Foivos Perakis new professor at Fysikum

In February and March 2026, eleven people were appointed as professors at Stockholm University. Three visiting professors and one adjunct professor were also appointed. The Vice-Chancellor has appointed Foivos Perakis as Professor of Experimental Chemical Physics, specialising in liquids and glasses, at the Department of Physics.

Foivos Perakis, researcher at Fysikum - The Department of Physics. Photo: Gunilla Häggström

Foivos Perakis was born and raised in Athens, Greece. Even during his secondary school years, he was drawn to mathematics, physics and computer science. Whilst studying physics at the University of Crete, he took the opportunity to study as an Erasmus student at the University of Amsterdam. Foivos later obtained his PhD from the University of Zurich and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford. In 2016, he moved to Sweden and began working as a researcher at Fysikum. He was appointed Associate Professor in 2019 and a Wallenberg Fellow in 2023. His research group focuses on liquid-liquid transitions and proteins in confined and cryogenic environments.