Collaborating Faculty Members

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. He has worked in the past as a production engineer for a Greek Oil Refinery and for over 20 years as a teaching assistant in the Laboratory of PVT and core analysis in the School of Mineral Resources Engineering of the Technical University of Crete.

Anastasios Tselepides is a Biological Oceanographer and a Professor at the Biology Department of the University of 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. He also holds a PhD in Engineering Geology from Technical University of Crete.

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 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”. Since November 2019 he is the Director of the Institute of GeoEnergy (IG) [former Institute of Petroleum Research (IPR)] of FORTH.