Collaborating Faculty Members

Maria Louloudi is a Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the Chemistry Department of the University of Ioannina. She is the head of the Biomimetic Catalysis & Hybrid Materials Research Laboratory that she founded http://catalysis.chem.uoi.gr. She started her research career as a doctor of the same Department.

Dr. Dionysia Kolokotsa is Professor and Dean of the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering of the Technical University of Crete, in the field of Energy Resources Management.

Dr. Vakalas Ioannis is a geologist who has worked in various fields, such as sedimentology, petroleum geology, hydrogeology, soil & rock mechanics, for over 20 years. He has worked as a sub-contractor for major energy companies in Greece such as Energean Oil and Gas, Repsol, Hellenic Petroleum Upstream, Hellenic Hydrocarbons, and Energy Resources Management Company. During his tenure, he has supervised several oil & gas exploration projects.

Dr. Dimitrios Marinakis is an Assistant Professor of Petroleum Production Engineering at the Department of Mineral Resources Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Western Macedonia. He holds a Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, an MSc in Techno-Economic Systems from the same institution, and a PhD in Petroleum Reservoir Engineering from the Technical University of Crete.

Anastasios Tselepides is a Biological Oceanographer and a Professor at the Biology Department of the University of Crete. For many years (2006-2022) he was a Professor at the Department of Maritime Studies of the University of Piraeus. Prior to that (1993-2006) he was a Senior Researcher and a Research Director, as well as the leader of the Oceanography Department of the Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (IMBC) that evolved into the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research in Crete (HCMR-Crete).

Dr E. Steiakakis acquired a Bachelor Degree in Geology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and a MSc Degree in Engineering Geology from the Leeds University.

Dr. Vassilis Gaganis holds a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Patras, Greece, a MSc and a PhD in Petroleum Engineering from the Technical University of Crete. Currently he holds an Assistant Professor position at the National Technical University of Athens, School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering.

Nikos Pasadakis is Professor at the School of Mineral Resources Engineering of the Technical University of Crete. He served as Director of the Institute of GeoEnergy (IG) [former Institute of Petroleum Research (IPR)] of FORTH from its establishment (2019) up to 2023.