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Dr. Nikoleta Theodoropoulou

  • Associate Professor - Physics

Education

Doctorate Degree

PhD in Physics

University of Florida, 2002

Patents

  • “RESISTIVE SWITCHING IN OXIDES GROWN DIRECTLY ON SILICON WAFERS.” Nikoleta Theodoropoulou, Patrick Kollias, Ryan Cottier. Provisional, #63/736,554.
    Date applied: 12/19/2024
  • Miyahara, Yoichi (Principal), Satchell, Nathan David (Co-Principal), Holtz, Mark W (Co-Principal), Kim, Namwon (Co-Principal), Martin, Benjamin (Co-Principal), Chen, Yihong (Supporting), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Supporting), Piner, Edwin L (Supporting), Haque, Ariful (Supporting), Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Mahato, Dip Narayan (Supporting), Smith, Casey Eben (Supporting). MRI: Track 1 Acquisition of state-of-the-art lithography system for micro/nanometer scale device fabrication in research and education, National Science Foundation, Federal, $569780. (Submitted: November 14, 2023, Funded: September 1, 2024 - August 31, 2027). Grant.
  • Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta. Epitaxial Oxides on Si for Fundamental Electronic Transport Studies, Quantum Effects and Device Integration, Department of Defense, Dept of the Army -- Materiel Command, Federal, $800000. (Submitted: August 25, 2022, Funded: June 1, 2023 - May 30, 2027). Grant.
  • Betancourt, Tania (Principal), Brittain, William J (Co-Principal), Irvin, Jennifer A (Co-Principal), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Co-Principal), Martin, Benjamin (Co-Principal), Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Co-Principal), Wistey, Mark A (Co-Principal), Miyahara, Yoichi (Co-Principal), Kerwin, Sean Michael (Co-Principal). TxState-UT PREM Center for Intelligent Materials Assembly (CIMA), National Science Foundation, Federal, $3822000. (Funded: July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2027). Grant.
  • Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Principal), Percent Contribution: %40, Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Myers, Thomas H (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Zakhidov, Alexander (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Tate, Jitendra S (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10, Miyahara, Yoichi (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %10. Enhanced Optical, Electrical, and Magnetic Measurement capabilities for Materials and Device Studies in Research and Education, Department of Defense, Federal, $278778. (Submitted: August 28, 2020, Funded: May 10, 2021 - May 9, 2023). Grant.
  • Holtz, Mark W (Principal), Percent Contribution: %15, Chen, Yihong (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %11, Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %15, Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %8, Li, Jian (Co-Principal), Percent Contribution: %5, Myers, Thomas H (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %8, Piner, Edwin L (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %8, Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %15, Zakhidov, Alexander (Supporting), Percent Contribution: %15. System of Integrated Characterization of Electronic Devices and Materials, U.S. AFOSR, Federal, $332086. (Funded: August 15, 2017 - August 14, 2018). Grant.
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  • Kollias, P., Cottier, R., Miracle, J. T., Cantrell, S. R., & Theodoropoulou, N. (2025). Oxygen vacancy driven resistive switching in SrTiO3/Si(001) heterostructures due to an electronic mechanism. Journal of Applied Physics, 137(24), 244502–1. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0268554
  • Cottier, R. J., Koehne, B. D., Miracle, J. T., Currie, D. A., Swartz, C. H., & Theodoropoulou, N. (2025). Phase coherence and electron-electron interactions in epitaxial strained SrTiO3 films on Si(001). Physical Review B, 111(15), 155307–1. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.111.155307
  • Cottier, R. J., Koehne, B. D., Miracle, J. T., Currie, D. A., Pantelidis, L., Hernandez-Robles, A., … Theodoropoulou, N. (2020). Strong spin-orbit interactions in a correlated two-dimensional electron system formed in SrTiO3(001) films grown epitaxially on p-Si(001). Physical Review B, 102(125423). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.102.125423
  • Cantrell, S. R., Miracle, J. T., Cottier, R. J., Lindsey, S., & Theodoropoulou, N. (2025). Bandgap of Epitaxial Single-Crystal BiFe1−xMnxO3 Films Grown Directly on SrTiO3/Si(001). Materials, 18(9), 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18092022
  • Kimmel, S. W., Koehne, B. D., Gibson, B., Geerts, W. J., Theodoropoulou, N., & Rhodes, C. P. (2023). Structure and Magnetism of Iron-Substituted Nickel Hydroxide Nanosheets. Magnetochemistry, 9, 25. https://doi.org/10.3390/magnetochemistry9010025
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award in Teaching, Texas State University. March 1, 2024 - September 1, 2024
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Service, CoSE. January 2021 - September 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Service, CoSE. January 2020 - August 2020
  • Award / Honor Nominee: Presidential Award for Service. February 1, 2019
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Presidential Award for Excellence in Service at the Professor/Associate Professor level. January 1, 2018 - February 1, 2018
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