George Serghiou		Official web page Present :Lecturer Faculty: Science and Engineering School: Engineering and Electronics University of Edinburgh
		Previous: Research Associate Max-Planck Institute for Chemistry Chemistry Department Technical University Darmstadt
Education		BSc. Bioengineering University of California Berkeley
		PhD Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University
Contact		University of Edinburgh School of Engineering and Electronics King's Buildings, Edinburgh EH9, 3JL Scotland, UK email: george.serghiou@ed.ac.uk tel. (+44) 131 6508553 fax. (+44) 131 6506551

Teaching		Carnegie Mellon University, Teaching Assistant Courses: Thermodynamics, Chemical Engineering Laboratory
		University of Edinburgh, Lecturer Training: Faculty teaching development course Courses: Reactions and Reactor Design (third year), Chemical Engineering laboratory (third year), Solids Processing (third year), Biochemical Engineering (second year)
Administration		Course Organizer Director of Studies

Research Interests		Synthesis (at high pressures and temperatures) and characterization of structure and properties (superhard, advanced optical, electronic properties) of new materials (inorganic and organic) Development of equilibrium and metastable high P, T phase diagrams Study of the effect of pressure on chemical reactions Determination of the stability and composition of planetary interiors Correlation of increase in density to transport processes (diffusion, ion partitioning) Clarification of the mechanism of crystal-crystal and crystal-non-crystalline transitions Examination of the effect of crystal size (nano to bulk) on synthesis and phase changes Understanding of electronic transitions (insulator-metal) Investigation of the influence of pressure on melting Use of compression to understand function of biological systems (extremophiles) Polymerized hydrocarbons, drug delivery More on our Materials Research
Techniques		Synthesis, Processing - diamond cell, multi-anvil, piston-cylinder, low pressure bombs, inert furnace Characterization - Raman, X-ray, SEM, TEM, optical microscopy, Mass spectrometry, FIB
Publications		Representative publications