Experience

Georgia Institute of Technology; Atlanta, Georgia
Assistant Professor, August 2016 – Present 

• Algorithmic developments in data-driven modeling and optimization
• Big-Data approaches for optimization of energy efficiency
• Simulation-based optimization under uncertainty for CO₂ sequestration
• Process modeling and optimization for drug design & manufacturing

Texas A&M University; College Station, Texas
Postdoctoral Research Associate, January 2014 – August 2016

• Professor Christodoulos Floudas, Director of Texas A&M Energy Institute
• Grey/Black-Box Optimization and Global Optimization Methods and their application to energy and health
• Data-driven modeling and optimization for  planning operations of integrated refinery-petrochemical complexes.

Princeton University; Princeton, New Jersey
Postdoctoral Research Associate, December 2012 – December 2014

• Professor Christodoulos Floudas, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
• Grey/Black-Box Optimization and Global Optimization Methods and their application to energy systems

Rutgers University; New Brunswick, New Jersey
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Fall 2008 – Fall 2012

• Professor Marianthi G. Ierapetritou, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
• Development of computational framework for the simulation and optimization of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes.
• Black-Box optimization methods for computationally expensive flowsheet modeling.
• Data-driven feasibility analysis for optimization under uncertainty.

 

National Technical University of Athens; Athens, Greece

Teaching Assistant, Fall 2003-Fall 2007

• Professor Ioannis Palyvos, Department of Chemical Engineering
• Teaching assistant in computer laboratory helping undergraduate students understand computer programming in Fortran

 

Shell Oil Athens; Athens, Greece

Laboratory Assistant, Summer 2006

• Performed various tests for quality control of oils and lubricants