News12 February 2026|AG NikolopoulosGroup research seminar on new materials for rare event searchesPhoto: UHHAs part of the group's seminar programme, Dr Dimitra Spathara delivered an insightful research seminar exploring the development of advanced materials...10 February 2026|AG NikolopoulosMarie Skłodowska-Curie Post-doctoral Fellowship awarded to Dr Dimitra Spathara for the PureCuAlloys project.Photo: D. SpatharaDr Dimitra Spathara, a materials scientist with expertise in computational thermodynamics and advanced alloy design, was awarded a Marie...10 December 2025|AG NikolopoulosSuccessful measurement campaign with spherical proportional counter detectors at the National Centre of Scientific Research “DEMOKRITOS” in AthensPhoto: KN Researchers from our group at Universität Hamburg recently took part in a neutron measurement campaign at the TANDEM accelerator at NCSR “DEMOKRITOS”...26 November 2025|AG NikolopoulosAG Nikolopoulos Group Retreat 2025Photo: PGOn 26th November 2025, our research group held its annual group retreat at the Gängeviertel in Hamburg. The scientific programme began with a keynote...6 November 2025|AG NikolopoulosBachelor Thesis Completed: “Neutron Scattering in Spherical Proportional Counters: Investigation of the Experimental Design” by Julia FockPhoto: UHHJulia Fock, the first Bachelor student in our group, has successfully completed her thesis and her Physics degree. In the first part of her thesis...26 June 2025|AG NikolopoulosGroup research seminar on the status, challenges, and opportunities of coherent electron-neutron scatteringPhoto: UHHDr Dimitrios Papoulias delivered an exciting research seminar as part of the group's seminar programme, offering a comprehensive overview of coherent...14 April 2025|AG NikolopoulosTwo New Publications on Dark Matter Searches with Spherical Proportional CountersPhoto: KNResearchers from our group at the University of Hamburg have had major involvement in two new research articles published on April 11, 2025. In the...13 February 2025|AG NikolopoulosMarie Skłodowska-Curie Post-doctoral Fellowship awarded to Dr Dimitrios Papoulias for the neutrinoSPHERE project.Photo: UHHDr Dimitrios Papoulias, a particle physics phenomenologist with expertise in astroparticle physics, has been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie...23 January 2025|AG NikolopoulosThe DarkSide-20k ExperimentPhoto: UHHAs part of the group's seminar programme, our very own, Dr Zoe Balmforth delivered a research seminar on the DarkSide-20k experiment, currently under...Show all news