External Partners

Dr. Panagiotis‐Nektarios Pappas is an experienced Mechanical & Aeronautics Engineer graduated from the Polytechnic School of University of Patras, holding a PhD in Materials Science. He is the founder and co‐owner of Adrine, an Associate Researcher at FORTH/ICE‐HT, a member of the Technical Experts Registry of the Hellenic Technical Chamber and a licensed Building Energy Inspector. From 2006 to 2011 he has served as post‐graduate and post‐doctoral researcher in 3 national funded projects. From 2012 until today, he demonstrates an extensive experience in European projects in the sector of materials’ technology, composites and engineering design and has already served as a Senior Investigator in 5 EU funded programs. His expertise and interests lie in the field of industrial design, mechanics of materials, fabrication of advanced composites, chemical vapor deposition methods, fabrication and applications of graphene, smart/multifunctional structures, and additive manufacturing processes (3D printing). He has co‐authored 15 refereed publications in international journals. He also has more than 16 announcements in national or international conferences and 3 invited lectures. Dr. Panagiotis Pappas exhibits a more than 20 year experience in the field of additive manufacturing technologies and since 2018 under the affiliation of Adrine is active in the development of AMcompatible materials and the design of novel technologies for multi‐materials for FFF and DLP additive methods. Furthermore, he demonstrates extensive experience in the engineering design and structural modelling via CAD and CAE tools.

Dr. Georgia Tsoukleri is a member of the Composites & Nanostructured Materials Laboratory, CNM, since 2004. She received her university degree from Materials Science Dept. of University of Patras in 2005; in 2013 she received the 1^st PhD degree in Greece related to graphene from Physics Depart. of University of Patras and for the period 2014-2015 she was a Postdoctoral fellow at FORTH/ICE-HT. Until 2021 she published 23 papers in high impact international scientific journals, and she collaborated with Nobelists Sir A.Κ. Geim and Sir K.S. Novoselov. The publication «Subjecting a graphene monolayer to tension and compression», G. Tsoukleri, J. Parthenios, K. Papagelis, R. Jalil, A. C. Ferrari, A. K. Geim, K. S. Novoselov and C. Galiotis (Small 2009, 5, No. 21, 2397–2402), is linked to Sir K.S. Novoselov’s Nobel Prize lecture in 2010. Her research activities lie around the production of thermosetting and thermoplastic nanocomposites reinforced by graphitic structures (Graphene, graphene micro-ribbons, GO and carbon fibres) and the study of their static and dynamic mechanical properties, using simultaneously non-destructive techniques such as Raman Spectroscopy. In 2013, she was trained in Clean Room (FIRST) at ETH Zurich to use new techniques and operate several instruments to fabricate high quality graphene nanostructures. Since 2015 she is working as Intellectual Property Engineer for Greek companies (MEGA PLAST Industrial- Exporting S.A. and BIC-VIOLEX S.A). She holds 2 patents, contributes to the research and the development of new products and new patents and supports patent-infringement lawsuits before Courts.

Dr. George Anagnostopoulos is a seasoned Chemical Engineer, PhD with a strong track record in industry as well as in research. Since he obtained his doctoral degree, he has worked as research fellow at University of Patras and as external affiliate with FORTH/ICEHT. For 5 years he worked in Photovoltaic Industry, initially as Process engineer and then as a Production Manager developing technical skills such as production data analysis, research for new processing methods. He has worked as Project Coordinator at Chalmers University of Technology while he has been a freelancer in various companies as project manager. With more than 15 EU and national funded scientific projects participation, he has vast experience in project management. He has published 30 pear reviewed papers in international refereed scientific journals; he has participated in more than 20 international conferences/workshops/schools. His work has been cited more than 750 times and has achieved an h-index greater than 15.

Nikolaos Koutroumanis obtained his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Patras in 2020. He received his M.Sc. and B.Sc. degrees from the Department of Materials Science at the University of Patras in 2014 and 2012, respectively. From 2021 to 2023, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the CNML Lab of ICE-HT FORTH.

Dr. Elli Bellou has completed her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Patras, investigating the fracture behavior of graphene and graphene-based nanolaminates. Her doctoral thesis has been focused on understanding the mechanical failure mechanisms of graphene and graphene-based nanolaminates, under tensile loading conditions, elaborating innovative strategies  for the creation of a nano and sub-mm scale defect, and the study of stress distribution at their vicinity along with the crack propagation, using Raman spectroscopy and Atomic Force Microscopy combined with micro-mechanical testing. Beyond her Ph.D., she holds an M.Sc. in Photonics-Lasers and a B.Sc. in Physics, with earlier research experience in laser-based spectroscopy. Dr. Bellou has presented her findings at international conferences, published in leading journals, and contributed to graduate-level teaching, while actively promoting scientific outreach. Currently based at FORTH/ICE-HT, her work focuses on the production of 3D porous graphene using laser-assisted methods and their integration in energy storage devices.

Francesco Millucci is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia (Italy), specializing in the recycling and upcycling of polymeric and composite materials. He holds an MSc in Physics from the University of Perugia, with a thesis focused on spectroscopic investigations of the volume phase transition in poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM) microgels. He earned his PhD in 2025 from the same institution, developing sustainable protocols for the chemical recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste and composite materials. In 2024, he was a visiting PhD researcher at the Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Laboratory (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras). In 2025, he was formally appointed as an external collaborator with the same laboratory.

Georgia Paraskevi Tsouvaltzi is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Patras. She has received a master’s degree from the Interdepartmental Program entitled "Science and Technology of Polymer and Composite Materials” at the University of Patras. Her master thesis with the title “Study of Damping Behavior of Graphene based Nano-Composite Materials” was conducted at the Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas / Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (FORTH/ICE-HT) and the department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Patras. She completed her undergraduate studies in the department of Material Science of the University of Patras with a thesis titled “Development characterization and functionalization of epoxy resin/copper oxide particle composites”.

1. Stratis Maroudas,
2. Fotini Pliagou,
3. Pelopidas Papageorgiou,
4. Maria Karanikola,
5. Irene Patera