STEP-C: A center for the promotion of innovation & entrepreneurship

The people of STEP-C

Dr George Papamichail
Director
Innovation & Technology Transfer Advisor at the Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) / Science & Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C) since 2004. He has been involved in a number of different national and EU funded RDT projects related to Entrepreneurship & Regional Development, Exploitation of Research Outcomes, Technology Transfer (TT) & Intellectual Property management (IP), Business Incubators, as well as with mobility of Greek and foreign researches issues.
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Prof. Dimitrios Plexousakis
Prof. Dimitrios Plexousakis
Member of the BoD of EDAP/STEP-C S.A.
Prof. Dimitrios Plexousakis is the director of the Institute of Computer Science (ICS), FORTH is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Crete and Head of the Information Systems Laboratory of FORTH-ICS. He is also the Vice President of the Board of Directors of FORTH. He received his B.Sc. degree in Computer […]
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Dr Iannis Talianidis
Dr Iannis Talianidis
Member of the BoD of EDAP/STEP-C S.A. Α.Ε.
Dr. Iannis Talianidis is a Medical doctor, graduate of the Semmelweis University Medical School in Budapest Hungary in 1981. He continued his post-graduate studies in the Department of Biochemistry of the same University, where he obtained his PhD degree in Biology. Between 1985 and 1987, he worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Dept. of […]
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Prof. George Kiriakidis
Prof. George Kiriakidis
Member of the BoD of EDAP/STEP-C S.A.
Prof. George Kiriakidis is a Physicist graduate of the Aristotelian Univ. of Thessaloniki and post-graduate studies at the Universities of Manchester, Salford, and Surrey, UK, who served as a full Prof. at the Physics Department of the Univ. of Crete, Greece from 1981 to 2017. In his career as a materials engineer, he founded and […]
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Dr. Nikos Papandroulakis
Dr. Nikos Papandroulakis
Member of the BoD of EDAP/STEP-C S.A.
Dr. Nikos Papandroulakis is the Research Director at the Institute of Marine Biology Biotechnology and Aquaculture, of HCMR (https://imbbc.hcmr.gr/user/npap/), since 2012. He is Member of the Sectorial Scientific Council of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology for Agricultural Production, Food, Food, Agro-biotechnology and Aquaculture (since 2014) and vice president (elected) of the Hellenic Aquaculture […]
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Nora Fragiadoulaki
Administrative Staff
Nora holds a degree in History and Archaeology from the University of Crete and an MA in International and European Studies with a specialization in European Management and Politics (Jean Monnet Programme) from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens.
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Giorgos Prinianakis
Giorgos Prinianakis
Economist-accountant
George Prinianakis is an economist, graduated from the University of Piraeus. He worked as an Accountant in a number of companies. He is the manager of an accounting office providing first class bookkeeping services. He is a specialist in accounting, tax, labor and insurance and supports the creation and development of start-up companies with different […]
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Katerina Kioumi
Internship Trainee
Katerina Kioumi is a student at the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics of the University of Crete and she is currently an Internship Trainee at the Science & Technology Park of Crete (STEP-C).
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Former Internship Trainees at STEP-C

  • Ilias Katachanakis  – Student at the Dpt. of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics of the University of Crete 
  • Minas Achladianakis – Student at the Dpt. of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics of the University of Crete
  • George Karvouniaris – Student at Computer Science Dpt. of the University of Crete
  • Stelios Xenakis – Student at Computer Science Dpt. of the University of Crete