Company: TEN-PE
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001193125-25-079101
Chunk: 143

Company: TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LTD
Filing Date: 2025-04-11
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 6
Chunk 143
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 Surveyor, thereafter to Senior Principal Surveyor, a position held for the first time by an Engineer of Greek nationality. Successively, in 1990, Lloyd’s Register appointed him in the post of area Managing Director for the wider region of Greece, Balkans and Middle East, again a position held for the first time by a Greek citizen. Mr. Papageorgiou is an active participant in a wide range of technical committees.

ARISTIDES A. N. PATRINOS, Ph. D

DIRECTOR

Dr. Patrinos is a member of the Novim Group and the Chair of its Scientific Advisory Board. Novim is a think tank based in Santa Barbara California. He is also Visiting Scholar at the New York University Center for Neural Science. He was also affiliated with Synthetic Genomics Inc, (SGI) serving as President (2006-2011), Senior Vice President for Corporate Affairs (2011-2012) and Programs and Policy Advisor (2012-2020). SGI is a US-based privately held company dedicated to developing and commercializing synthetic biology instruments, clean and renewable fuels and chemicals, sustainable food products; and novel medical applications such as synthetic vaccines and other biologics. Dr. Patrinos also serves on the Advisory Board of EdenRoc Sciences, a privately held biotechnology company formed to cultivate world-class life sciences companies; and on the Science Advisory Board of DataCubed Inc., a NYC-based private company focused on healthcare, big data, and human decision-making. Dr. Patrinos also consults for Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Energy Futures Initiative, and the translational medicine program of the University of Pittsburgh. He started his career as an Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester, New York. From 1976 to 2006 Dr. Patrinos served in the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) and several of the DOE National Laboratories and engaged in R& D for several facets of energy production and use and led key research programs in biology and the environment, including global climate change. He played a leading role in the Human Genome Project and has been a central architect of the “genomics” revolution. He is a member of many scientific societies and is the recipient of numerous awards and distinctions including three U. S. Presidential Rank Awards, and two Secretary of Energy Gold Medals. He holds a Diploma in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (Metsovion) and a Ph. D. in