Christos N. Likos: Curriculum Vitae

Jul 1988

Diploma of Electrical Engineering (summa cum laude); Diploma Thesis in Theoretical Solid State Physics Diploma Advisor: Sofronios Papadopoulos (†2007) National Technical University of Athens

May 1991

Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Physics M.Sc. Advisors: Neil W. Ashcroft (†2021) Christopher L. Henley (†2015) Department of Physics Cornell University

Aug 1993

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Physics Ph.D. Advisor: Neil W. Ashcroft (†2021) Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics Cornell University

1993-1994

Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, Sektion Physik Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

1995-1996

European Communities Postdoctoral Fellow, Dipartimento di Fisica Teorica Università di Trieste

1996-1998

Research Fellow, Institut für Festkörperforschung Forschungszentrum Jülich

1999-2000

Scientific Assistant, Institut für Theoretische Physik II Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Nov 2000

Habilitation in Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Sep 2002

Associate Professor elect, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas Heraklion, Greece

Jan-Jul 2003

Heisenberg Fellow, Department of Theoretical Chemistry University of Cambridge, UK

Aug 2003-May 2010

Professor, Department of Physics Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Feb-Mar 2005

Visiting Professor, Dipartimento di Fisica Università di Roma La Sapienza, Italy

Oct 2006

Visiting Scholar, Department of Chemical Engineering Princeton University, USA

Mar 2007

Visiting Scholar, Department of Physics University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, USA

Sep 2007-Feb 2008

Senior Research Fellow, Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics (ESI) Vienna, Austria

June 2010-

Professor, Faculty of Physics University of Vienna, Austria

Feb 2019

Visiting Fellow, Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (INI) University of Cambridge, UK

1983-1988

Recipient of various awards by the National Technical University of Athens, the Technical Chamber of Greece, the Greek State Scholarship foundation, and the Citibank Foundation for highest yearly GPA's during undergraduate studies.

1988

Graduate Fellowship, California Institute of Technology

1988-1990

Teaching Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University

1990-1993

Research Graduate Fellowship, Cornell University

1994

Marie Curie Fellowship, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa

1995

Lise-Meitner Fellowship, Technische Universität Wien

1995-1996

Marie Curie Fellowship, Università di Trieste

1996-1998

Research Fellowship (Forschungsstipendium), Forschungszentrum Jülich

2002

Prize of the Society of Friends and Supporters of the University of Düsseldorf for the best Habilitation Thesis of the University of Düsseldorf

2003

Heisenberg Fellowship of the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)

2007

ISI recognition as the author of the most cited publication in the field of Soft Matter Physics.

2007-2008

Senior Research Fellowship at the Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematical Physics, Vienna, Austria

2009

Outstanding Referee Award of the American Physical Society

2013

Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

2015

Sofronios-Elias Papadopoulos Prize of the Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the National Technical University of Athens for extraordinary achievements in research and teaching in Condensed Matter Physics (inaugural recipient)

2025

University of Vienna Teaching Award (jointly with Dr. Marianne Korner)

2025

Teaching Star 2025-Award of the University of Vienna (jointly with Dr. Marianne Korner)