Vita
Date, place of birth: January 22th, 1959, Thessaloniki / Greece
Nationality: German, Greek
University education with degree
1976-1981 Mechanical Engineering; Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Degree: Dipl.-Ing.
Research degrees
1985 Dr.-Ing., Process Engineering, University of Karlsruhe,
Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. E.-U. Schlünder
1990 Habilitation to Dr.-Ing. habil., University of Karlsruhe
Professional experience
1994-present Full professor and Chair of Thermal Process Engineering, Faculty of Process
and Systems Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
1991-1994 Senior Process Specialist in R&D (Solids Processing, Engineering Science
Laboratory) of the Dow Deutschland Inc., Stade
1985-1990 Postdoctoral research assistant, Thermal Process Engineering, Univ. Karlsruhe
1982-1985 Research assistant, Thermal Process Engineering, University of Karlsruhe
1981-1982 Research assistant, Applied Thermodynamics, Aristotle University Thessaloniki
Honors and Awards
2018 Professor Arun S. Mujumdar Medal for Outstanding Mentorship and
Sustained Excellence in Drying Research
(presented at 21th Intern. Drying Symposium, Valencia, Spain)
2017 Honorary Professor of the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy,
Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 Award for Excellence in Drying R&D
(presented at 2nd Nordic Baltic Drying Conference, Hamburg, Germany)
2016 Best Research Award
(presented at 20th International Drying Symposium, Gifu, Japan)
2013 Otto von Guericke Research Award, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
2010 Award for Excellence in Drying Research
(presented at 17th Intern. Drying Symposium, Magdeburg, Germany)
2002 Award for Innovation in Drying Research
(presented at 13th Intern. Drying Symposium, Beijing, China)
Memberships/Activities in Scientific Organizations
Senate and Grants Committee of the DFG for Collaborative Research Centers (2014-2020) Expert Panel of the DFG for Chemical and Thermal Process Engineering (2004-2012) Speaker of the Expert Panels of the DFG for Process Engineering and Technical Chemistry (2008-2012) Vice speaker of DFG Graduate School 1554 (2016-2019) Central Selection Committee of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2005-2013) Working Party on Drying Technology, ProcessNet (1998-today, Chairman: 2005-today) Working Party on Heat and Mass Transfer, ProcessNet (1995-today) Working Party on Granular Media and Agglomeration Technology, ProcessNet (2009-today) European Working Party on Drying, EFCE (2003-today, Chairman: 2004-2008) Scientific Council of International Center of Heat and Mass Transfer (2002-today) Section “Product Design and Engineering” of the EFCE (2007-today) Advisory board of VDI/GVC (Process and Chemical Engineering Association, 2005-2018) Chairman of the regional VDI group “Chemical and Process Engineering” (2005-today) Founding Dean, Dean (1998-2002) and Vice-Dean (2013-today) of the Faculty of Process and Systems Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg Member of the Academic Senate of the Otto von Guericke University (2002-2013, 2020-today) Center of Dynamic Systems (CDS), Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (2016-today) International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) ProEng, Magdeburg (2019-today) Other activities and services
Editorial board of: Drying Technology Journal, Processes, ChemEngineering Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Chemical Engineering Editor of the book series “Modern Drying Technology”, 5 volumes, Wiley-VCH, 2007-2014
Nationality: German, Greek
University education with degree
1976-1981 Mechanical Engineering; Aristotle University Thessaloniki, Degree: Dipl.-Ing.
Research degrees
1985 Dr.-Ing., Process Engineering, University of Karlsruhe,
Supervisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. E.-U. Schlünder
1990 Habilitation to Dr.-Ing. habil., University of Karlsruhe
Professional experience
1994-present Full professor and Chair of Thermal Process Engineering, Faculty of Process
and Systems Engineering, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
1991-1994 Senior Process Specialist in R&D (Solids Processing, Engineering Science
Laboratory) of the Dow Deutschland Inc., Stade
1985-1990 Postdoctoral research assistant, Thermal Process Engineering, Univ. Karlsruhe
1982-1985 Research assistant, Thermal Process Engineering, University of Karlsruhe
1981-1982 Research assistant, Applied Thermodynamics, Aristotle University Thessaloniki
Honors and Awards
2018 Professor Arun S. Mujumdar Medal for Outstanding Mentorship and
Sustained Excellence in Drying Research
(presented at 21th Intern. Drying Symposium, Valencia, Spain)
2017 Honorary Professor of the University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy,
Sofia, Bulgaria
2017 Award for Excellence in Drying R&D
(presented at 2nd Nordic Baltic Drying Conference, Hamburg, Germany)
2016 Best Research Award
(presented at 20th International Drying Symposium, Gifu, Japan)
2013 Otto von Guericke Research Award, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
2010 Award for Excellence in Drying Research
(presented at 17th Intern. Drying Symposium, Magdeburg, Germany)
2002 Award for Innovation in Drying Research
(presented at 13th Intern. Drying Symposium, Beijing, China)
Memberships/Activities in Scientific Organizations