CV

Basics

Name Michael Chadolias
Label Astroparticle Physicist
Email mchadolias@gmail.com
Phone +30 69 4220 1140
Url https://mchadolias.github.io

Education

  • 2022.04 - 2025.02
    M.Sc.
    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nurnberg
    Physics (Astrophysics and astroparticle physics)
  • 2018.10 - 2022.02
    B.Sc.
    Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH)
    Physics

Work

  • 2023.08 - 2024.10
    Master Thesis Student
    Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP)
    Conducted first feasibility study on tau neutrino appearance using ANTARES simulated data
    • Developed scalable pipeline to convert 500k+ ANTARES Monte Carlo event files (20% faster processing, 35% storage reduction)
    • Analyzed 200+ oscillation scenarios with SWIM software
    • Compared tau appearance potential between ANTARES and KM3NeT/ORCA
  • 2022.11 - 2023.04
    Graduate Research Assistant
    Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP)
    Co-developed and tested modules within a Snakemake-based MC production pipeline for ORCA events
    • Achieved 25% CPU workload reduction through SLURM optimization
    • Performed testing and diagnostics on NHR@FAU cluster
  • 2021.11 - 2022.01
    Undergraduate Research Assistant
    National Centre of Scientific Research Demokritos (NCSR)
    Studied reconstruction quality of simulated events for KM3NeT/ORCA6 configuration
    • Analyzed νμ interaction topologies across key metrics
    • Assisted in optical module integration and component testing

Volunteer

  • 2023.10 - 2023.10
    Neutrino Group Volunteer
    Long Night of Sciences, FAU Erlangen
    Presented neutrino detection concepts to 1100+ visitors at ECAP
  • 2021.03 - 2021.03
    Volunteer
    AUTH - CERN Masterclass
    Guided high school students through ATLAS event identification exercises
  • 2017.11 - 2019.06
    Group Coordinator
    PATh (Physicists of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)
    Organized conference for undergraduate physics research and facilitated student lab visits
  • 2017.05 - 2019.05
    Volunteer
    TedX - Thessaloniki

Skills

Programming
Python
C/C++
Bash
SQL
Frameworks & Tools
ROOT
SWIM
TensorFlow
PyTorch
GraphNet
JAX
OscProb
nuSQuIDS
Computing Methods
HPC (SLURM, UNIX)
Snakemake
Git
CI/CD
Docker
Apptainer

Languages

Greek
Native
English
C2
German
B2
Italian
A1

Interests

Research Interests
Astroparticle physics
Particle Physics
Neutrino physics
Data science & AI
Statistical & Computational methods
Hobbies
Chess
Basketball
Hiking
D&D
Book-club

References

PD. Dr. Thomas Eberl
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg - ECAP
Dr. Rodrigo Gracia-Ruiz
FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg - ECAP
Dr. Ekaterini Tzamariudaki
NCSR Demokritos

Projects

  • 2019.03 - 2021.12
    SpaceDot - AcubeSAT Project
    Student-led team at AUTH selected for ESA's 'Fly Your Satellite' program (3rd iteration)
    • Led trajectory subsystem and co-authored ESA proposal
    • Modeled space environment with OMERE and FASTRAD (basis for bachelor's thesis)