Collaborating Faculty Members

O Iωάννης Δεληγιαννάκης είναι Καθηγητής στο Τμήμα Φυσικής του Πανεπιστημίου Ιωαννίνων, επικεφαλής του Εργαστηρίου Φυσικοχημείας Υλικών και Περιβάλλοντος  (

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. 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.

Mr. Dimitris Marinakis holds an Assistant Professor position in Petroleum Production Engineering at the Department of Mineral Resources Engineering of the University of Western Macedonia.

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.

Nikos Pasadakis is a Professor at the School of Mineral Resources Engineering of the Technical University of Crete, Director of the post-graduate course “Petroleum Engineering” and Director of the research unit “Hydrocarbons Chemistry & Technology”.