Presentations

Presentation on Segmental dynamics and local motions in disordered random co-polymers as an Awardee in the PMSE Future Faculty Symposium at the ACS Fall 2026 in Chicago, IL, USA.

Presentation on Dielectric properties and relaxation dynamics of poly(acrylate-co-isocyanide) vitrimers at the 10th International Discussion Meeting on Relaxations in Complex Systems 2025, in Barcelona, Spain.

Departmental Seminar and Career Lecture to undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty, Department of Materials Science, University of Patras, Greece, 2023.

Seminar on disentangled UHMWPE and entanglement formation dynamics to researchers and faculty, Department of Biobased Materials, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, 2018.

Departmental Seminar and Career Lecture to undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty, Department of Materials Science, University of Patras, Greece, 2017.

S.X. Drakopoulos, H.-L. Sun, L. Čamdžić, E.E. Stache, R.D. Priestley (August 23–27, 2026, Chicago, IL, USA).
Segmental dynamics and local motions in disordered random co-polymers.
INVITED Oral Presentation as an Awardee in the PMSE Future Faculty Symposium at the ACS Fall 2026.

S.X. Drakopoulos, H.-L. Sun, L. Čamdžić, E.E. Stache, R.D. Priestley (July 20–25, 2025, Barcelona, Spain).
Dielectric properties and relaxation dynamics of poly(acrylate-co-isocyanide) vitrimers.
INVITED Oral Presentation at the 10th International Discussion Meeting on Relaxations in Complex Systems.

S.X. Drakopoulos, S. Kim, R.A. Register, R.D. Priestley (March 16–21, 2025, Anaheim, CA, USA).
Dielectric relaxation dynamics in (methyl methacrylate)/(4-tert-butylstyrene) random co-polymers.
Oral Presentation at the APS Joint March Meeting and April Meeting: Global Physics Summit 2025.

S.X. Drakopoulos, S. Kim, R.A. Register, R.D. Priestley (September 9–11, 2024, Edinburgh, United Kingdom).
Relaxation dynamics in poly(methyl methacrylate)/poly(4-tert-butylstyrene) systems produced via thermal initiated random co-polymerization.
Oral Presentation at the Physical Aspects of Polymer Science 2024 conference.

S.X. Drakopoulos, K. Randazzo, S. Liu, R.D. Priestley (September 1–6, 2024, Lisbon, Portugal).
Segmental Relaxation of Polystyrene Modified with Pyrene Molecules.
Oral Presentation at the 12th Conference on Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy and its Applications.

T. Kim, S.X. Drakopoulos, I. Martin-Fabiani, A. Robbins, S. Ronca, A. Minnich (March 2–6, 2020, Denver, CO, USA).
Thermal phonons with micron-scale mean free paths in ultra-drawn polyethylene.
Oral Presentation at the APS March Meeting 2020.

S.X. Drakopoulos, G.C. Manika, G.C. Psarras, S. Ronca (May 5–8, 2019, Budapest, Hungary).
Au/ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene nanodielectrics: the effect of calendering on the electrical energy storage potential.
Oral Presentation at the 6th International Symposium Frontiers in Polymer Science.

S.X. Drakopoulos, G.C. Psarras, S. Ronca (August 26–31, 2018, Brussels, Belgium).
Understanding the Evolution of Entanglements upon the Dielectric Relaxations in dis-UHMWPE in the Presence of Al₂O₃ Catalytic Ashes.
Oral Presentation at the 10th Conference on Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy and its Applications.

S.X. Drakopoulos, H.-L. Sun, L. Čamdžić, E.E. Stache, R.D. Priestley (August 23–27, 2026, South Hadley, Chicago, IL, USA).
Bond exchange relaxation dynamics underpinning charge transport in vitrimer polymers.
Poster Presentation at the ACS Fall 2026.

S.X. Drakopoulos, S. Kim, R.A. Register, R.D. Priestley (July 26–31, 2026, South Hadley, MA, USA).
Segmental dynamics and local motions in disordered random co-polymers.
Poster Presentation at the ‘Linking Polymer Design, Structure, and Properties’ Polymer Physics Gordon Research Conference.

S.X. Drakopoulos, H.-L. Sun, L. Čamdžić, E.E. Stache, R.D. Priestley (July 25–26, 2026, South Hadley, MA, USA).
Bond exchange relaxation dynamics underpinning charge transport in vitrimer polymers.
Poster Presentation at the ‘Driving Sustainable Innovation with Molecular Insights’ Polymer Physics Gordon Research Seminar.

S.X. Drakopoulos, S. Kim, R.A. Register, R.D. Priestley (July 20–25, 2025, Barcelona, Spain).
Segmental dynamics and local motions in disordered random co-polymers.
Poster Presentation at the 10th International Discussion Meeting on Relaxations in Complex Systems.

S.X. Drakopoulos, K. Randazzo, S. Liu, R.D. Priestley (March 16–21, 2025, Anaheim, CA, USA).
Pyrene-functionalized polystyrene: Thermodynamic and dynamic properties of the glass transition in the bulk and under confinement.
Poster Presentation at the APS Joint March Meeting and April Meeting: Global Physics Summit 2025.

K. Zuravel, S.X. Drakopoulos, R.D. Priestley (October 27–31, 2024, San Diego, CA, USA).
A Dielectric and Calorimetric Investigation of Modified Cellulose Polymers.
Poster Presentation at the AIChE Annual Meeting 2024.

S.X. Drakopoulos, Y. Sao, R.D. Priestley (September 1–6, 2024, Lisbon, Portugal).
Relaxation Dynamics of Hydroxypropylmethylcellulose Acetate Succinate via Dielectric and Mechanical Methods.
Poster Presentation at the 12th Conference on Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy and its Applications.

S.X. Drakopoulos, K. Asadi (June 23–28, 2024, Dresden, Germany).
Universal scaling of DC conductivity with dielectric interfacial polarization in conjugated polymers.
Poster Presentation at the International Conference on Science and Technology of Synthetic Electronic Materials (ICSM 24).

S.M. Maguire, S.X. Drakopoulos, C. Nie, R.A. Register, P.J. Chirik, R.D. Priestley, E.C. Davidson (March 4–8, 2024, Minneapolis, MN, USA).
Probing the Impact of Chain Architecture on Segmental Dynamics in Semi-Crystalline Poly(oligocyclobutane).
Poster Presentation at the APS March Meeting 2024.

S.X. Drakopoulos, I. Martin-Fabiani, S. Ronca (June 24–28, 2019, Naples & Sorrento, Italy).
Uniaxially oriented UHMWPE in the presence of ZnO nanoparticles or β-carotene: A small/wide-angle X-ray scattering study.
Poster Presentation at the 5th Blue Sky Conference on Catalytic Olefin Polymerization.

S.X. Drakopoulos, G. Forte, G.C. Psarras, S. Ronca (June 24–28, 2019, Naples & Sorrento, Italy).
Relaxation dynamics of disentangled UHMWPE as revealed by broadband dielectric spectroscopy and torsional rheology.
Poster Presentation at the 5th Blue Sky Conference on Catalytic Olefin Polymerization.

S.X. Drakopoulos, I. Martin-Fabiani, A. Nogales, T.A. Ezquerra, G. Claudio, S. Ronca (May 5–8, 2019, Budapest, Hungary).
Au/ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene nanocomposites: the effect of calendering on structural and thermal properties.
Poster Presentation at the 6th International Symposium Frontiers in Polymer Science.

S.X. Drakopoulos, G.C. Psarras, P. Wang, S. Ronca, D. Nocita, E. Mele (September 9–13, 2018, Maastricht, Netherlands).
Electrospinning Effect on the Relaxation Molecular Dynamics of Poly(D,L-Lactide) via Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy.
Poster Presentation at the 29th European Conference on Biomaterials.

S.X. Drakopoulos, G.C. Psarras, J. Karger-Kocsis (November 5–7, 2015, Athens, Greece).
Swelling and Plasticization Phenomena of Semi-Crystalline Microfibrillated Cellulose: An Investigation via Dielectric Relaxation Spectroscopy.
Poster Presentation at the 1st International Conference “Science in Technology”.

S.X. Drakopoulos, G.C. Psarras, L. Lendvai, Á. Kmetty, J. Karger-Kocsis (December 4–6, 2014, Patras, Greece).
Chemical Composition and Characterization of Thermoplastic Starch Biomicrocomposites and Hybrids, Reinforced with Latex and Cellulose Microparticles.
Poster Presentation at the 10th Hellenic Polymer Society Conference, with International Participation.