SHORT CV
Georgios L. Theocharis
Researcher at CNRS
Laboratoire d'Acoustique de l'Université du Maine
Education:
•PhD in Physics, University of Athens, Greece (2008, Grade: Excellent).
•M.S. degree in Telecommunications, University of Athens, Greece (2005, Grade: 8/10 Entrance’s Rank:1st).
•Diploma in Physics, University of Athens, Greece (2002, Diploma Grade: 8.27/10, Rank: 4th).
Positions:
•2012-present:
CNRS – French National Center for Scientific Research Tenured researcher (chargé de recherche),
Laboratoire d'Acoustique de l’Université du Maine
•2010-2012:
Postdoctoral Scholar in Applied Physics and Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, USA.
•2008-2009:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.
Professional Service: e
•Teaching:
Lectures on "Vibrations et Ondes Non linéaires", M1 Acoustique, (Universite du Maine, Fall 2016,2017).
Lectures on the Ae/AM/ME 225. "Special Topics in Solid Mechanics: Linear and nonlinear waves in periodic media” (Caltech, Fall 2012)
Introduction to telecommunication systems, Laboratory class, 7th term of the Physics Program of the University of Athens.
•Mentoring:
10 master theses (2 BECs, 2 Applied Dyn Systems, 5 Granular media, 1 Acoustic Metamaterials)
9 PhD theses
8 PostDoc
•Patent: Boechler, N., Theocharis, G., and Daraio, C. “Bifurcation-based Acoustic Switch and Rectifier” Provisional Patent, No. 61/514,352 (filed 8/2/2011)
Distinctions & Scholarships:
1998-2002: Scholarship from the friends of Hellenic Police Association.
2000-2001: National Fellowship Foundation, Scholarship
(awarded annual to the top 3 students in the class).
2003-2004: A.S. Onasis Public Benefit Foundation Scholarship for master studies
2005-2007: A.S. Onasis Public Benefit Foundation Scholarship for PhD studies.
Projects:
2021-2024: ANR, ExFLEM, Task leader of a project funded by ANR regarding the observation and harnessing of wave extreme events in flexible mechanical metamaterials.
2018-2021: Etoiles montantes en Pays de la Loire, Primary investigator of the Project, Title : Taming the sound from micro granular metamaterials to the next generation phononic devices, a project funded by the region of Pays de la Loire for the support of researchers to apply for ERC.
2016-2019: APAMAS. Primary investigator of a project funded by the region of Pays de la Loire through LMAC, regarding aperiodic acoustic structures and materials with programmable properties.
2013-2017: ANR Metaudible, Task leader
2013-2017: Primary investigator of a European Carrier Integration Grant, Marie-Curie, ComGranSol
2013-2017: PROPASYM, Task leader
2010-2011: Primary investigator of the Special Grant and Support Programme for Scolar’s Association Members «Fundamental and Applied Dynamics Of Granular Crystals: Theory, Simulations and Experiment» from Public Benefit Foundation Alexander S. Onassis
Researcher at CNRS
Laboratoire d'Acoustique de l'Université du Maine
Education:
•PhD in Physics, University of Athens, Greece (2008, Grade: Excellent).
•M.S. degree in Telecommunications, University of Athens, Greece (2005, Grade: 8/10 Entrance’s Rank:1st).
•Diploma in Physics, University of Athens, Greece (2002, Diploma Grade: 8.27/10, Rank: 4th).
Positions:
•2012-present:
CNRS – French National Center for Scientific Research Tenured researcher (chargé de recherche),
Laboratoire d'Acoustique de l’Université du Maine
•2010-2012:
Postdoctoral Scholar in Applied Physics and Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, USA.
•2008-2009:
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA.
Professional Service: e
- Referee for: PNAS, Physical Review X, Nature, Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, Applied Physics Letters, Frontiers in Materials, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, New Journal of Physics, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Wave Motion, Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control, Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Physics Letters A, Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems-Series S, Smart Materials and Structures, Special Volume of the Springer Series on Wave Phenomena, Experimental Mechanics, Chaos.
- Organizer of the minisymposium “Nonlinear Phenomena in Granular Chains”, SIAM Conference on Applications of Dynamical Systems (May 22-29, 2011, Snowbird, Utah, USA).
- Organizer of the minisymposium “Strongly Nonlinear Lattices and Granular Crystals”, SIAM Conference on Nonlinear Waves (June 13-16, 2012, Seattle, Washington, USA).
- Organizer of the workshop “LocSym-2018 Le Mans”(February 9-12 2018, Le Mans University, FRANCE).
- Guest Editor of the Journal: Applied Sciences for the special issue “Acoustic Metamaterials” http://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/Metamaterial
- Associate Editor of Journal: Frontiers in Materials, section Mechanics of Materials.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the section Acoustics and Vibrations, of the Journal Applied Sciences.
- Member of the Committee of the Laboratoire d’Acoustique d’Université du Mans.
- Group Leader of the team: Acoustics of Granular Media and Elastic Metamaterials from 2012.
- Member of the committee for the master program Wave Physics and Acoustics, initiated in 2019 (responsible for master program and international networking).
•Teaching:
Lectures on "Vibrations et Ondes Non linéaires", M1 Acoustique, (Universite du Maine, Fall 2016,2017).
Lectures on the Ae/AM/ME 225. "Special Topics in Solid Mechanics: Linear and nonlinear waves in periodic media” (Caltech, Fall 2012)
Introduction to telecommunication systems, Laboratory class, 7th term of the Physics Program of the University of Athens.
•Mentoring:
10 master theses (2 BECs, 2 Applied Dyn Systems, 5 Granular media, 1 Acoustic Metamaterials)
9 PhD theses
8 PostDoc
•Patent: Boechler, N., Theocharis, G., and Daraio, C. “Bifurcation-based Acoustic Switch and Rectifier” Provisional Patent, No. 61/514,352 (filed 8/2/2011)
Distinctions & Scholarships:
1998-2002: Scholarship from the friends of Hellenic Police Association.
2000-2001: National Fellowship Foundation, Scholarship
(awarded annual to the top 3 students in the class).
2003-2004: A.S. Onasis Public Benefit Foundation Scholarship for master studies
2005-2007: A.S. Onasis Public Benefit Foundation Scholarship for PhD studies.
Projects:
2021-2024: ANR, ExFLEM, Task leader of a project funded by ANR regarding the observation and harnessing of wave extreme events in flexible mechanical metamaterials.
2018-2021: Etoiles montantes en Pays de la Loire, Primary investigator of the Project, Title : Taming the sound from micro granular metamaterials to the next generation phononic devices, a project funded by the region of Pays de la Loire for the support of researchers to apply for ERC.
2016-2019: APAMAS. Primary investigator of a project funded by the region of Pays de la Loire through LMAC, regarding aperiodic acoustic structures and materials with programmable properties.
2013-2017: ANR Metaudible, Task leader
2013-2017: Primary investigator of a European Carrier Integration Grant, Marie-Curie, ComGranSol
2013-2017: PROPASYM, Task leader
2010-2011: Primary investigator of the Special Grant and Support Programme for Scolar’s Association Members «Fundamental and Applied Dynamics Of Granular Crystals: Theory, Simulations and Experiment» from Public Benefit Foundation Alexander S. Onassis