Perakis Elias

Elias Perakis is Professor and Chair of Physics at University of Alabama at Birmingham, specializing in theoretical condensed matter physics. His research examines many-body interactions, ultrafast nonlinear phenomena, and dynamical processes in nanostructures using advanced computational and analytical methods.

Previously served as faculty at University of Crete and Vanderbilt University. Career includes research positions at Bell Laboratories and Rutgers University. Education includes engineering degree from National Technical University of Athens and PhD from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.