Seattle skyline I probably should have written this entry some time ago, but I guess I have been a bit preoccupied with everything that has been happening lately… In any case, here is the worse-kept secret ever: I am leaving Manchester and the UK! I have accepted a job at […]
Yearly Archives: 2010
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In my last post, I tried to explain my work as simply as I could. This is a notoriously difficult task for people in research: we get so caught up in the technical terms and the complexities of our work on an everyday basis, that we find using simple language […]
As I have already mentioned in previous posts, one of the motivations for starting Page V was to talk about my research. So what do I do? This is a question I always dread. In trying to explain my work to casual company, I usually do so badly that I […]
I watched the UK election with interest. I even had the chance to vote in the local election for my ward in Hulme, but not the national election, which is a bit of a shame. For the last 7 or 8 years, I have been refraining from voting in the […]
So. I have apparently joined the blogosphere. As Duncan Hull pointed out, “what took me so long”? Writing has always been something I enjoy – just take a look at my excruciatingly long emails- and I consider myself a technologically savvy guy, so “blogging” should have fitted like the proverbial […]
My life has not been nearly as exciting as that. I was born in Greece, in the northern city of Thessaloniki, and lived there for the first 25 years of my life. I studied Chemical Engineering, and then moved to London for a Master and PhD. And for the […]