Dr. Joan Papavasiliou graduated from the Department of Chemical Engineering in the University of Patras, Greece in 2003. She received her PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from the same department & in collaboration with the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (FORTH/ICE-HT) in 2008. She is a Post-Doctoral Research fellow in FORTH/ICE-HT since 2008. She has a large teaching experience in the Department of Materials Science and the Chemical Engineering Department. Her scientific expertise and research activities are focused in the field of materials synthesis, characterization and application on environmental/energy related reactions and the development of energy devices based on fuel cells. She has participated in the preparation, submission, execution, report & management in several research projects financed either by the Greek Ministry of Development or EC. She is serving as a Reviewer in Peer Review Journals. Dr. Joan Papavasiliou is the author/ co-author in 33 publications in scientific international journals and her scientific work has received more than 1300 citations from the research community (h index: 17).
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My name is Efstathia Pavlakou, I was born in 19/02/1990 and I come from Filiatra Messinias.
I am a Chemical Engineer graduated from Chemical Engineering Department of University of
Patras in 2013. I have completed my MSc in the field of “Energy and Environment” at the same
Department in 2016 and Christakis Paraskeva was my professor. I am a PhD student at the
same Department. I have good knowledge of English, French and application systems. During
my research studies I have managed to develop my personal and technical skills, along with
the scientific ones. They are related to communication, teamwork, organization, problem
solving and time managing. I have a publication in international scientific journal (1),
participationsin research projects (4), international (2) and national scientific conferences (3),
workshops (3) and seminars (1).
Dr George Syrrokostas is currently a research fellow at the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences in Patras, Greece. He studied Physics at the University of Patras and was awarded the BSc degree in 2005 (8.01/10). He carried out postgraduate studies also at University of Patras in the field of dye sensitized solar cells and photo-electrochromic devices. He received the MSc degree in Applied Physics (8.78/10) in 2008. In 2013 he received the PhD degree in Applied Physics. His research activity has led to the publication of 17 papers in refereed international journals, 11 contributions to international conferences and 10 to national conferences. He has about 350 citations (H-index 10). The main areas of his research activities are: (i) deposition and characterization of nanostructured thin films, (ii) electrochemical properties of materials, (iii) dye sensitized and perovskite solar cells, and (iv) photo-electrochromic devices.
I am currently a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Prof. Dimitris Kardassis (IMBB-FORTH) working on the role of the nuclear receptor HNF4α in lipid metabolism. My work so far, reveals new targets of HNF4α involved in High-density lipoproteins (HDL) metabolism and the development of steatosis and enriches our knowledge on HDL functionality in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). During my first postdoc in the lab of Prof. Vasso Episkopou (Imperial College London) I investigated the role of a newly identified ubiquitin ligase, Arkadia2C, in motor axon growth. The work was published in PLosBiology in 2013, revealing an involvement of BMP-Smad signaling in motor axon advancement. During my PhD in the lab of Prof. Dimitris Kardassis (IMBB-FORTH), I studied the transcriptional regulation of ABCA1, a membrane transporter of cholesterol and phospholipids, which plays important role in reverse cholesterol transport and protection from atherosclerosis (Biochemistry. 2007 Oct 16;46(41):11473-83, Biochim Biophys Acta. 2014 Jun;1839(6):526-36). I am a member of the European and Hellenic Atherosclerosis Society and of the Hellenic Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and have presented my work in many national and international conferences.
Grigorios Tsaknakis is a Post-Doctoral research fellow at IMBB-FORTH. He received his PhD from the University of Oxford in 2009. His research focuses on understanding the molecular basis of transcription factor functions in hematopoiesis using murine erythropoiesis as a model system, especially in the context of chromatin architecture reorganization. He has published 11 peer-reviewed scientific articles and reviews, as shown in Pubmed, with 532 citations and h-index: 11.
Mr. Dionysios Vroulias earned his bachelor’s degree in Chemistry, Hons (Grade: Excellent) at the University of Patras in July 2013. After serving in the Hellenic Air Force as a quality control chemist, he obtained his master’s degree in Catalysis at the same university in November 2016. Apart from lab demonstrator and graduate teaching assistant, he worked as a research fellow in a project which was about adding value to the main biodiesel by–product, glycerol, by steam reforming. He is currently pursuing a PhD at FORTH/ICE-HT on ionic liquid and polymeric membrane materials for the process of CO2 capture under the supervision of Research Director Dr. T. Ioannides.
He received the financial support of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation within the framework of the project ARCHERS and he is now participating in the project “Bioconversion of lignite power plant emissions to fuels and fine chemicals (ΒΙΟΜΕΚ)” implemented under the “EPAnEK 2014-2020 Operational Programme”.
Dr. Emmanouil Glynos is a Stavros Niarchos Research Fellow at FORTH/IESL. He received his PhD in 2007 in polymer physics at the University of Edinburgh. Until 2012, he was a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Michigan and in 2013 he was appointed as a Research Investigator at the University of Michigan. The main objective of his current research is to develop a fundamental understanding of, and controlling, the structure and properties of nanostructured soft-materials that can be used as solid electrolytes in lithium-metal batteries and as active layers in organic photovoltaics. He has published 35 papers in referred international journals, 1 book chapter and 6 in Peer-Reviewed Conference Proceedings and since October 6, 2017 his work has received 639 citations with an h-index of 17. His work has been presented in more than 50 times through invited talk and presentations in Conferences and Colloquia.
Mr. Alex Molfetas is a 1st year Ph.D candidate at the university of Crete. He received his Bachelor degree from the University of Nottingham in 2014 and his Master degree from the University of Crete in 2016. His research focuses on the structural comprehension of enzymatic mechanisms.
Ms. Maria Kokkali is a 1st year Ph.D candidate at the University of Crete (Medical School) and the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (IMBB). She received her Bachelor degree from the University of Ioannina in 2014 and her Master degree from King’s College London in Neuroscience. Her research focuses on the development of novel agonists of Neurotrophin receptors for pharmacological interventions in neurodegenerative diseases and regulation of adult neurogenesis.
Dr. Konstantinos Tzirakis is a Post-Doctoral research fellow at the In- stitute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, Foundations for Research and Technology – Hellas (IACM-FORTH). He received his Ph.D. degree from the University at Buffalo in 2009. His research focuses on the development of appropriate computational tools for the study of various biological processes and on non-Newtonian rheology.