As an undergraduate, I studied Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens. Having been always intrigued by the philosophical questions raised within the natural sciences, I decided to pursue an MSc in Philosophy of Science at the London School of Economics. This got me hooked so I went on to do a PhD under the supervision of James Ladyman in the University of Bristol.

In my doctoral thesis, I investigated the epistemological and metaphysical relations between chemistry and quantum mechanics. In order to understand these relations, I closely examined how chemistry, quantum chemistry, and quantum mechanics each describe a single inert molecule. I argued that chemistry and quantum mechanics are unified in accordance with Harold Kincaid’s model of non-reductive unity because they exhibit particular epistemic and metaphysical interconnections. Given my proposal, I examined metaphysical positions which are incompatible with Kincaid's model of unity; namely strong emergence. I pointed out the role of idealisations when it comes to supporting metaphysical claims about special science properties. Lastly, I considered how molecular structure is described in quantum mechanics and argued that one can understand the nature of molecular structure in novel and interesting ways, by taking into account the idealisations in the quantum mechanical description of molecular structure.

I am now working as a Research Associate for the Metaphysical Unity of Science project at the University of Bristol. I investigate in detail the unity of chemistry with quantum physics and examine additional metaphysical issues around chemistry, such as the reality of chemical bonds.