{{resume-like|date=August 2020}}{{short description|Researcher, inventor, technology entrepreneur}} {{infobox person/Wikidata | fetchwikidata=ALL}} '''Vasilis Gregoriou''' (born 1965, Trikala, Greece)<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Τα καύσιμα του μέλλοντος θα είναι made in Greece|url=https://www.tovima.gr/2013/02/17/society/ta-kaysima-toy-mellontos-tha-einai-made-in-greece/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 26, 2020|website=}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://hif.ethosevents.eu/en/speaker/dr-vasileios-g-gregoriou/|title=Dr. Vasileios G. Gregoriou – Hellenic Innovation Forum|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eie.gr/presidentprofile-en.html|title=National Hellenic Research Foundation (N.H.R.F) / Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών (E.I.E)|website=www.eie.gr|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref><ref name="researchgate.net">{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/search?q=Vasilis%20Gregoriou|title=Search Publications {{!}} ResearchGate|website=ResearchGate|language=en|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> During his career, he has achieved international recognition by serving in research and administrative positions both in Greece and the US.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://events.naftemporiki.gr/ygeia2017|title=Ygeia 2017|website=events.naftemporiki.gr|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mitefgreece.org/vasilis-gregoriou/|title=VASILIS GREGORIOU|date=2014-10-12|website=MIT Enterprise Forum - Greece|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31|archive-date=2020-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200129184520/https://www.mitefgreece.org/vasilis-gregoriou/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=1F8Y2ucAAAAJ&hl=el|title=Vasilis Gregoriou - Παραθέσεις Μελετητή Google|website=scholar.google.gr|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> His studies in Greece began at the [[University of Patras]] (BSc. Chemistry) while his studies in the United States took place at [[Duke University]] where he received a [[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]] degree in [[Physical chemistry|Physical Chemistry]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hazliseconomist.com/en/event/The_Sustainability_Summit/speaker/Vasilis_Gregoriou|title=Economist Conferences - Greece|website=www.hazliseconomist.com|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> He was also a National Research Service Award recipient at [[Princeton University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://2018.delphiforum.gr/speakers/dr-vasilis-g-gregoriou|title=Dr. Vasilis G. Gregoriou {{!}} Delphi Economic Forum|website=2018.delphiforum.gr|access-date=2020-02-18}}</ref>

==Career== 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ekirikas.com/%ce%b4%cf%81-%ce%b2%ce%b1%cf%83%ce%af%ce%bb%ce%b5%ce%b9%ce%bf%cf%82-%ce%b3%cf%81%ce%b7%ce%b3%ce%bf%cf%81%ce%af%ce%bf%cf%85-%cf%84%ce%bf-%cf%80%ce%b1%cf%81%ce%ac%ce%b4%ce%b5%ce%b9%ce%b3%ce%bc%ce%b1/|title=Δρ Βασίλειος Γρηγορίου: Το παράδειγμα των Τρικάλων το ακολουθούν και άλλοι δήμοι|last=«ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ»|date=2019-04-14|website=The National Herald GR|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31|archive-date=2019-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190415140548/https://www.ekirikas.com/%ce%b4%cf%81-%ce%b2%ce%b1%cf%83%ce%af%ce%bb%ce%b5%ce%b9%ce%bf%cf%82-%ce%b3%cf%81%ce%b7%ce%b3%ce%bf%cf%81%ce%af%ce%bf%cf%85-%cf%84%ce%bf-%cf%80%ce%b1%cf%81%ce%ac%ce%b4%ce%b5%ce%b9%ce%b3%ce%bc%ce%b1/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ekt.gr/el/magazines/interviews/22751|title=&quot;Το ερευνητικό έργο του ΕΙΕ πολλαπλασιαστής ισχύος για την ελληνική κοινωνία&quot;|website=EKT|language=el|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> His published work as co-author includes three books, six chapters in other authors' books, 92 scientific papers and 146 research presentations.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://2019.delphiforum.gr/speakers/dr-vasilis-gregoriou|title=Dr. Vasilis Gregoriou {{!}} Delphi Economic Forum|website=2019.delphiforum.gr|access-date=2020-01-31|archive-date=2020-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200131145008/http://2019.delphiforum.gr/speakers/dr-vasilis-gregoriou|url-status=dead}}</ref> Vasilis Gregoriou is also co-inventor of 15 patents.<ref name=":0"/> His research interests include flexible photovoltaic cells based on [[organic semiconductor]]s, optically active materials based on conjugated oligomers, and nanostructured polymer materials.<ref name=":4" /><ref name="researchgate.net"/> 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 [[Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions|Mari Sklodowska-Curie actions]] and the [[Future and Emerging Technologies]] (FET).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fortunegreece.com/article/elkistiki-ellada-gia-ena-technologiko-boom/|title=Ελκυστική η Ελλάδα για ένα τεχνολογικό boom|date=2014-10-23|website=Fortunegreece.com|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> Vasilis Gregoriou has been the Director of the National Hellenic Research Foundation since 2013.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.eie.gr/presidentprofile-gr.html|title=Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών (E.I.E) / National Hellenic Research Foundation (N.H.R.F)|website=www.eie.gr|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> As a technology entrepreneur, Vasilis Gregoriou is the co-founder and the CEO of Advent Technologies which is based in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], Massachusetts.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.advent-energy.com/about-us-management/|title=Management|date=2017-09-22|website=Advent Technologies|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> Advent Technologies develops advanced technology and devices in the field of energy and defense and it has also developed research collaborations with [[Northeastern University|Northeastern University in Boston]], US, Patras University in Greece, and the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences (ICE-HT/FORTH).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.iceht.forth.gr/rd/highlights_fuel_cells.html|title=FORTH/ICE-HT - Research & Development|website=www.iceht.forth.gr|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.advent-energy.com/technology-organic-electronic-materials/|title=Technology – Organic Electronic Materials|date=2017-09-22|website=Advent Technologies|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> ==Awards and achievements== * National Representative for Greece in Horizon 2020 Committee in the European Union for the European Research Council (ERC), the Mari Sklodowska-Curie actions, and the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Brussels, Belgium (2014–present)<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=People Detailed Profiles|url=https://www.accc.gr/aboutACCC_PeopleProfiles_all.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 27, 2020|website=}}</ref> * National Deputy Representative for Greece and Specialist for Nanotechnology in the European Union, Brussels (2007-2010) * President, Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS), 2001.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=|first=|title=Sixty Years of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy Officers, Staff, and Publishers Ian R. Lewis and Bonnie Saylor|journal=Applied Spectroscopy|url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0003702818791925|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 27, 2020|year=2018|volume=72|pages=8–10|doi=10.1177/0003702818791925|s2cid=52876245|url-access=subscription}}</ref> * Board of Governors, Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS), 1998 - .<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences|url=https://www.iceht.forth.gr/staff/gregoriou.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 27, 2020|website=}}</ref> * President, New England Section, Society for Applied Spectroscopy (1997 –1998).<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Newsletter of the Society for Applied Spectroscopy A supplement to Applied Spectroscopy Vol. 54, No. 2|url=https://www.s-a-s.org/userfiles/uploads/Spring00_1.pdf|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 27, 2020|website=}}</ref> * National Research Service Award recipient, NIH postdoctoral fellowship, Princeton University, 1994.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences|url=https://www.iceht.forth.gr/staff/gregoriou.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=27 August 2020|website=}}</ref> * Tomas Hirschfeld Award, Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences|url=https://www.iceht.forth.gr/staff/gregoriou.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=27 August 2020|website=}}</ref> * Coblentz Society Student Award, 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences|url=https://www.iceht.forth.gr/staff/gregoriou.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=27 August 2020|website=}}</ref>

==Books== * “Vibrational Spectroscopy of Biomolecules and Polymers” V.G. Gregoriou and M. Braiman, Editors, Taylor & Francis Co, New York, NY, (2006).&nbsp;{{ISBN|1574445391}} * “Polymer Spectroscopy” V.G. Gregoriou Editor, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany (2004).&nbsp;{{ISBN|352731038X}} * “Modern Infrared Spectroscopy: Principles and Applications” A.A. Christy, Y. Ozaki, and V.G. Gregoriou, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (2001).

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==External links== * [https://www.eie.gr/index-en.html NHRF] * [https://www.advent-energy.com/ Advent Technologies]

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