Costas Kiparissides

CURRICULUM VITAE

Costas Kiparissides   

Present Position: Director of Center for Research and Technology Hellas (CE.R.T.H.) and Professor of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Education:

• Diploma in Chemical Engineering, 1966-1971 - National Technical University of Athens, Greece
• M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering, 1974-1975 - McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, 1975-1978 - McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Employment History

Academic Positions

1. Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Thessaloniki, July 1981 - now.
2. Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK. Academic Years: 1995 - now.
3. Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Canada. Academic Year: Summer 1992.
4. Visiting Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, August 1987 - June 1989.
5. Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, July 1980 - July 1982.
6. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, September 1978 - June 1980.
7. Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 1974-1978.

Research Positions

1. Director of Central Administration & Chairman of the Board of Directors, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Thessaloniki, June 2005 - now.
2. Director of Chemical Processes Engineering Research Institute (CPERI) / Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH), Thessaloniki, June 2001 – September 2006.
3. Researcher of Chemical Processes Engineering Research Institute (CPERI), Thessaloniki, June 1986 – now.

Industrial Positions

1. Member of the Advisory Board of BOREALIS AG (2005- now)
2. Consultant to the following industries: EXXON International, Belgium, SOLVAY, Belgium, BOREALIS, Norway, Finland, Belgium, MITSUBISHI, Japan, ELF, TOTALFINA, France, REPSOL, Spain, etc.

Research Activities

Fundamental studies in polymer reaction engineering, molecular and morphological characterization of polymers, novel micro- and nano-encapsulation technologies, development of functional micro- and nano-particles/structures for health, food and environmental applications employing various synthesis methods, development of molecularly imprinted polymeric NPs (MIPs) for selective recognition and separation of biological molecules and production of novel high-added value functional biopolymers from renewable sources using biosynthesis and biocatalysis.

Scientific and Academic Achievements:

He has supervised more than forty Ph.D. graduate students and he has presented more than two hundred invited seminars and lectures at international scientific conferences, industrial research centres, Institutes and Universities in North America and Europe. In addition he has published more than 170 scientific papers and has presented more than three hundred papers in many international conferences.

Nominations / Appointments

1. Co-ordinator of the European Nanomedicine Technology Platform (2004 – 2005)
2. Member of the Ad-hoc Advisory Group on Industrial Nanotechnologies (2008 - to date)
3. Co-Chair of the Steering Committee and Horizontal Activity Chair of the Working Group "Skills and Education", European Technology Integration and Innovation Platform (ETIP) In Nanotechnology "NANOfutures" (2009 – to date)
4. Vice-chair of the Working Group Nanopharmaceuticals, European Technology Platform (ETP) Nanomedicine (2009 – to date)
5. National representative in the COST Action 865
6. Member of a Peer Review Committee for the Evaluation of the Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering of Politecnico di Milano (2007)