Date of Birth: 10 August 1970 Sex: Male Nationality: Cypriot Marital Status: Single E-mail: nachoman@spidernet.com.cy EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS September 1994- December 1995 University of Manchester, Manchester, England. M.Sc. in Laser Photonics and Modern Optics. The program involved lecture courses in optics, fiber optics, optoelectronics, photomedicine and laser theory subjects as well as a research project.The project was in the medical field and involved using lasers for hard tissue ablation studies and measurement of the acoustic field generated. October 1992- July 1994 University of Salford, Manchester, England. Direct entry to the second year of the course. B.Sc. (Hons) in Applied Physics with Electronics. September 1987- July 1990 Higher Technical Institute, Nicosia, Cyprus. Diploma of Technician Engineer in Electrical Engineering (HND equivalent) September 1981- June 1987 Archbishop Makarios III Lyceum, Nicosia, Cyprus. Leaving Certificate (Apolytirion) EXPERIENCE July 1996 - To date : FBIS - Communications Operator and Internet Afficionado September 1994 - October 1995 : Laser Photonics Group - University Of Manchester M.Sc. student and Research assistant AWARDS AND PRIZES July 1992 - University of Salford - Cyprus Ministry of Education. Tuition fees scholarship. July 1993 - University of Salford prize. Awarded by the Senate of the University of Salford for my performance in the pre-final year. July 1994 - University of Salford prize. Awarded by the Senate of the University of Salford for my performance in the final year. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION I am currently a Graduate member of the Institute of Physics, in England. I have extensive knowledge of: * Computer software such as wordprocessor (Word 6.0, WordPerfect), spreadsheet (Excel) and basic knowledge of Lotus Notes and programming with Fortran, as well as using electronic mail and many Internet facilities and related software (Netscape Navigator, RealAudio, Adobe PageMill Web page designing, Eudora E-mail etc). * Laser systems theory and operation. * Electronic circuits theory, design and construction.