Governing Board
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Ioannis A. Daglis
President
Ioannis A. Daglis is Professor of Space Physics at the University of Athens. He is an expert in solar-terrestrial coupling processes, plasma acceleration and space weather; his work is mainly focused on the dynamics of energetic particles and magnetic storms in geospace. He is author or co-author of 130+ refereed scientific papers, with 4350 citations and h-index=35 in the Web of Science (7400 citations and h-index=43 in Google Scholar). He has edited and co-authored 6 textbooks, one of which (“Space Storms and Space Weather Hazards”, Springer, 2001) was “recommended teaching material” for Space Sciences by the UN’s Office for Outer Space. The most recent books are “Waves, particles and storms in geospace”, co-edited with G. Balasis and I.R. Mann, published by Oxford University Press in 2016; and “Space Physics”, an open access textbook in Greek. Prof. Daglis has been a Co-Investigator on three NASA missions (SAC-B, Polar, THEMIS) and two ESA missions (BepiColombo, Proba3); Scientific Representative for the SREM instrument on ESA’s Rosetta mission; Full Member of the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) since 2011; Editor-in-Chief of Annales Geophysicae since 2013; Editor of Nature – Scientific Reports since 2022. He has been Principal Investigator in 32 projects, which had a total accumulated budget of 40M€. He received the NASA Group Achievement Award for his contribution to the Global Geospace Science program and the ESA Individual Achievement Award for his contribution to the Cluster mission. He has served as scientific advisor and technical expert for many national and international organisations, such as NASA, NSF, Academy of Finland, Research Council of Norway, Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), European Commission, etc.
Nick Sergis
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Sergis is a researcher in Space Physics. Between 2006 and 2020 he worked at the Office of Space Research and Technology at the Academy of Athens in collaboration with JHU/APL. Since 2017 he is also an Adjunct Researcher at the National Observatory of Athens. His published work includes 77 peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals or book chapters, with over 1700 citations (h=25) and several invited seminars in Greece, Europe and the USA. In 2009 and 2018 he received NASA awards for his contribution in the Cassini mission to Saturn and in 2008 he was elected by the Editorial Board of Annales Geophysicae as best reviewer in the field of Magnetospheric Physics. He has experience in the management of research programs and he serves as evaluator for proposals submitted for funding to NASA, the EC and national funding agencies in Europe. He leads or participates to research groups in Space Science and Applications in collaboration with institutes from Europe and the USA. Dr. Sergis has supervised or co-supervised PhD, MSc and undergraduate theses in Greece and abroad. He is a member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), the European Geosciences Union (EGU) and the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
George Nounesis
Vice-President
George Nounesis was until recently the Director & Chairman of the Board of the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” (2017-2019). During his tenure he is credited with the “Expansion of the NCSRD Infrastructure Project” a 48 MEuros construction project co-financed, by the European Investment Bank and the State of Greece and also the rapid growth of technology transfer to start ups and multinationals. Dr. Nounesis studied Physics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He obtained his PhD at the School of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Minnesota. He completed a three-year Postdoctoral training at the Chemistry Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Executive Education Program on “Innovation for Economic Development”at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Prior to returning to Greece he held Research Staffappointments at the Center for Materials Science and Engineering at MIT and at the Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory. He has spent sabbatical leaves at the Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal at CNRS and the Chemistry Department of the University of Bordeaux I as an Invited Professor. His research is mainly focused on structural and thermodynamic studies of nano-structured soft materials as well as of biomolecules, primarily proteins. For his work he has received awards and distinctions from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation, the Empirikion Foundation, the United States Department of the Navy and the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota
George Raunas
Member of Governing Board
He has 40 years of professional experience in large organizations (National Bank of Greece, Andersen Consulting and KPMG, from which he retired as partner/ general manager, head of the public sector, after 27 years). During his 34-year consulting career, he executed and supervised numerous projects in sectors such as banking, insurance, telecommunications, energy, industry, commerce, etc., as well as in central government and local government agencies. He was also, for a number of years, president of the Hellenic Association of Management Consulting Firms (SESMA).
He is an independent non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors at Aegean Baltic Bank. He is a member of the Hellenic Club of Non-Executive Board Members (NED Club).
Pavlos Sotiriadis
Member of Governing Board
Professor Sotiriadis is the Director of the Electronics Laboratory of the ECE-NTUA leading a team of 25. He received the Diploma in ECE from NTUA (with the highest GPA of 9.91/10), the MSEE from Stanford University and the Ph.D. in EECS from M.I.T. in 2002, both with full scholarships from the Universities. In 2002, he joined the Johns Hopkins University as an Assistant Professor of ECE and collaborated with the Space Department of the Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA. Then he was involved in two USA based startup technology companies as the CTO. In 2012, he joined the faculty of the ECE of the NTUA. His research interests are in the area of circuits and systems, ranging from analog, mixed-signal and RF ASIC design to circuit-system level mathematical modeling, optimization and algorithms, with tele-communication, bio-medical, instrumentation, industrial and commercial applications. He has led several projects and has collaborated with major technology companies and national research labs. He has authored and co-authored 150 technical papers, most in IEEE journals and conferences, holds one patent, has contributed chapters to technical books and has given many invited talks in companies, research Labs and top Universities in USA and Europe. He has received many awards and distinctions, including the prestigious Guillemin-Cauer Award from the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and several best paper awards in conferences. As a student, he was awarded scholarships from the Alexander Onassis, Bodossakis, Evgenides, Gerondelis and SSF-Greece Foundations. Professor Sotiriadis is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Sensors Journal, was an Associate Editor of the IEEE TCAS-I and TCAS-II journals for several years and has been a member of technical committees of many conferences. He is an active member of several technical committees and international organizations, including the MIT Enterprise Forum supporting Greek high-tech startup entrepreneurship.
Costas Synolakis
Member of Governing Board
Costas Synolakis is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Southern California. He studies the impact of natural hazards, and particularly tsunamis, extreme flooding events and climate change on beaches. He has led or participated in about 30 scientific expeditions in twenty one countries, practically in all of the world’s oceans and seas. His work in Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, the Aleutian islands, the Marquesas, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Kenya and Oman was groundbreaking and highly cited. Professor Synolakis grew up in Athens, then attended the California Institute of Technology, where he did all his professional degrees. In 1996, Costas Synolakis founded the USC Tsunami Research Center. He and his group produced all official hazard maps for tsunamis for the State of California. In the aftermath of the Boxing Day tsunami, Professor Synolakis was appointed in the only Chair in Greek universities at the time, on natural hazard mitigation. The Laboratory which he founded at TUC studies extreme events such as earthquakes, tsunamis, fires and the impact of waves on beaches, particularly erosion, as well as wildfire evolution. In 2020, he resigned from TUC, to pursue his research interests in the Academy of Athens Professor Synolakis has received both major awards of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the 2015 Moffat and Nichol Coastal Engineering Award and the 2019 International Coastal Engineering Award. In 2014, he received the Sergey Soloviev Medal of the European Geophysical Union. Professor Synolakis now holds the Chair of Earth Sciences in the Academy of Athens, and since 2019, he is the Secretary of the Division of Natural Sciences of the Academy. He is also a member of the Academia Europae and is the Chair of the National Committee on Climate Change of Greece.
Eirini Liadi
Member of Governing Board
Eirini Liadi was born in Athens in 1976 and comes from a traditional shipping family from Kardamyla, Chios. She is a graduate of Anglia Polytechnic University of Cambridge specializing in European Business at and she holds a Master degree in International Business Economics from Anglia Ruskin University.
Her working experience in the technology sector began in 1995 and from 2003 to 2023 worked for OTE Group of Companies mainly in the commercial sector.
In her over 25 years of corporate experience in the sectors of satellite communications, Maritime and Space industry vertical markets, managed to achieve a profitable track record of success stories.
Eirini has a strong dedication to success.
Since 2024 holds the position as Policy Advisor to Deputy Minister of Digital Governance.
She speaks English, French and Spanish.