Dr Ioannis V. Yentekakis is Professor of Physical Chemistry and Catalysis in the School of Chemical & Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece, and Director of the Institute of Geoenergy/Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (IG/FORTH). He received his Chemical Engineering Diploma (1983) and PhD (1988) from the University of Patras (UPatras). His academic career and research are associated with Princeton University USA (Postdoc) and ICE-HT/FORTH (Postdoc); Cambridge University UK (Visiting Professor collaborating with Prof. R.M. Lambert); Dept. of Chemical Engineering University of Patras (Lecturer: 1996 and Assistant Professor: 2000); and the Technical University of Crete (Associate Professor: 2001 and Professor: 2006-today). His current research interests concern development of novel nanostructured materials and heterogeneous catalytic processes for environmental and energy applications, such as natural gas and biogas valorization, CO2 capture/utilization, H2 and renewable energy technologies and Fuel cells. He is the author of 147 peer-reviewed journal publications, 3 patents, 10 books and >165 publications in conference proceedings. His published work has received >7600 citations, h-Index = 52 (Google Scholar). He is Section Editor-in-Chief of Nanomaterials and Specialty Chief-Editor of Frontiers in Environmental Chemistry. His research has been funded with ~ 10 M€ in 39 research projects (24 as coordinator) by the European Union, the Hellenic Ministry of Development-GSRT, etc. He has supervised 4 postdocs, 9 PhDs, more than 20 M.Sc. and approximately 100 undergraduate theses.
