Charmandaris Vassilis

Vassilis Charmandaris is a Professor and Chair of the Undergraduate Program at the University of Crete's Department of Physics. He earned his BSc in Physics from the University of Thessaloniki (1989) and PhD in Astrophysics from Iowa State University (1995). His career includes postdoctoral research at CEA/Saclay (France), Marie Curie fellowship at Paris Observatory, and Research Associate positions at Cornell University before joining the University of Crete as Assistant Professor (2005), becoming Associate Professor (2009) and full Professor (2014). He has held leadership roles including Director of the Institute for Astronomy at FORTH and Director of Skinakas Observatory (2019-2025).

His research focuses on observational extragalactic astrophysics with emphasis on space infrared astronomy, studying dust properties, molecular gas depletion, and star formation in interacting galaxies, starbursts, and active galactic nuclei. Key areas include galaxy mergers, JWST observations, and interstellar medium dynamics.

Analysis of recent publications (2023-2025) shows consistent themes in galactic evolution studies, with frequent use of JWST data and focus on molecular gas dynamics in merging systems. Research employs advanced spectral analysis and interferometry techniques.

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