Joined the School of Mechanical Engineering of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 2006. He is currently serving as Head of School of Mechanical Engineering (2015-20). AUTh Senate member (2015-16, 2018-20). Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Engineering (2017-20). Member of the Committee for European Educational Programmes (Erasmus Actions) since 2015.

My main research interests involve advanced model predictive control systems for process and mechanical systems, integrated system design and control, sensitivity analysis in optimization problems, and modelling, design, optimization and control of complex process and energy conversion systems.