Pagona Papakonstantinou has been educated in Greece (BSc (Hons) in Physics from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) and Great Britain (MSc in opto-electronics and PhD in Materials Science from Queen’s University Belfast). Since 2009 is Professor of Advanced Materials at the Engineering Research Institute of Ulster University and specialises in R&D of strategic, novel materials for renewable energy. She has carried out research in a wide ranging area, however three main themes can be identified: (i) synthesis of novel materials and hierarchical architectures employing plasma enhanced CVD and solution based strategies; (ii) investigation of microstructure-electrochemical-  mechanical properties relationships and (iii) surface functionalization and characterization the electronic structure of  interfaces using both lab and synchrotron based x ray spectroscopies.

(i) synthesis of novel materials and hierarchical architectures employing plasma enhanced CVD and solution based strategies; (ii) investigation of microstructure-electrochemical-  mechanical properties relationships and (iii) surface functionalization and characterization the electronic structure of  interfaces using both lab and synchrotron based x ray spectroscopies.