Biographical Information
Education
Ph.D., Aeronautics and Applied Mathematics. California Institute of Technology, 1997.
M.Sc., Aeronautics. California Institute of Technology, 1993.
M.Sc., Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering. National Technical University of Athens, 1991.
Professional Experience
Since 2018 Full Professor, University of Louvain (UCLouvain)
2010 – 2018 Associate Professor, University of Louvain
2002 – 2010 Assistant Professor, University of Louvain
1998 - 2002 Member of the Technical Staff , NASA - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
1997 - 1998 Post-doctoral Fellow, California Institute of Technology.
1993-1997 Research and teaching assistant, California Institute of Technology
Distinctions and Awards
2014 Featured article, Physics of Fluids, Vol.32, 015104.
2014 Keynote Speaker, International Conference on Heat Transfer & Fluid Flow HTFF14.
2009 Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA).
2003 Space Act Award, NASA.
2002 Space Act Award, NASA.
2000 NOVA Award of Excellence, NASA.
1997 William Balhaus Prize, California Institute of Technology.
1992 Russel Vought Scholarship, California Institute of Technology.
1991 National Prize, Technical Chamber of Greece.
1990 National Prize, Technical Chamber of Greece.
1990 Thomaidion Prize, National Technical University of Athens.
1987 - 1991 Greek Government Scholarship.
Professional Activities
2015 - 2025 Member of the Scientific Council of the doctoral school in Engineering Sciences of the Belgian Foundation of Scientific Research (FNRS).
2013 - 2021 Member of the Belgian National Committee of Mechanics.
2015 - 2020 Program Director of Mechanical Engineering, UCLouvain.
2014 - 2020 Vice-president, Doctoral Studies Committee, Engineering School of UCLouvain.
2011 - 2016 Vice-president of the Belgian Section of the Combustion Institute.
Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (Associate Fellow), American Physical Society, Combustion Institute, Technical Chamber of Greece.