Greece

The following universities and research centers are users of synchrotrons and FELs:

• Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (9 groups/scientists from 3 Institutes/ Heraklion and Patras)
• University of Crete (1 group/scientist/Heraklion)
• Technical University of Crete(1 group/Chania)
• University of Ioannina (2 groups/Ioannina)
• University of Thessaly (2 groups/scientists/Larissa and Karditsa)
• University of Thrace (1 group/Alexandroupolis)
• University of Athens (8 groups/scientists from 3 Departments/Athens)
• Agricultural University of Athens (4 groups/scientists from 2 Departments/Athens)
• University of Patras (7 groups/scientists from 2 Departments/ Patras)
• NCSR “DEMOKRITOS” (12 groups/scientists from 5 Institutes/Athens)
• National Hellenic Research Foundation (19 scientists from 3 Institutes/Athens)
• Hellenic Pasteur Institute (1 group/Athens)
• TEI Patras (1 group/Patras)

The scientific expertise of these groups includes biology (structural biology, protein engineering, biomedical applications etc), materials science (graphene, carbon nanotubes, polymers, glasses, semiconductors, surfaces etc), nanotechnology (nanomaterials, biomimetic materials etc), biochemistry-enzymology, chemistry (in silico and in vitro chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry, bioactive molecules), and physics (atomic physics, fast atomic processes, surface physics etc). About 40% of the researchers/groups identify themselves by more than one scientific field.