Giorgos Fagas PhD MBA serves as the Director of Strategic Development at Tyndall National Institute and is a member of its Executive Leadership team. In this capacity, he is responsible for shaping the institute’s overall international positioning, initiating and overseeing major strategic initiatives that span the entire institute, and managing the collective strategic planning process. Giorgos also ensures the effective delivery of Tyndall’s strategic plan, driving the institute towards its long-term objectives.
A key part of Giorgos’s remit is Tyndall’s international profile. He is actively involved in several influential policy and industry groups, both within Ireland and across Europe. These include serving as the Europe Chair for the Industry Association for Microelectronics and Electronic Systems Design in Ireland (MIDAS), holding a directorship at the SiNANO Institute, and being a member of the Executive Committee of EPoSS and the AENEAS Scientific Council. His academic contributions extend globally as well, holding an adjunct professorship at the Centre for Nanoscience and Engineering (CeNSE) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc).
Giorgos holds a PhD in Physics from Lancaster University, UK, awarded in 2000, and an executive MBA from University College Cork, Ireland, completed in 2012. Previously, Giorgos led the CMOS++ programme at Tyndall, which comprised around 50 researchers. This strategic programme focused on emerging materials, devices, and architectures for next-generation information processing, particularly in relation to interfacing with CMOS technology and exploring possibilities beyond it. His own research group, the Quantum Electronic Device Group (QED), is highly interdisciplinary, combining expertise from physics, chemistry, materials science, electrical engineering, and theoretical modelling and simulation. The group’s aim is to engineer emerging material platforms and develop new devices for scalable quantum computer architectures.
Giorgos has played a significant role in aligning and securing resources for the launch and sustainability of the Tyndall Quantum Computer Engineering Centre, the first dedicated programme of its kind in Ireland aimed at advancing quantum science. He has also led Tyndall’s successful involvement in the Tier 1 Pilot Lines NanoIC and FAMES, supporting the EU Chips Act, from initial negotiations through to project kick-off and execution.
Instrumental in the development of the ‘Quantum 2030 National Strategy for Quantum Technologies‘, Giorgos continues to participate in its implementation group and chairs the activities of the ‘National and International Collaboration’ Pillar, supporting the strategy’s effective execution.
Giorgos is a key contributor to major international strategic research and innovation agendas, including the ECS-SRIA and IRDS. He has initiated several EU projects, acting as Principal Investigator on 18 occasions and as Coordinator on three. Notably, he has led EU-funded programmes such as ASCENT+ and INFRACHIP, which provided open access to infrastructure for early-stage research on nanoelectronics and semiconductor chips, and has overseen the ICOS-project activity on Technology Scanning and Foresight, focused on international cooperation in semiconductors.
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Dr. Giorgos Fagas, MBA, leads the activities of the EU Programmes Office at Tyndall National Institute. He engages with external collaborators, Tyndall researchers and policy stakeholders to establish strategic partnerships through EU Programmes. Giorgos has been an active promoter of European research with his contributions to strategic research agendas, technology roadmaps, EU project coordination/participation and networking events. Previously, he has been leading activities in nanoelectronics and energy-efficient electronics as Senior Researcher at Tyndall. Giorgos has also been a Humboldt Fellow at the University of Regensburg and a research fellow at the Max-Planck-Institut-PKS in Dresden. His research has been published in over 60 peer-reviewed articles. He is the editor of three reference books on Molecular Electronics and Concepts for ICT-Energy.
Research Interests
Research Grants
| Funder | Start Date | End Date | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Irl | 01-FEB-09 | 01-FEB-10 | EI Fully Optimised Single-nanowires and High Density arrays for Photovoltaics | Principal Investigator |
| European Union | 01-SEP-10 | 28-FEB-13 | Ecosystems Technnology and Design for Nanoelectronics | Principal Investigator |
| European Union | 01-JAN-11 | 31-DEC-13 | Co-ordinating Research Efforts towards Zero-Power ICT | Principal Investigator |
| Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering & Technology (IRCSET) | 04-DEC-06 | 03-DEC-08 | IRCSET Postdoctoral Fellowship – Panagiotis Drouvelis | Principal Investigator |
| Enterprise Irl | 01-SEP-09 | 25-OCT-09 | Semiconducting Nanowire platform for Autonomous Sensors | Principal Investigator |
| Science Foundation of Ireland | 16-JUN-08 | 08-SEP-08 | SFI Correslated Electron Device Simulation – Student Irene Yeriskin | Principal Investigator |
| Enterprise Irl | 09-MAR-10 | 18-MAY-10 | Nanowire-based Multiplex sensing for Medical and Environmental Monitoring. | Principal Investigator |
| Enterprise Irl | 01-DEC-09 | 08-DEC-09 | Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Processes-Nanowire-based Multiplex Sensing for Medical and Enviromental Monitoring. | Principal Investigator |
| European Union | 01-AUG-10 | 31-JUL-13 | Semiconducting Nanowire Platform for Autonomous Sensors | Principal Investigator |
| European Union | 01-OCT-13 | 30-SEP-16 | Co-ordinating Research Efforts of the ICT-Energy Communiyt. | Principal Investigator |
| Science Foundation Ireland | 01-NOV-07 | 30-JUN-10 | Semiconductor and Molecular Wire Simulation for Technology Design | |
| Science Foundation Ireland | 01-SEP-14 | 31-AUG-18 | SMALL – Semi-Metal ALL-in-One Technologies | |
| European Commission | 01-SEP-10 | 31-AUG-13 | Silicon Quantum Wire Transistors (SQWIRE) |
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Year | Journal | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics | Binary functionalization of H:Si(111) surfaces by alkyl monolayers with different linker atoms enhances monolayer stability and packing Arefi, Hadi H.; Nolan, Michael; Fagas, Gíorgos (2016) Binary functionalization of H:Si(111) surfaces by alkyl monolayers with different linker atoms enhances monolayer stability and packing. : . |
| 2015 | Journal of Physical Chemistry C | Role of the Head and/or Tail Groups of Adsorbed – X-head group – Alkyl- X-tail group X=O(H), S(H), NH(2) Chains in Controlling the Work Function of the Functionalized H:Si(111) Surface Arefi, H. H. and Nolan, M. and Fagas, G. (2015) Role of the Head and/or Tail Groups of Adsorbed – X-head group – Alkyl- X-tail group X=O(H), S(H), NH(2) Chains in Controlling the Work Function of the Functionalized H:Si(111) Surface. : . |
| 2015 | Journal of Physical Chemistry C | Hole Mobility in Low-Doped Silicon Nanowires: An Atomistic Approach Sharma, D. and Fagas, G. (2015) Hole Mobility in Low-Doped Silicon Nanowires: An Atomistic Approach. : . |
| 2014 | Langmuir | Density Functional Theory with van der Waals Corrections Study of the Adsorption of Alkyl, Alkylthiol, Alkoxyl, and Amino-Alkyl Chains on the H:Si(111) Surface Arefi, H. H. and Nolan, M. and Fagas, G. (2014) Density Functional Theory with van der Waals Corrections Study of the Adsorption of Alkyl, Alkylthiol, Alkoxyl, and Amino-Alkyl Chains on the H:Si(111) Surface. : . |
| 2014 | Journal of Physical Chemistry C | Chemical Trends in the Work Function of Modified Si(111) Surfaces: A DFT Study Arefi, H. H. and Fagas, G. (2014) Chemical Trends in the Work Function of Modified Si(111) Surfaces: A DFT Study. : . |
| 2014 | Applied Physics Letters | Strain induced effects on electronic structure of semi-metallic and semiconducting tin nanowires Ansari, L. and Fagas, G. and Greer, J. C. (2014) Strain induced effects on electronic structure of semi-metallic and semiconducting tin nanowires. : . |
| 2013 | Applied Physics Letters | Electrical performance of III-V gate-all-around nanowire transistors Razavi, P. and Fagas, G. (2013) Electrical performance of III-V gate-all-around nanowire transistors. : . |
| 2013 | Journal of Applied Physics | Transport properties and electrical device characteristics with the TiMeS computational platform: Application in silicon nanowires Sharma, D. and Ansari, L. and Feldman, B. and Iakovidis, M. and Greer, J. C. and Fagas, G. (2013) Transport properties and electrical device characteristics with the TiMeS computational platform: Application in silicon nanowires. : . |
| 2013 | Ieee Transactions on Nanotechnology | First Principle-Based Analysis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube and Silicon Nanowire Junctionless Transistors Ansari, L. and Feldman, B. and Fagas, G. and Lacambra, C. M. and Haverty, M. G. and Kuhn, K. J. and Shankar, S. and Greer, J. C. (2013) First Principle-Based Analysis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube and Silicon Nanowire Junctionless Transistors. : . |
| 2012 | Computational and Theoretical Chemistry | Atomic basis sets for first-principles studies of Si nanowires Sharma, D. and Arefi, H. H. and Fagas, G. (2012) Atomic basis sets for first-principles studies of Si nanowires. : . |
| 2009 | Journal of Physical Chemistry C | Tunnel Currents across Silane Diamines/Dithiols and Alkane Diamines/Dithiols: A Comparative Computational Study McDermott, S. and George, C. B. and Fagas, G. and Greer, J. C. and Ratner, M. A. (2009) Tunnel Currents across Silane Diamines/Dithiols and Alkane Diamines/Dithiols: A Comparative Computational Study. : . |
| 2009 | Nano Letters | Ballistic Conductance in Oxidized Si Nanowires Fagas, G. and Greer, J. C. (2009) Ballistic Conductance in Oxidized Si Nanowires. : . |
| 2007 | Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter | Magnetically controlled current flow in coupled-dot arrays Drouvelis, P. and Fagas, G. and Schmelcher, P. (2007) Magnetically controlled current flow in coupled-dot arrays. : . |
| 2006 | Journal of Chemical Physics | Determination of complex absorbing potentials from the electron self-energy Henderson, T. M. and Fagas, G. and Hyde, E. and Greer, J. C. (2006) Determination of complex absorbing potentials from the electron self-energy. : . |
| 2006 | Physical Review B | Independent particle descriptions of tunneling using the many-body quantum transport approach Fagas, G. and Delaney, P. and Greer, J. C. (2006) Independent particle descriptions of tunneling using the many-body quantum transport approach. : . |
| 2005 | Physical Review B | Magnetic-field dependence of transport in normal and Andreev billiards: A classical interpretation of the averaged quantum behavior Fytas, N. G. and Diakonos, F. K. and Schmelcher, P. and Scheid, M. and Lassl, A. and Richter, K. and Fagas, G. (2005) Magnetic-field dependence of transport in normal and Andreev billiards: A classical interpretation of the averaged quantum behavior. : . |
| 2005 | Physical Review B | Geometrical enhancement of the proximity effect in quantum wires with extended superconducting tunnel contacts Fagas, G. and Tkachov, G. and Pfund, A. and Richter, K. (2005) Geometrical enhancement of the proximity effect in quantum wires with extended superconducting tunnel contacts. : . |
| 2004 | Macromolecular Symposia | Manifestation of electrode surface states in molecular conduction Fagas, G. and Gutierrez, R. and Richter, K. and Grossmann, F. and Schmidt, R. (2004) Manifestation of electrode surface states in molecular conduction. : . |
| 2004 | CHEMICAL PHYSICS LETTERS | Complex-band structure: a method to determine the off-resonant electron transport in oligomers FAGAS, G and KAMBILI, A and ELSTNER, M (2004) Complex-band structure: a method to determine the off-resonant electron transport in oligomers. : . |
| 2003 | Europhysics Letters | Conductance of a molecular junction mediated by unconventional metal-induced gap states Gutierrez, R. and Fagas, G. and Richter, K. and Grossmann, F. and Schmidt, R. (2003) Conductance of a molecular junction mediated by unconventional metal-induced gap states. : . |
| 2002 | Physica E-Low-Dimensional Systems & Nanostructures | Fullerene based devices for molecular electronics Cuniberti, G. and Gutierrez, R. and Fagas, G. and Grossmann, F. and Richter, K. and Schmidt, R. (2002) Fullerene based devices for molecular electronics. : . |
| 2002 | Physical Review B | Theory of an all-carbon molecular switch Gutierrez, R. and Fagas, G. and Cuniberti, G. and Grossmann, F. and Schmidt, R. and Richter, K. (2002) Theory of an all-carbon molecular switch. : . |
| 2002 | CHEMICAL PHYSICS | Fingerprints of mesoscopic leads in the conductance of a molecular wire CUNIBERTI, G and FAGAS, G and RICHTER, K (2002) Fingerprints of mesoscopic leads in the conductance of a molecular wire. : . |
| 2001 | Physical Review B | Electron transport in nanotube-molecular-wire hybrids Fagas, G. and Cuniberti, G. and Richter, K. (2001) Electron transport in nanotube-molecular-wire hybrids. : . |
| 2001 | Acta Physica Polonica B | Conductance of a molecular wire attached to mesoscopic leads: Contact effects Cuniberti, G. and Fagas, G. and Richter, K. (2001) Conductance of a molecular wire attached to mesoscopic leads: Contact effects. : . |
| 2000 | Physical Review B | Correlations in optical phonon spectra of complex solids Fagas, G. and Fal’ko, V. I. and Lambert, C. J. and Gefen, Y. (2000) Correlations in optical phonon spectra of complex solids. : . |
| 1999 | Physica B | Lattice-dynamical calculation of phonon scattering at a disordered interface Fagas, G. and Kozorezov, A. G. and Lambert, C. J. and Wigmore, J. K. (1999) Lattice-dynamical calculation of phonon scattering at a disordered interface. : . |
| 1999 | Physical Review B | Lattice dynamics of a disordered solid-solid interface Fagas, G. and Kozorezov, A. G. and Lambert, C. J. and Wigmore, J. K. and Peacock, A. and Poelaert, A. and den Hartog, R. (1999) Lattice dynamics of a disordered solid-solid interface. : . |
| 1999 | Physical Review B | Phonon-mediated thermal conductance of mesoscopic wires with rough edges Kambili, A. and Fagas, G. and Fal’ko, V. I. and Lambert, C. J. (1999) Phonon-mediated thermal conductance of mesoscopic wires with rough edges. : . |
| 1999 | Physica B-Condensed Matter | Universal correlations in vibrational spectra of complex crystals Fagas, G. and Fal’ko, V. I. and Lambert, C. J. (1999) Universal correlations in vibrational spectra of complex crystals. : . |
Edited Books
| Year | Publication |
|---|---|
| 2014 | ICT-Energy Concepts Towards Zero-Power Information and Communication (2014) ICT-Energy Concepts Towards Zero-Power Information and Communication. : InTech. |
| 2005 | Introducing Molecular Electronics (2005) Introducing Molecular Electronics. : Springer Berlin Heidelberg. |
Book Chapters
| Year | Publication |
|---|---|
| 2013 | A miniaturised autonomous sensor based on nanowire materials platform: the SiNAPS mote Pour, N. K. and Kayal, M. and Jia, G. B. and Eisenhawer, B. and Falk, F. and Nightingale, A. and DeMello, J. C. and Georgiev, Y. M. and Petkov, N. and Holmes, J. D. and Nolan, M. and Fagas, G. (2013) A miniaturised autonomous sensor based on nanowire materials platform: the SiNAPS mote. : . |
Conference Publications
| Year | Publication |
|---|---|
| 2013 | SPIE Proceedings Pour, N. K.; Kayal, N.; Jia, G.; Eisenhawer, B.; Falk, F.; Nightingale, A.; DeMello, J. C.; Georgiev, Y. M.; Petkov, N.; Holmes, J. D.; Nolan, M.; Fagas, G. (2013) SPIE Proceedings. : . |
| 2006 | Recent Progress In Computational Sciences and Engineering, Vols 7a and 7b Henderson, TM, Fagas, G, Hyde, E, Greer, JC; (2006) Recent Progress In Computational Sciences and Engineering, Vols 7a and 7b. : . |
Other Journals
| Year | Journal | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society | First-principles insights into the properties of hydrogenated amorphous silicon and interfaces with crystalline silicon Legesse, M. and Nolan, M. and Fagas, G. (2013) First-principles insights into the properties of hydrogenated amorphous silicon and interfaces with crystalline silicon. : . |
Teaching Activities
Recent Postgraduates
| Student | Degree | Graduation Year | Institution | Thesis |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dimpy Sharma | PHD DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES | 2013 | UCC | Investigation of numerical atomic orbitals for first-principlescalculations of the electronic and transport properties of silicon nanowire structures |
| Pedram Razavi | PHD DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES | 2013 | UCC | Simulation of multigate SOI transistors with silicon, germanium and III-V channels |
| Lida Ansari | PHD DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES | 2012 | UCC | Atomic Scale Simulation of Nanowire Nanotube Transistors |
| Hadi Hassanian Arefi | PHD DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES | 2015 | UCC | A microscopic study of structural and electronic properties of functionalized silicon surfaces based on first-principles |
| Merid Legesse Belayneh | PHD DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES | 2015 | UCC | First principles simulation of amorphous silicon bulk, interfaces, and nanowires for photovoltaics |
| Nima Dehdashti Akhavan | PHD DOCTOR OF PHYSICAL SCIENCES | 2011 | UCC | QUANTUM MECHANICAL SIMULATION OF SILICON NANOWIRE TRANSISTORS |