Team

Professor Antonis Kokossis

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Dr. Kokossis, FIChemE, FIEE, FRSA, and FIET, is Professor of Process Systems Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens. He is a Chartered Engineer with IChemE (UK). He holds a Diploma in Chemical Engineering from NTUA and a PhD from Princeton University. Prior to NTUA, he worked for 17 years in UK. He is now the co-director of the National Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry, a National Representative of Directorate I (Climate Change & Environment), Affiliate of IEA Bioenergy and EERA Bioenergy, and the Greek Delegate of the Computer Aided Process Engineering (CAPE) group of EFCE.

His expertise includes process systems design, modelling, process integration, and optimization. He published extensively and has consulted with the process industry (UOP, Bayer, Mitsubishi, Eastman, MW Kellogg, BP Oil, Unilever) and, more recently, with biorefineries and smaller companies on renewables. He has established collaboration with several industrial companies including several industries dedicated to the development of renewable energy and chemicals.

He has graduated 25 PhD and 46 MSc students. He holds 142 communications in international conferences, 129 publications in peer-reviewed journals and 70 invited lectures in conferences universities, and multinational companies. He serves as the National Representative of the IBISBA EU research infrastructure on Industrial Biotechnology. He is an elected member of the Executive Board of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering (EFCE) and leads the New EFCE Sustanability section.

Contact at akokossis@mail.ntua.gr / akokossis@chemeng.ntua.gr

The Management team

Kosmidou Konstantina

%cf%87%cf%89%cf%81%ce%af%cf%82-%cf%84%ce%af%cf%84%ce%bb%ce%bf3Mrs Kosmidou Konstantina started her work for IPSEN back at 2014 as an Administrator for the EU Projects, handling everyday office operations as well as communication on behalf of the team. She holds a degree in Production & Management Engineering from Democritus University of Thrace (Greece) and specialises in management and finance. She coordinates work in all research and technical projects, monitors progress, manages financial accounts and reports, and communicates with third parties on behalf of the group. She has also delivered successfully numerous dissemination events (e.g. conferences, workshops and training schools) across the country and abroad. She is the person to contact if you are looking for a new collaboration with the team or interested in proposal submissions.

Contact her at kosmidou@mail.ntua.gr/ or at Linkedin.

Xenia Lazaropoulou

Ms Xenia Lazaropoulou is as a Senior Administrator with tasks in management and finance. She holds a degree in Production & Management Engineering from Democritus University of Thrace as well as a Master degree in Advanced Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering technologies specialized in: Microelectronics and Information Systems Technologies. She is the person to look for when visiting IPSEN offices and she is also leading the researchers team assuring everyday smooth office operation. She is responsible for EU projects documentation (e.g. financial agreements, contracts and payments) and represents the team to NTUA Research Funding office. She is responsible for many dissemination activities in regards to the research projects of the team and her latest great achievement is ESCAPE33 Conference big success.

Contact her at polylaza@mail.ntua.gr

 

The Research Team

Dr. Lazaros Karaoglanoglou

Dr. Lazaros Karaoglanoglou, MSc (M), is a Chemical Engineer, with expertise in computer-aided modelling and design of chemical product generation systems and their life cycle-based sustainability assessment, bioresource studies, design of sustainable biomass supply and logistic chains, quality management, stakeholder involvement, and regional development. His experience includes research work in strategic EU, International and National projects. He is actively contributing as a researcher to the IRISS (International ecosystem for accelerating the transition to Safe-and-Sustainable-by-Design materials, products and processes) and ROBOCOOP (circulaR bioecOnomy Business mOdels owned by agroCOOPeratives) projects; both funded by HORIZON EUROPE.

Contact him at lkaraog@chemeng.ntua.gr

Dr. Nikolaos Trokanas

Nikos holds a Diploma in Production & Management Engineering from Democritus University of Thrace (Greece), an MSc in Information & Process Systems Engineering from the University of Surrey (UK) and a PhD from University of Surrey (UK). He is also an Associate Lecturer at the University of Surrey (UK).  He has expertise in semantic technologies (data modeling and annotation, ontologies, knowledge graphs etc.), data integration, digital transformation, supply chain digitalization, optimization and modeling. He is working for the DEBONAIR project, supported by H.F.R.I., and the European initiative BIOINDUSTRY 4.0, which focuses on Industrial Biotechnology and Digital Technologies.

Contact him at n.trokanas@gmail.com

Stefanos Xenios

Stefanos Mexis is a passionate chemical engineer with 2 years of experience. Skilled in process design and with a strong background in systems biology and machine learning. Some of my previous works include the design of a curated genome scale model for yeast and the development of large-scale kinetic models muconic acid production. Hisrole in the IPSEN team is to construct detailed metabolic models for bioprocesses of interest and to connect large scale kinetics with bioreactor kinetics for the DEBONAIR project, supported by H.F.R.I., and the European initiative BIOINDUSTRY 4.0.

Contact him at stefanosxenios@mail.ntua.gr

Konstantinos Mexis

Konstantinos Mexis holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the National Technical University of Athens. His expertise centers around Data Science and Machine Learning, particularly in the context of the circular economy. He currently works as a researcher and is pursuing a Ph.D. in the Industrial Process Design & Systems Engineering Unit. Konstantinos is passionate about areas such as machine learning, metabolic engineering, and bioprocesses. He is actively contributing to the DEBONAIR project, supported by H.F.R.I., and the European initiative BIOINDUSTRY 4.0, which focuses on Industrial Biotechnology and Digital Technologies.

Contact him at konstantinosmexis@mail.ntua.gr

 

Dr. Konstantinos Pyrgakis

pyrgakis-fotoDr Konstantinos Pyrgakis holds a degree in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from National Technical University of Athens on the Design of Integrated Biorefineries. He offers his experience in process design, simulation and optimization, as well as in techno-economic analysis and modeling. His scientific interests include process and energy integration in multi-process plants, synthesis of thermochemical and biochemical biomass valorization paths; and the synthesis of fully integrated distillation systems. He has extensive knowledge on computational tools: Fortran, AspenTech, Aspen Process Economic Analyzer (APEA), GAMS, Matlab, ANSYS, PHOENICS and MathCAD.

Contact him at kpyrg@mail.ntua.gr

 

Melina Psycha

psycha-photoMelina Psycha is a chemical engineer with extensive knowledge on algae biorefineries. She received her bachelor and master’s degree from the School of Chemical Engineering of National Technical University of Athens and completed her dissertation entitled “Integrated Designs of Microalgae Biorefineries Using a Fixed Selection of Halophytic Algae” in the Department of Process Analysis and Plant Design. Since 2014 she has been working as a Research Assistant as well as a PhD Candidate in the Industrial Process Design & Systems Engineering Unit. Her work focuses on the design of 3rd generation biorefineries with special attention to water substrates from algae systems. Specifically, she is engaged in the synthesis of chemical paths with attention to high-value products and process design analysis by using commercial software and modelling tools. She has worked for the D-Factory project setting a benchmark for a feasible and sustainable algal biorefinery.

Contact her at melpsycha@mail.ntua.gr