Paraskevas Kontis

About

Paraskevas (Paris) Kontis is Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, where he is a member of the Physical Metallurgy group. His current research is focused on providing a fundamental understanding of the structure-property relationship down at the atomic level in materials, with a particular focus on high performance alloys at extreme environments, such as superalloys for aero-engines and land-based gas turbines, titanium alloys and others.

Understanding this relationship at the atomic level, can unlock new alloy design strategies. Primary goal is to use such atomic-scale driven design guidelines for hydrogen-resistant superalloys, aiming to make true the zero emissions dream. For this purpose, he exploits a framework of high-end microscopy and microanalysis methods, such as Atom Probe Tomography (APT).

Paris participates in the Outstanding Academic Fellow program at NTNU (2024-2027) and he is the NTNU Representative for the European "Innovative Advanced Materials Initiative (IAM-I)". He is also the National Contact Point (NCP) for the European Aeronautics Science Network (EASN) since 2024.

Current research projects:

HyWay: Multiscale Characterisation and Simulation for Hydrogen Embrittlement Assessment: Development of an Open Knowledge Platform to Foster Capability Integration (Website) European Union - Grant Agreement No.: 101135374

Publications:

For the most up-to-date list of my publications, please see my Google Scholar profile.

Brief CV:

Paraskevas Kontis completed his DPhil work in March 2016 and he was awarded his DPhil degree in Materials Science in May 2017 from the University of Oxford, in the UK. This work was sponsored and performed in close collaboration with Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery, Sweden.

After a short Postdoctoral position at the University of Oxford, he took a Postdoctoral position in July 2016 at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (MPIE). There he was a member of the Microstructure Physics and Alloy Design department of Prof. Dierk Raabe and he was working within the Atom Probe group led by Dr Baptiste Gault. He became Deputy Group Leader of the Atom Probe group from August 2018 until June 2020. Between July 2020 and August 2021, he was the Group Leader of the newly established group at MPIE of “High Performance Alloys for Extreme Environments”. In September 2021, he joined NTNU as Associate Professor in Materials Science and Engineering.

Publications

2025

Nylund, Inger-Emma; Eilertsen, Elise R.; Hatzoglou, Constantinos; Aune, Kaja Eggen; Bjørge, Ruben; Helvoort, Antonius Van. (2025) Atomic-scale insights on grain boundary segregation in a cathode battery material. Scripta Materialia
Academic article
hatzoglou, constantinos; Kontis, Paraskevas; Khanchandani, Heena; Costa, Gerald Da; Gault, Baptiste; Vurpillot, François. (2025) Effect of Dynamic Reconstruction on Particle Size and Morphology in Atom Probe Tomography. Microscopy and Microanalysis
Academic article

2024

Manataki, Andriani; Hmadeh, Lewaa; Sørensen, Bjørn Eske; Kontis, Paraskevas; Sangesland, Sigbjørn. (2024) The effect of well temperature on the microstructure and the mechanical performance of bismuth-based plugs in well plugging and abandonment operations. Geoenergy Science and Engineering
Academic article
Saxena, Alaukik; Kühbach, Markus; Katnagallu, Shyam; Kontis, Paraskevas; Gault, Baptiste; Freysoldt, Christoph. (2024) Analyzing Linear Features in Atom Probe Tomography Datasets using Skeletonization. Microscopy and Microanalysis
Academic article
Rapetti, Abel; Cervellon, Alice; Menou, Edern; Rame, Jérémy; Tancret, Franck; Kontis, Paraskevas. (2024) Microstructural and Thermomechanical Assessment of Computationally Designed Ni-Based SX Superalloys.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Müller, Bernd; Backes, Gerhard; Küppers, Wolfgang; Kittel, Jochen; Pirch, Norbert; Hemes, Susanne. (2024) The Effect of a Laser-Based Heat Treatment on the Microstructure of a Superalloy After a Minimally Invasive Repair by Direct Energy Deposition.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Cormier, Jonathan; Edmonds, Ian; Forsik, Stephane; Kontis, Paraskevas; O'Connell, Corey; Smith, Timothy. (2024) Superalloys 2024 - Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Superalloys. Springer Springer
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Kontis, Paraskevas; Smith, Timothy M.. (2024) A Review on the Partitioning of Solutes Along Dislocations and Stacking Faults in Superalloys. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
Academic article
Han, F.; Luo, X.; Liu, Q.; Hou, Z.; Marthinsen, Knut; Wu, G.L.. (2024) The effect of grain size and rolling reduction on microstructure evolution and annealing hardening response of a Mg-3Gd alloy. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys
Academic article
Gault, Baptiste; Saksena, Aparna; Sauvage, Xavier; Bagot, Paul; Aota, Leonardo S.; Arlt, Jonas. (2024) Towards Establishing Best Practice in the Analysis of Hydrogen and Deuterium by Atom Probe Tomography. Microscopy and Microanalysis
Academic literature review
Einmo, Eskil; Tolstik, Nikolai; Grivas, Christos; Demesh, Maksim; Kontis, Paraskevas; Sorokina, Irina T. (2024) Morphology Characterization and Refractive Index Analysis of Subsurface Ultrashort-Pulsed Laser Modifications in ZnS. Physica Status Solidi (a) applications and materials science
Academic article

2023

Manataki, Andriani; Kontis, Paraskevas; Sangesland, Sigbjørn. (2023) Investigation of the Microstructure of Bismuth Alloy and its Interaction With Cement and Steel Casing.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Antonov, Stoichko; Després, Arthur; Mayer, Charlotte; Martin, Guilhem; Kontis, Paraskevas. (2023) Boron trapping at dislocations in an additively manufactured polycrystalline superalloy. Materialia
Academic article

2022

Bishara, Hanna; Kontis, Paraskevas; Dehm, Gerhard; Schneider, Jochen M.; Evertz, Simon. (2022) Effect of hybridization in PdAlY-(Ni/Au/Ir) metallic glasses thin films on electrical resistivity. Scripta Materialia
Academic article
Jinghao, Xu; Kontis, Paraskevas; Ru, Peng; Johan, Moverare. (2022) Modelling of additive manufacturability of nickel-based superalloys for laser powder bed fusion. Acta Materialia
Academic article
Durand, Malik; Cormier, Jonathan; Paumier, Fabien; Katnagallu, Shyam; Saksena, Aparna; Kontis, Paraskevas. (2022) Chemical redistribution and change in crystal lattice parameters during stress relaxation annealing of the AD730<sup>TM</sup> superalloy. Acta Materialia
Academic article
Saksena, Aparna; Kubacka, Dorota; Gault, Baptiste; Spiecker, Erdmann; Kontis, Paraskevas. (2022) The effect of γ matrix channel width on the compositional evolution in a multi-component nickel-based superalloy. Scripta Materialia
Academic article

2021

Després, Arthur; Antonov, Stoichko; Mayer, Charlotte; Veron, Muriel; Rauch, Edgar; Tassin, Catherine. (2021) Revealing the true partitioning character of zirconium in additively manufactured polycrystalline superalloys. Additive Manufacturing Letters
Academic article

Journal publications

Nylund, Inger-Emma; Eilertsen, Elise R.; Hatzoglou, Constantinos; Aune, Kaja Eggen; Bjørge, Ruben; Helvoort, Antonius Van. (2025) Atomic-scale insights on grain boundary segregation in a cathode battery material. Scripta Materialia
Academic article
hatzoglou, constantinos; Kontis, Paraskevas; Khanchandani, Heena; Costa, Gerald Da; Gault, Baptiste; Vurpillot, François. (2025) Effect of Dynamic Reconstruction on Particle Size and Morphology in Atom Probe Tomography. Microscopy and Microanalysis
Academic article
Manataki, Andriani; Hmadeh, Lewaa; Sørensen, Bjørn Eske; Kontis, Paraskevas; Sangesland, Sigbjørn. (2024) The effect of well temperature on the microstructure and the mechanical performance of bismuth-based plugs in well plugging and abandonment operations. Geoenergy Science and Engineering
Academic article
Saxena, Alaukik; Kühbach, Markus; Katnagallu, Shyam; Kontis, Paraskevas; Gault, Baptiste; Freysoldt, Christoph. (2024) Analyzing Linear Features in Atom Probe Tomography Datasets using Skeletonization. Microscopy and Microanalysis
Academic article
Kontis, Paraskevas; Smith, Timothy M.. (2024) A Review on the Partitioning of Solutes Along Dislocations and Stacking Faults in Superalloys. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A
Academic article
Han, F.; Luo, X.; Liu, Q.; Hou, Z.; Marthinsen, Knut; Wu, G.L.. (2024) The effect of grain size and rolling reduction on microstructure evolution and annealing hardening response of a Mg-3Gd alloy. Journal of Magnesium and Alloys
Academic article
Gault, Baptiste; Saksena, Aparna; Sauvage, Xavier; Bagot, Paul; Aota, Leonardo S.; Arlt, Jonas. (2024) Towards Establishing Best Practice in the Analysis of Hydrogen and Deuterium by Atom Probe Tomography. Microscopy and Microanalysis
Academic literature review
Einmo, Eskil; Tolstik, Nikolai; Grivas, Christos; Demesh, Maksim; Kontis, Paraskevas; Sorokina, Irina T. (2024) Morphology Characterization and Refractive Index Analysis of Subsurface Ultrashort-Pulsed Laser Modifications in ZnS. Physica Status Solidi (a) applications and materials science
Academic article
Antonov, Stoichko; Després, Arthur; Mayer, Charlotte; Martin, Guilhem; Kontis, Paraskevas. (2023) Boron trapping at dislocations in an additively manufactured polycrystalline superalloy. Materialia
Academic article
Bishara, Hanna; Kontis, Paraskevas; Dehm, Gerhard; Schneider, Jochen M.; Evertz, Simon. (2022) Effect of hybridization in PdAlY-(Ni/Au/Ir) metallic glasses thin films on electrical resistivity. Scripta Materialia
Academic article
Jinghao, Xu; Kontis, Paraskevas; Ru, Peng; Johan, Moverare. (2022) Modelling of additive manufacturability of nickel-based superalloys for laser powder bed fusion. Acta Materialia
Academic article
Durand, Malik; Cormier, Jonathan; Paumier, Fabien; Katnagallu, Shyam; Saksena, Aparna; Kontis, Paraskevas. (2022) Chemical redistribution and change in crystal lattice parameters during stress relaxation annealing of the AD730<sup>TM</sup> superalloy. Acta Materialia
Academic article
Saksena, Aparna; Kubacka, Dorota; Gault, Baptiste; Spiecker, Erdmann; Kontis, Paraskevas. (2022) The effect of γ matrix channel width on the compositional evolution in a multi-component nickel-based superalloy. Scripta Materialia
Academic article
Després, Arthur; Antonov, Stoichko; Mayer, Charlotte; Veron, Muriel; Rauch, Edgar; Tassin, Catherine. (2021) Revealing the true partitioning character of zirconium in additively manufactured polycrystalline superalloys. Additive Manufacturing Letters
Academic article

Books

Cormier, Jonathan; Edmonds, Ian; Forsik, Stephane; Kontis, Paraskevas; O'Connell, Corey; Smith, Timothy. (2024) Superalloys 2024 - Proceedings of the 15th International Symposium on Superalloys. Springer Springer
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Part of book/report

Rapetti, Abel; Cervellon, Alice; Menou, Edern; Rame, Jérémy; Tancret, Franck; Kontis, Paraskevas. (2024) Microstructural and Thermomechanical Assessment of Computationally Designed Ni-Based SX Superalloys.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Müller, Bernd; Backes, Gerhard; Küppers, Wolfgang; Kittel, Jochen; Pirch, Norbert; Hemes, Susanne. (2024) The Effect of a Laser-Based Heat Treatment on the Microstructure of a Superalloy After a Minimally Invasive Repair by Direct Energy Deposition.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Manataki, Andriani; Kontis, Paraskevas; Sangesland, Sigbjørn. (2023) Investigation of the Microstructure of Bismuth Alloy and its Interaction With Cement and Steel Casing.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Teaching

Courses

Outreach

2024

Academic lecture

Einmo, Eskil Johan Nilsen; Tolstik, Nikolai; Grivas, Christos; Kontis, Paraskevas; Sorokina, Irina T; Sabatino, Marisa Di. (2024) Morphology and refractive index characterization of subsurface ultrashort pulsed laser modifications in ZnS. Nasjonal konferanse for materialteknologi , Trondheim 2024-08-28 - 2024-08-29
Poster

Einmo, Eskil; Tolstik, Nikolai; Grivas, Christos; Demesh, Maksim; Kontis, Paraskevas; Sorokina, Irina T. (2024) Morphology and refractive index dependence on laser parameters in subsurface ultrashort pulsed laser processing of ZnS. Gettering and Defect Engineering in Semiconductor Technology (GADEST) , Bad Schandau 2024-09-08 - 2024-09-13
Academic lecture

Synnott, Fran; Premoli, Dennis; Kontis, Paraskevas; Owen, Lewis; Stone, Howard; Hardy, Mark. (2024) Investigating the oxidation mechanisms of polycrystalline Ni-based superalloys at 800°C with varying Ti:Ta contents. TMT 2024 Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2024-03-03 - 2024-03-07

2023

Poster

Nylund, Inger-Emma; Kontis, Paraskevas; hatzoglou, constantinos; Svensson, Ann Mari. (2023) Characterization of grain boundaries in LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 by atom probe tomography and transmission electron microscopy. National Meeting on Inorganic and Materials Chemistry 2023-02-13 - 2023-02-14

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