Georgia T. Papadakis

Prof. Georgia T. Papadakis is a Professor leading the Thermal Photonics research group at The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) in Barcelona, Spain. Her work focuses on engineering thermal radiation through subwavelength light-matter interactions, with applications spanning thermal management, renewable energy systems, and advanced optoelectronics.

Her core research domains include:

• Thermal Photonics
• Radiative Heat Transfer
• Nanophotonics
• Metamaterials
• Polaritons
• Infrared Spectroscopy
• Energy Conversion

Prof. Papadakis has secured prestigious fellowships including the Tomkat Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stanford University, Marie-Curie European Postdoctoral Fellowship, and la Caixa Junior Leader Postdoctoral Fellowship. Her group actively recruits Master’s students, PhD candidates, and postdoctoral researchers, with emphasis on candidates pursuing external fellowship funding for career development.