Kofinas Georgios

1988 - 1992 Diploma in Physics at the University of Athens, Greece. Class of qualification 8.9/10 (Honours).
 

1993 - 1995 M.Sc. degree in Theoretical Physics at the University of Alberta, Physics Department, Edmonton, Canada. Thesis title: ``Bianchi-IX Universe in Euclidean Quantum Cosmology'. Supervisor Professor D.N. Page.

1996 - 1999 Ph.D. degree at the University of Athens, Physics Department, Athens,Greece. Thesis title: ``Relativistic Classical and Quantum Cosmology'. Supervisor Ass. Prof. T. Christodoulakis.

Classical gravity, Alternative gravity theories, Gravity of higher dimensions, Black holes, Gravitational radiation, Teleparallel theories of gravity, Torsion and non-metricity in gravity.

Cosmology, Braneworld cosmology, String cosmology.

Canonical approach of quantum gravity and quantum cosmology, Asymptotic safety in cosmology.

Biological Physics.

Physics I (Mechanics), Physics II (Electromagnetism), Physics (Mechanics-Electromagnetism), Linear Algebra, Calculus, Ordinary Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations, Numerical Analysis, Classical Mechanics (graduate), Cosmology (graduate), General Relativity, Statistical Physics, Quantum Field Theory (graduate).

Office Hours: Friday 12:00-14:00

Departmental examination programmes development team.

Group for updating the Departmental Study Guide.

Group for writing the Departmental Undergraduate Study Programme Regulations.

Seven-member placement examination Committee, on the conduct of qualifying examinations for the classification of IEK graduates and post-secondary apprenticeship classes.

Examination Committee for the placement examinations.

Committee to evaluate the Department's accreditation for 2019.