensing.

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In addition to my research, I served as a lecturer for the final-year undergraduate module "PHY 322 - Advanced Physics Laboratory II (Atomic and Nuclear Physics)" at the University of Cyprus during the Fall 2021 semester.