Biography

Pagona Papakonstantinou is the Professor of Advanced materials at the University of Ulster. Her main research interests are focused on the fabrication and surface functionalization of nano carbon, 2D materials and hierarchical architectures employing plasma enhanced CVD and solution based strategies. The main focus is placed on the comprehensive investigation of structure-electrochemical property relationships with a view of designing optimized electrode structures for use in renewable energy and biosensing devices.
Papakonstantinou has authored over 100 publications, in high profile peer reviewed international journals and holds 5patents in the area of graphene, one of which has been licensed (2D-Tech/Versarien). She has raised funding from various sources including EC (DESYGN-IT), Leverhulme Trust, Royal Society, Royal Academy of Engineering, Nuffield Foundation, industry (Glaxo-Smithkline), INVEST NI, EPSRC and Science and Technology Facilities Research Council as a Principal Investigator. She serves/has served on the following committees: Diamond(UK) and Bessy (Germany) Synchrotron Facilities, EPSRC and EC Panels, Royal Society International grants, National Access Programme (SFI) at Tyndall Institute in Cork, Royal Irish Academy of Engineering and IOP (Institute of Physics) Ireland. She is an invited Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)and she is frequently asked to referee proposals from various research councils in Europe and Asia. She has received a Royal Academy of Engineering/Leverhulme Trust Senior fellowship (2011) and a research Fellowship from the University of Ulster (2003). She holds an H index of 27 and her work has received over 3100 citations.She has also served on organizing committees for various international conferences.