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Vasilios Gregoriou

Researcher, inventor, technology entrepreneur

Vasilis Gregoriou (born 1965, Trikala, Greece) is a researcher, inventor, technology entrepreneur and former Director and Chairman of the Board of Directors at National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) in Athens, Greece. During his career, he has achieved international recognition by serving in research and administrative positions both in Greece and the US. His studies in Greece began at the University of Patras (BSc.²

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Born 1965.¹

About

Chemistry) while his studies in the United States took place at Duke University where he received a PhD degree in Physical Chemistry. He was also a National Research Service Award recipient at Princeton University.

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Companies

National Hellenic Research FoundationChief executive officer 2013 to 2023¹²

Early life and education

Date not recordedUniversity of Patras^{3 4}
Date not recordedDuke University^{3 4}
Date not recordedEast Carolina University^{3 5}
Date not recordedPrinceton University^{3 4}
Date not recordedNortheastern University^{3 5}

Career

Occupation: inventor, entrepreneur, researcher.^{5 8}

2013 to 2023Chief executive, National Hellenic Research Foundation⁷
Date not recordedWorked at National Hellenic Research Foundation⁶
Date not recordedWorked at Advent Technologies (Greece)⁶

His academic teaching experience spans in both undergraduate level at the University of Massachusetts and postgraduate level at the University of Connecticut and the University of Patras.

His published work as co-author includes three books, six chapters in other authors' books, 92 scientific papers and 146 research presentations. Vasilis Gregoriou is also co-inventor of 15 patents. His research interests include flexible photovoltaic cells based on organic semiconductors, optically active materials based on conjugated oligomers, and nanostructured polymer materials. He has served as President of Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) in 2001 and now he participates as National Representative of Greece in the Committee of the European Research Council (ERC) for the Horizon 2020 program, the Mari Sklodowska-Curie actions and the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET). Vasilis Gregoriou has been the Director of the National Hellenic Research Foundation since 2013.

As a technology entrepreneur, Vasilis Gregoriou is the co-founder and the CEO of Advent Technologies which is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Advent Technologies develops advanced technology and devices in the field of energy and defense and it has also developed research collaborations with Northeastern University in Boston, US, Patras University in Greece, and the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT/FORTH).

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Personal life

Born1965, Trikala^{9 10}
CitizenshipUnited States, Greece^{5 11}

Sources

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WikidataVasilios Gregoriou on Wikidata
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WikidataVasilios Gregoriou: education, on Wikidata
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Wikidataeducation, as reported
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WikidataVasilios Gregoriou: Worked at National Hellenic Research Foundation, on Wikidata
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WikidataVasilios Gregoriou: Chief executive, National Hellenic Research Foundation, on Wikidata
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WikidataVasilios Gregoriou: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataVasilios Gregoriou: place of birth, on Wikidata
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Wikidataplace of birth, as reported
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WikidataVasilios Gregoriou: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataNational Hellenic Research Foundation, Chief executive officer
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Wikimedia CommonsVasilios Gregoriou photo by Christina Maltezou, CC BY-SA 4.0