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 21^th 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 2^nd Nordic Baltic Drying Conference, Hamburg, Germany)
2016                               Best Research Award
                                        (presented at 20^th 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 17^th Intern. Drying Symposium, Magdeburg, Germany)
2002                               Award for Innovation in Drying Research
                                        (presented at 13^th 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