Education
Physics Diploma , University of Patras, Greece, 1974
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Columbia University in New York, 1975
Eng.Sc.D. in Electrical Engineering, Columbia University in New York, 1979

Research Interests
Solar cells, optical interconnects.

Awards and Recognitions
Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Editor, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices (1992-2010).
Chair, Rutgers University Senate and Faculty Representative to the Board of Governors (2002-03, 2003-04, 2010-11).
Chair, New Brunswick Faculty Council (2000-2001)

Recent Journal Articles
P. Panayotatos, E.S. Yang and W. Hwang, "Determination of the grain boundary recombination velocity in polycrystalline silicon as a function of illumination from photoconductance measurements", Solid State Electron., 25, 417-422 (1982).

P. Panayotatos, G.R. Bird, R. Sauers, A. Piechowski and S. Husain, "An approach to the optimal design of p-n heterojunction solar cells using thin-film organic semiconductors", Solar Cells, 21, 301-311 (1987).

A. Georgakilas, P. Panayotatos, J. Stoemenos, J.-L.Mourrain and A. Christou, "Achievements and limitations in optimized GaAs films grown on Si by molecular beam epitaxy", Journal of Applied Physics, 71, 2679-2701 (1992).

D. Bartzos, P. Panayotatos, S. McAfee and D. G. Daut, "Parameter Extraction for a Figure-of-Merit approach for the Comparison of Optical Interconnects," Optical Engineering,37 (10), 2772-2783 (1998).

M. Lagadas, K. Michelakis, M. Kayambaki and P. Panayotatos, "Comparative Investigation of MBE and MOCVD PMHEMT Structures for High Frequency Applications," Materials Science and Engineering B-Solid State Materials for Advanced Technology, 66, 92, (1999).

I. Horvath, P. Panayotatos and Y. Lu, "Surgical Microtool with Integrated Safety Sensors," Microelectronics Journal, 32, 1-9 (2001).