He holds a Diploma and a Ph.D. from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece and a M.S.E. degree from the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Michigan, USA. He has extensive experience in the general area of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology through his participation from various scientific posts, in several EU (FP5-FP7 and H2020 frameworks) and many national research projects. His wide research interests involve the microbial utilization of lignocellulosic biomass towards 2nd generation biorefinery applications, the design and optimization of processes for the microbial production of enzymes and low MW compounds (upstream and downstream), the biosynthesis, purification and study of industrially important enzymes and the biodegradation of industrial pollutants.