Georgia Andreou

Georgia Andreou is a Professor in “Linguistics: Educational & Neuropsychological Approach to First and Second/Foreign Language” and Director of the Laboratory of Bilingual Education at the Department of Special Education, University of Thessaly, Greece. She is also the Director of the Postgraduate Program of Studies (MSc in Special Education) “Life Sciences: Special Education and Training of People with Oral and Written Language Problems” (joint with the Hellenic Open University). She is the author of one book, of 25 chapters in other books, has edited five books, and has more than 300 articles published in international Proceedings and Journals (e.g. Brain and Language, Cognitive Brain Research, Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, Brain and Cognition, Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, Learning and Individual Differences, TESOL Quarterly, Language Culture and Curriculum etc.).  She has more than 2.460 citations (h-index 29, i10-index 58) and she is also member of the Editorial Board of 11 international Journals and guest Editor of the International Journal of Disability, Development and Education. She has coordinated or participated in more than 15 funded projects (Erasmus+ KA2, Capacity Building, Proof of Concept UTH, Greek Diaspora Fellowship Program.etc.). She has been an invited speaker at Universities in Australia and USA (Flinders University, University of Sydney, University of Queensland, University of Massachusetts, San Francisco State University, California State University, Chapman University, International University of Florida, University of Alabama, University of California San Diego). Her research interests include among others, teaching/learning Greek as a second/foreign language, bilingualism/multilingualism, language and communication in typical population and in individuals with developmental disorders. She is the President of H.F.R.I.’s Scientific Council.

Website: https://sed.uth.gr/en/person/andreou-georgia/

Michalis Matthaiou
Michalis Matthaiou is a Chair Professor of Communications Engineering and Signal Processing and Deputy Director of the Centre for Wireless Innovation (CWI) at Queen’s University Belfast. Under his co-leadership, CWI has become one of the biggest physical layer research bases in the world (>80 people). In the past, he worked as an Assistant Professor at Chalmers University of Technology (2010-2013) and postdoctoral research at Munich University of Technology (2008-2010). His research interests include the mathematical modelling and optimisation of wireless communication systems. He is the author of some 400 scientific publications underpinned by a grant portfolio of 10 million Euro (as PI). His research on the interface of information theory and electromagnetics has opened up a new research landscape and has been supported by a 2020 ERC Consolidator Grant. To date, he has received several prestigious awards including: 2023 Argo Network Innovation Award, 2019 EURASIP Early Career Award και 2018/2019 Royal Academy of Engineering/The Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship. He is an IEEE Fellow and has taken up senior evaluation positions in 10 different countries in Europe and Asia. He is the Vice President of  H.F.R.I.’s Scientific Council.

Nikolaos A. Vainos

Nikolaos A. Vainos (1960) is a Professor of Photonic Materials Science and Applications at the Department of Materials Science, University of Patras, Greece. He holds a PhD, University of Essex, 1989, for his works on nonlinear optical materials, dynamic holography and optical informatics. He held research positions at SERC-Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Oxfordshire, UK, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas/FORTH-IESL) and the National Hellenic Research Foundation/TPCI, and is a Diamond Jubilee International Visiting Fellow, at the Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton. He served as the Department Chair and Director of the Graduate Programs in “Materials Science” and “Applied Optoelectronics”. Founder of Photonics Nanotechnology Research Laboratory/PNRL – K22, devoted to novel materials and devices for sensors and radiation management, for applications in environment, agrifood, biomedicine and security. Coordinator and PI of more than 50 R&D competitive projects, organizer of international conferences, member of EU panels and Management Committees of international networks. His works are published in journals, conferences and patents, with highlights being featured in the national and international press and media.

Maria A. Goula

Maria A. Goula (ORCID: 0000-0002-6188-4095) is a Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Western Macedonia (UWM), and Director of the Laboratory of Environmental Catalysis and Alternative Fuels (LAFEC). She is also a member of the “Council for Research & Innovation” of the Region of Western Macedonia.Her research expertise lies in catalytic processes, focusing on the following key areas: (i) Hydrogen and/or syngas from catalytic reforming of bio-based feedstocks, (ii) Renewable diesel production, (iii) CO₂ hydrogenation for hydrocarbons or/and alcohols, (iv) Oxidative coupling of methane, (v) Selective reduction of nitrogen oxides, (vi) Catalytic pyrolysis of residual biomass, (vii) Adsorption of CO₂ and H₂S from industrial gas streams. She has authored over 120 peer-reviewed journal articles (h-index = 42, Scopus citations >6000), over 280 conference proceedings and has been recognized among the world’s top 2% scientists in Energy and Environment (Stanford University, 2019–2024). Dr. Goula has coordinated or participated on over 30 research projects (international and national), has supervised 8 Ph.D. candidates, >40 M.Sc. and >80 diploma theses. She serves on multiple editorial boards and has a strong collaboration network with leading institutions in Greece, Europe (e.g., Delft, Surrey, Zaragoza, Bologna), the UAE, and China.

George Karagiannidis

George Karagiannidis is currently Professor in the Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept. of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece and Head of Wireless Communications & Information Processing (WCIP) Group. His research interests are in the areas of Wireless Communications Systems and Networks, Signal processing for Communications, Optical Wireless Communications, and Communications & Signal Processing for Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Karagiannidis was in the past Editor in several IEEE journals and from 2012 to 2015 he was the Editor-in Chief of IEEE Communications Letters. From September 2018 to June 2022 he served as Associate Editor-in Chief of IEEE Open Journal of Communications Society. Currently, he is in the Steering Committee of IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications & Networks. He is the Editor-in Chief of IEEE Transactions on Communications, starting on January 1/2024. Recently, he received three prestigious awards: The 2021 IEEE ComSoc RCC Technical Recognition Award, the 2018 IEEE ComSoc SPCE Technical Recognition Award and the 2022 Humboldt Research Award from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Dr. Karagiannidis is an IEEE Fellow and one of the highly-cited authors across all areas of Electrical Engineering, recognized from Clarivate Analytics as Web-of-Science Highly-Cited Researcher in the last ten consecutive years 2015-2024.

Manos Matsaganis

Manos Matsaganis is a Professor of Public Finance at Polytechnic University of Milan. Prior to this, he worked at the Athens University of Economics and Business (2004-2016), at the Universities of Crete (1996-1999, 2001-2004) and Thessaly (1999-2001), at the Greek Prime Minister’s Office (1997-2001) and at the London School of Economics (1990-1993). He holds degrees from the Athens University of Economics and Business (BSc 1986), the University of York (MSc 1988), and the University of Bristol (PhD 1992). He was Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University (2014) and University of California, Berkeley (2015), Visiting Scholar at Boston University (2017, 2018), and Visiting Professor at University of Vienna (2019). He is Head of the Greek & European Economy Programme at the Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy ELIAMEP in Athens (since 2021), and Research Associate of the Hellenic Observatory Centre, London School of Economics (since 2024). He sits at the Advisory Board of the diaNEOsis foundation in Athens (since 2016), and at the Scientific Committee of the Feltrinelli Foundation in Milan (since 2022). “Who’s afraid of the welfare state now?”, his Oxford University Press book (with Anton Hemerijck) was published in 2024.

Vasileios Bampidis

Vasileios Bampidis is a Professor of Animal and Nutritional Sciences at the Department of Agriculture, School of Geotechnical Sciences, International Hellenic University (IHU, Thessaloniki, Greece). He is Veterinarian (School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – AUTH, Greece) and has a PhD in Animal Nutrition (School of Veterinary Medicine, AUTH, Greece). He has been Post Doctoral Fellow at the Research Institute of Animal Production (Prague, Czech Republic), and at the Department of Animal Science (University of California, Davis, USA). He has been working at the Hellenic Feedstuff Industries SA (Greece), and at the Research Institute of Animal Science (National Agricultural Research Foundation – NAGREF, Greece), and he has been teaching at the Department of Animal Production and the Department of Agricultural Technology (Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki, Greece), at the Department of Veterinary Science (University of Thessaly, Greece), as well as at the Department of Agriculture (AUTH, Greece) and the Department of Agriculture (IHU, Greece). He is scientific expert of the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and Member of the Scientific Council (SC, 2025–2029) of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI), holding the position of member in the scientific area of Agricultural Sciences. He has been the Project Leader in 7 scientific projects financed by European Union and Greek Authorities, as well as participant in 38 other research projects. He has participated in over 200 international and national conferences and workshops, with scientific papers and/or as Chair/Member in scientific sessions. He has more than 1,300 publications and oral presentations in international and Greek scientific journals and conferences, attracting more than 11,000 citations, with an h-index 42 and an i10-index 162. He has served as Co-Editor-in-Chief (2018–2024) in the international scientific journal Animal Feed Science and Technology (Elsevier, ISSN: 0377-8401), as well as Associate Editor, Member of the Editorial Board and Reviewer in 23 international scientific journals. ORCID (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8823-6365).

Athanasios Tsakris
Since 2006, Athanasios Tsakris has been a Professor of Microbiology at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA). He graduated from the Medical School of Athens and received postgraduate training in clinical microbiology at North Middlesex University Hospital and the Central Public Health Laboratory in London. He obtained his PhD in clinical microbiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London. He is a Fellow in medical microbiology and virology of the Royal College of Pathologists in London. He has served as a Visiting Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. He has been a Scientific Advisory Board Member in the European Union for research on antimicrobial resistance and infection control, and has acted as an evaluator of research programs in the EU and other national and international organizations. He has extensive research experience in investigating antimicrobial resistance and managing bacterial and viral epidemics. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance of the International Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, and serves as Editor or Editorial Board Member for several other international journals in microbiology and infectious diseases. He served as Vice Rector for Administrative Affairs at NKUA from 2019 to 2023.

Kostas Tsekouras

Kostas Tsekouras is a Professor of Industrial Economics in the Department of Economics at the University of Patras. His research interests focus on the economics of efficiency and productivity, innovation, entrepreneurship, energy-efficient technologies, and industry dynamics. His work has been published in leading academic journals in the fields of innovation and efficiency, including Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Research Policy, Journal of Business Research, Energy Economics, European Journal of Operational Research, Industrial and Corporate Change, Economics of Innovation and New Technology, International Journal of Production Economics, Small Business Economics, Business Strategy and the Environment, Omega, The Journal of Technology Transfer, and others. His work has also been presented at high-profile international conferences. His research centres on linking classical economic production theory with the technology view of the firm, as defined by evolutionary economics. He has been as a Visiting Researcher at the Warwick Business School and has been invited to lecture and collaborate at universities in Europe and China. He has extensive research experience as a Principal Investigator and Researcher in projects funded by the European Union and national bodies. He serves as a reviewer for more than 50 academic journals. He is an Expert for the European Commission on issues related to the global competitiveness of European Manufacturing and for the World Bank on productivity matters. He has served as Chair of the Department of Economics, member of the Senate of the University of Patras, and as Chairman and CEO of the Patras Science Park.

Former members of Scientific Council

Xenia Chryssochoou

Xenia Chryssochoou is a graduate of the University of Athens and a Doctor at the Rene Descartes-Paris-V University (France) and has worked in various universities in France, Switzerland and the United Kingdom before returning to Greece in 2004. She is currently a Professor of Social and Political Psychology at Panteion University. She is interested in the sociopsychological dimensions of identity and how it is constructed in liberal societies, and in issues of multiculturalism and political participation. She has written scientific articles and books, has conducted volumes and special issues and researches on these topics. She is a member of many international scientific societies and was a member of the Board of Directors and Secretary of the European Association of Social Psychology. She was President of the Scientific Council of H.F.R.I.

Constantinos Charitidis

Constantinos Charitidis is a Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens since 2006. He is the founder and head of the “Laboratory of Advanced, Composites, Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology” and a collaborating faculty member of the NCSR “Democritos”. He has over 25 years of research experience in the fields of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, in Research Ethics and Integrity, and has been involved in over 70 projects, mainly funded by the European Commission. He has a total of 180 publications, resulting to approximately 5,262 citations (H-index = 39, Google Scholar). He is the author or publisher of 32 books. He has been an invited speaker to more than 110 International Conferences and is a member of the Editorial Board of 10 international journals. He participates in many major research panels of the EU DG Research (INFRAIA, Marie-Curie, ERC-Ethics among others) and has served as an Expert, Vice-Chair and Independent Observer on multiple program review committees. He has been the President and Organizer of 8 international conferences/workshops and summer schools. He was the Vice President of the Scientific Council of H.F.R.I.

Constantine Galiotis

Constantine Galiotis is a Professor at the University of Patras (since 2002) and a collaborating member of the Board of Directors of FORTH/ICE-HT, where he served as Director for a 7-year period (2007-2013). He was a Faculty member of the University of London (Queen Mary and Imperial Colleges) from 1986 to 1997. He has 40 years of research experience in the fields of materials science and technology, and has attracted projects with an estimated value upwards of 13 million Euros. He has published a total of 300 papers, which correspond to about 11,000 reports (H-index = 44, Google Scholar). He has been an invited speaker in more than 40 International Conferences, and he is Editor-in-Chief of the international magazines “Graphene Technology” (Springer-Nature) and “Advanced Composites Letters” and a member of the Editorial Board of “Scientific Reports” (Nature). He participates in all the major research panels of EU Research DG (ERC-Engineering, INFRAIA, Teaming, Marie-Curie, etc.) and has served as Expert, Vice-Chair and Independent Observer in program crises committees. He is the head of the National Delegation at the NMBP Committee of Horizon 2020. He is a founding member of the Graphene Flagship and a member of the Executive Board of the Network. He has been president and organizer of international conferences / workshops and summer schools such as “Industrial Technologies 2014”, “GrapHEL (2012)”, “NANOCONF (2007)”, “ECCM 11 (2004)” and “Graphene Week 2017”.

Emmanouil Kakaras

Professor Emmanouil Kakaras has been Vice President and Head of Research & Development at Mitsubishi Power Europe Ltd. since September 2012. His current R&D activities mainly focus on flexible operation of thermal plants, on fuel cells and electrolysers, the development of large-scale energy storage and the utilization of CO2. Since January 1st 2018, he serves as Senior Vice President for Energy Solution and New Products. Born in 1962, Mr. Kakaras first got his diploma in Mechanical Engineering at the National Technical University in Athens (NTUA), and then proceeded to get his PhD at the NTUA and at the Technical University Braunschweig in Germany. He continued his academic career in 1991 as a professor at the NTUA until 2012, when he left on a sabbatical leave. Since 2014 until today, he serves on a part-time basis at the NTUA. He has also been guest lecturer at the Universities of Warsaw and Tokyo. From 1999 to 2018, he has been the Director of the Centre of Research and Technology Hellas/Chemical Process and Energy Resources Institute (CERTH/CPERI). Next to his involvement in academia and research, Emmanouil Kakaras was professionally active as an advisor of the European Commission and he has been appointed Executive Director of the Hellenic Association of Independent Power Producers from 2010 till 2012.  Emmanouil Kakaras also has a keen interest in European affairs. From January 2013 to January 2018, he was President of the European Power Plant Suppliers Association (EPPSA) and he is member of the Board of Directors of EU Turbines. He represents Mitsubishi Heavy Industries at the Hydrogen Council and other Hydrogen-related initiatives.

Christos Kittas

Christos Kittas is an Emeritus Professor of Medicine, former Rector of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Evangelos Markatos

Evangelos Markatos is a professor of Computer Science at the University of Crete. He received his diploma in Computer Engineering from the University of Patras and the MSc and PhD in Computer Science from the University of Rochester. He is the founding head of the Distributed Computing Systems and Cybersecurity Lab at FORTH-ICS where he conducts research in the broader area of computer systems with a special emphasis in Network Security and Privacy. He has been a member (i) of the permanent stakeholders group of ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) and (ii) of the Academic Advisory Network of Europol’s EC3 (European Cybercrime Center). He is currently a member of the Partneship Board of ECSO: the European Cyber Security Organization. He has served (i) as the founding coordinator of SysSec: The European Network of Excellence in Threats and Vulnerabilities for the Future Internet, consisting of 8 partners and more than 70 associated partners funded in part by the European Commission, (ii) as the coordinator of the NoAH project which installed one of the largest academic Network of honeypots in Europe, and (iii) as the founding member of SENTER: The European Network of the National Centers of Excellence in Cybercrime Research Training and Education. Prof. Markatos has co-authored more than 150 publications in top conferences and journals including ACM SOSP, IEEE HPCA, ACM/IEEE ToN, IEEE JSAC, USENIX Security, INFOCOM, etc. According to Google Scholar his work has received close to 8,000 citations with an h-index of 47.

Stylianos Neophytides

Stylianos Neophytides is Director of Research at the Institute of Chemical Engineering Scienses (FORTH/ICEHT) leading the laboratory of electrochemical processes at FORTH/ICEHT. He got his degree (1981-1985) and PhD (1985-1988) in chemical Engineering from the University of Patras. He was a researcher at the department of chemical engineering University of Ghent Belgium (1988-1991). He has 35 years of research experience in the area of electrochemistry and electrochemical engineering with competence in fuel cells and electrochemical water splitting for H2 production. He has published more than 190 papers, chapters in books and patents that received 4500 citations with h-index 38. His research activity has attracted around 7 million Euros mainly from European and international projects who has coordinate the majority of these. He was the co-founder and president of ADVENT Technologies, which is active in producing advanced materials and fuel cells.

George-John Nychas

George- John Nychas is Professor in Food Microbiology in the Dept of Food Science & Human Nutrition of Agricultural University of Athens (Greece). The last 28 years coordinated 6 European Projects and participated in more than 35 EU projects (budget >12 M €). Through these projects, the team of Prof. G-J., Nychas has acquired extensive experience on; (a) on food safety – risk analysis (b) implementation of Process Analytical Technology (PAT) and Internet of Things (foods) in the food industry via the introduction and utilization of sensors (nondestructive non- invasive) and Data Science.  So far (April 2021), he has published 288 papers with ca. 15000 citations and h=71 [Scopus]. Currently, he is (i) Chairman of food safety group of European Technological platform food for life  (ii) member of the pool of scientific advisors on risk assessment for DG SANCO, (iii) member of the Hellenic Agricultural Academy and (iv) member of the Hellenic Authority for Higher Education,   while he served as (a) co-chair (2008-2010) in the Professional Development Group of “Microbial Modeling and Risk Analysis” of International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), (b) member of the Biohazard panel of EFSA (c) the Advisory Forum of EFSA (d) external expertise to the European Parliament and (e) President of the Greek Food Authority. Recently (Nov 2018) he was listed among the top 1% of highly cited researhers in the field of Agriculture Science (Web of Knowledge – Clarivate), while he was awarded the Degree of Doctor of Science (DSc, University of Bath, UK) and the International Leadership Award from the IAFP (USA). Finally, more than fifteen (15) of his Ph.D. students have been employed as professors (5) and senior researchers in national and international universities and research institutes.

Antonios Rengakos

Antonios Rengakos studied classics at the University of Freiburg (B.A. 1979, Ph.D. 1982). He has taught at the Universities of Vienna (1994-1995), Freiburg (1991-1997). In 1997 he was appointed Professor of Ancient Greek Philology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His research interests include Homer, historiography and Hellenistic poetry. He is also co-editor (with F. Montanari) of the series Τrends in Classics Supplementary Volumes and the journal Trends in Classics (Berlin, Walter de Gruyter), and member of the scientific board of the journals Wiener Studien, Eikasmos. Since 2006 he is Director of the Linguistics Department of the Centre for the Greek Language in Thessaloniki. In 2011 he became a full member of the Academy of Athens (Chair: Ancient Greek Philology). In October 2016 he was elected corresponding member of the Heidelberg Academy of Science (Philosophical-Historical Section). He is a member of the Board of the Cultural Foundation of the National Bank of Greece (MIET).

Babis Savakis

Charalampos Savakis is Professor Emeritus of Molecular Biology and Genetics at the School of Medicine of the University of Crete and an Affiliated Researcher at the Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”. He holds an MD from the University of Athens and a PhD in Cellular and Developmental Biology from Harvard University. He worked as an EMBO Fellow at the University of Cambridge, UK (1982–1984), and subsequently served as Professor at the School of Medicine of the University of Crete from 1984 to 2016. From 1984 to 2008, he was also an Affiliated Researcher at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH). He served as Director of the Institute of Cellular and Developmental Biology at the Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming” (2009–2010) and as President and Scientific Director of the same Center (2010–2016). His research activity has focused mainly on insect genetic engineering and functional genomic analysis in insects and mammals using transposable genetic elements. His laboratory, through the discovery of the transposable element Minos, paved the way for the development of methods for population control of harmful insects as well as for improvements in functional genomics technologies. He has extensive experience in management and in research policy, having served as President of the National Organization for Medicines (ΕΟΦ), Vice President of the National Council for Research and Technology (ΕΣΕΤ), Chair of the Sectoral Scientific Council for Biology and Biotechnology of the NCRT, member of the European Commission’s External Advisory Group for the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the Seventh Framework Programme, Chair of the Council of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL Council), and Vice President of the National Council for Research and Innovation (ΕΣΕΚ). In addition, he participated in the initial design of the European Research Council as Senior Scientific Advisor to the founding President of the ERC Scientific Council Fotis Kafatos, during a double sabbatical at Imperial College London. He is a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO), and a former member of the National Bioethics Committee and the National Commission for Human Rights.

He was a member of the HFRI Scientific Council from July 2020 to September 2023 and served as Vice President from April 2021 to September 2023.

Costantinos Biliaderis

Costantinos Biliaderis is a Professor in the Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece. He was member of faculty or affiliated professor/researcher in Canadian universities and research centers (Univ. of Saskatchewan, Univ. of Guelph, National Research Council of Canada), and a visiting Professor with the Cyprus University of Technology. His scientific work focuses on the interactions of food constituents and their functionality (technological and health effects). He was a member of the National Research Council of Canada, President of the American Association of Cereal Chemists in Canada, member of the scientific council of EFET and of the scientific council of the National Agricultural Research Foundation, and is a full member of the Hellenic Agricultural Academy. He has worked in the food industry as a consultant on issues regarding food quality and in manufacturing new products. He is (co) editor of the scientific book “Functional Food Carbohydrates” and (co) writer of many research papers in international journals and chapters in scientific books (> 200 papers, citations> 10000, h-index: 61). He is a member of the Highly Cited Researchers team (ISI – Thomson Scientific) and has been honored by academic and research institutions abroad.

Ioannis Emiris 

Ioannis Emiris is Professor of Theoretical Computer Science in the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications at National Kapodistrian University of Athens since 2002, where he is founder and head of the Lab on Geometric and Algebraic Algorithms. Since 2012, he is Adjunct Researcher at “Athena” Resesarch Innovation Center. He studied at Princeton University, and UC Berkeley, USA, all in Computer Science. He has been Tenured Researcher at INRIA Sophia-Antipolis (France) from 1995 to 2002, and Visiting Professor or Researcher with ETL Tsukuba (Japan), U. Buenos Aires, City U. Hong Kong, Western U. (Canada), ENS Paris, IHES Paris, ETH Zurich. He is author or co-editor of three books, and author of more than 100 journal and peer-reviewed conference publications, of which two earned a Distinguished Paper Award (h-index: 35). He is Associate editor of “Journal of Symbolic Computation” (Elsevier) and “Mathematics in Computer Science” (Springer). He has been invited speaker at a number of international conferences, and has participated, often as coordinator, in several EU, bilateral and national research projects.

Achilleas Gravanis

Achilleas Gravanis is Professor of Pharmacology at the School of Medicine, University of Crete, and an Affiliated Researcher at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB) of the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH). He is also an Affiliated Research Professor at the Drug Development Center of Northeastern University and an Affiliated Researcher at Emulate, a spin-off company of the Wyss Institute at Harvard University. He has served as Chair and member of several research committees of the European Union, including the Programme Committee of the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7). He has also served as Chair of the Sectoral Scientific Council for Life Sciences of the National Council for Research and Technology (NCRT) and as a member of the Council of the Hellenic Quality Assurance and Accreditation Agency for Higher Education (HQA). He has published approximately 160 scientific papers in journals indexed in PubMed (h-index: 50; citations >7,800, according to Google Scholar). He is also a co-founder of the biotechnology spin-off company Bionature.

Nicolas Moussiopoulos

Nicolas Moussiopoulos is since 1989 a Full Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering of the Aristotle University Thessaloniki (AUTh) and the Head of this University’s Laboratory of Heat Transfer and Environmental Engineering. He is also Honorary Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Before returning to Greece, he taught at the Universities of Kassel and Karlsruhe (1982-1989). His research work addresses several issues in the fields of energy and environmental engineering and he participated in numerous competitive, mostly EU funded research projects with a total budget exceeding 20 million €. He supervised 42 PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers in six countries and is the author of more than 220 papers in peer-reviewed journals (Google Scholar: >6500 citations, h-index: 41). He held various positions in University administration: School Chairman (three terms), Dean of AUTh’s Faculty of Engineering (2006-2010) and Vice President of the International Hellenic University (2010-2016). He received several awards and prizes, among them the Heinrich Hertz Award and the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Since 2002, he is a full member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.

Mattheos Santamouris

Matthaios Santamouris is a professor of Physics at the University of Athens and the University of New South Wales in Australia, former President of the National Center for Renewable Energy Sources and Director of the Laboratory of Building Energy Research, at the University of Athens. He has taught at the University of Lyon, France and has been a visiting professor with the London Metropolitan University, the University of Bolzano, the Tokyo Polytechnic University, the National University of Singapore, Brunnel University in London and the Cyprus Institute. He was a guest speaker in International meetings and Conferences, author of 270 articles and 24 books. He has participated in more than 200 International and National Scientific Research Projects and was coordinator and / or reviewer in numerous European Programs. He has won 7 awards for his scientific work at national and international level.

Xenophon Verykios

Xenophon Verykios is a Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Patras. He studied at Bucknell and Lehigh Universities in the USA and taught at Drexel University as Assistant and Associate Professor from 1979 until 1986 when he was elected Professor at the University of Patras. Currently he is the director of the Laboratory of Heterogeneous Catalysis, a position he holds since 1987. He has served as Deputy Director and Managing Director of FORTH/ICE-HT, and as founder, chairman and CEO of the Patra Science Park (1988-1994) and the spin-of Helbio (2002). He has published teaching books, contributed chapters in scientific books, and has published more than 190 articles in international journals, which have earned more than 14,000 reports. He holds 11 European and International Patents. Since 2004 he is Editor-in-Chief (for Europe) of the international scientific journal Applied Catalysis B: Environmental. He was President of the Scientific Council of H.F.R.I.