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19 September 2023
PhD position available in Computational Chemistry/Polymers Degradation funded by PlasticUnderground Marie Curie ITN.
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2 September 2023
Masters, PhD, Postdoctoral and Project-Manager positions are available at FORTH-IESL in the field of Synthesis, Experiments and Modelling/Simulations
of Soft Matter systems (with emphasis in Polymers and Colloids) for Green and sustainable applications.
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2 September 2023
A PhD position on molecular-dynamics simulations of thermomechanical behaviour of epoxy-copper interfaces is available starting from January 2024 in the Soft Matter and Biological Physics (SMB) group of the Applied Physics department of TU/e. The project will be supervised by prof. dr. Alexey Lyulin.
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12 June 2023
On Friday, the 7th of July, 2023, two distinguished professors from the USA will visit the Computational Materials Science and Engineering (CoMSE) group at NTUA: Professor Bradley Chmelka (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara) and Professor Eleni Panagiotou (School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University).
In the context of their visit they will give lectures on their research work, with the following titles:
Prof. Bradley Chmelka; Compositional and structural order at inorganic-organic interfaces.
Prof. Eleni Panagiotou; Novel topological metrics of entanglement in polymers.
The lectures will be given in the Koumoutsos room of the School of Chemical Engineering at NTU Athens, starting at 14:00.
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25 April 2023
The 2023 European Conference on Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, co-organized by the Greek Chemists Association and the Division of Computational and Theoretical
Chemistry of the European Chemical Society will be held in Thessaloniki, 27-31 August 2023.
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06 April 2023
Doctoral thesis presentation: On Monday, April 24, our PhD student, Mr. Constantinos Revelas, will defend his Doctoral thesis, entitled: "Development of Self-Consistent Field
Theory Models for Predicting the Structure and Properties of Inhomogeneous Polymer Systems: Application in Nanocomposite Materials"
in front of his seven-member examination committee. The defense will take place at the Koumoutsos room of the Chemical Engineering School at 13:00.
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04 April 2023
Sincerest congratulations to our group leader, Prof. Doros Theodorou, on publishing his autobiography in the Journal of Physical Chemistry B.
It is published as a special issue (Festschrift) on the occasion of his 65th birthday. The special issue was edited by Ed Maginn,
Ioannis Economou, Randy Snurr, and Arup Chakraborty.
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or here to access the complete virtual special issue.
03 April 2023
Sincerest congraluations to our PhD students, Mr. Georgios Mikaelian and Mr. Fotis Venetsanos, on winning a doctoral fellowship from the
Hellenic Foundation of Research and Innovation
(aka ELIDEK). Very well deserved!
24 March 2023
Multiple postdoc positions available at MIT in the research laboratory of Richard Braatz on the integrated continuous manufacturing of mRNA-based biotherapeutics.
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Doros Nicolas Theodorou
Professor
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
School of Chemical Engineering
National Technical University of Athens
9 Heroon Polytechniou Street, Zografou Campus
GR-157 80 Athens, Greece
Tel. +302107723157, Fax +302107723112
E-mail doros@central.ntua.gr
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| Research interests |
Computer modeling of matter. Application of statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, and transport phenomena for the elucidation of structure-processing-property relations in materials. Multiscale modeling and simulation strategies. Polymer science and engineering. Polymer-matrix nanocomposites. Interfacial phenomena. Self-assembly in soft matter systems. Zeolites and other nanoporous solids. |
| Personal data |
Born 29 October, 1957 in Athens, Greece.
Married, one child. |
| Education |
Diploma, National Technical University of Athens, Greece, 1982, Chem. Engineering.
Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1983, Chem. Engineering.
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985, Chemical Engineering.
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| Employment |
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA |
| 1981 - 1985 |
Research Assistant, Chemical Engineering Department. |
| Spring 1985 |
Teaching Assistant, graduate thermodynamics, Chemical Engineering Department. |
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Hellenic Naval Academy, Piraeus, Greece |
| 1985 - 1986 |
Instructor in computer programming and computer center administrator (mil. service). |
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University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA |
| 1986 - 1990 |
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering. |
| 1990 - 1994 |
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering. |
| 1994 - 1995 |
Professor of Chemical Engineering. |
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Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA |
| 1986 - 1995 |
Associated Faculty, Polymers Program, Center for Advanced Materials, Division of Materials Sciences. Project Leader, Polymer/Substrate Interactions. |
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University of Patras, Patras, Greece |
| 1991 - 1994 |
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering. |
| 1994 - 2002 |
Professor of Chemical Engineering. |
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National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece |
| 2002 - Present |
Professor of Chemical Engineering. |
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Institute of Chemical Engineering and High Temperature Chemical Processes (ICE/HT-FORTH), Patras, Greece |
| 1991 - 2007 |
Adjunct Senior Researcher. |
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National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Athens, Greece |
| Spring 1992 |
Visiting Professor, Physical Chemistry Institute. |
| 1993 - Present |
Collaborating Researcher. |
| 1993 - 2005 |
Director, Molecular Modeling of Materials Laboratory. |
| Classes Taught at U.C. Berkeley |
| Undergraduate |
Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (with J.M. Prausnitz)
Transport Processes (Heat and Mass)
Polymer Science and Engineering
Chemical Engineering Laboratory |
| Graduate |
Thermodynamics for Chemical Product and Process Design (with J.M. Prausnitz)
Applied Molecular Theory for Chemical Engineers (with Arup K. Chakraborty) |
| Classes Taught at the University of Patras |
| Undergraduate |
Mass and Energy Balances
Physical Chemistry II
Chemical Thermodynamics I and II
Advanced Thermodynamics |
| Graduate |
Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Statistical Mechanics and Molecular Simulation
Physical Chemistry of Polymers
Statistical Mechanics of Polymers (with A. Dondos, D. Photinos, M. Kosmas, A. Terzis) |
| Classes Taught at the National Technical University of Athens |
| Undergraduate |
Physical Chemistry II
Structure-Property Relations in Materials
Connecting Microscopic and Macroscopic Properties by Computer Simulation |
| Graduate |
Molecular Simulations of Materials |
| Classes Taught at NCSR "Demokritos" |
| Graduate |
Topics in Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Molecular Systems and Applications to the Molecular Simulation of Materials Using Supercomputers
Molecular Simulations of Physicochemical Systems (with A.Z. Panagiotopoulos)
Polymer Physics and Physical Chemistry (with I. Economou, C. Tsenoglou, N. Hadjichristidis and J. Petropoulos) |
Honors
- Salutatorian, Summa cum Laude, Ancient Greek Prize, Dolashik Prize, Athens College, 1976.
- Entrance examination award, National Technical University of Athens, 1976.
- Condoulis and Thomaides awards, National Technical University of Athens, 1978-1981.
- 17 November 1973 prize, Technical Chamber of Greece, 1977-1981.
- Chrysovergis prize, National Technical University of Athens, 1982.
- Gilliland Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, U.S.A., 1981-1982.
- Scholarship of the Bodossakis Foundation, 1981-1984.
- Shell Faculty Career Initiation Grant, U.S.A., 1986-1988.
- Du Pont Young Faculty Grant, U.S.A., 1989-1991.
- Presidential Young Investigator Award, U.S. National Science Foundation, 1988 - 1992.
- Allan P. Colburn Memorial Lectureship, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, U.S.A., October 1992.
- Ernest W. Thiele Lectureship, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, U.S.A., September 1993.
- Robert W. Vaughan Lecture, Department of Chemical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, U.S.A., March 1994.
- Science Award of the Bodossakis Foundation in Chemistry, 1996.
- Invitation to the international conference Scientia Europaea, organized by the Institut de France and the Fondation Rhône-Poulenc, September 1998.
- Danckwerts Lecture, awarded by the AIChE, IChemE, EFCE, and the Editors of Chemical Engineering Science, AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, U.S.A., November 2006.
- Dick Medema Award in Polymer Science and Technology, awarded by the Dutch PTN (Polymer Technology in the Netherlands), Lunteren, The Netherlands, February 2009.
- Bird-Stewart-Lightfoot Lectureship, awarded by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A., May 2013.
- Elected to the National Academy of Engineering of the U.S.A., February 2015.
- John M. Prausnitz Award in Applied Chemical Thermodynamics, Conference on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design (PPEPPD 2016), Porto, Portugal, May 2016.
- John M. Prausnitz AIChE Institute Lecturer, AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 2016.
- European Materials Medal, awarded by the Federation of European Materials Research Societies (FEMS), Euromat 2017 conference, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 2017.
- On 26 March 2018 DSM honoured Professor Dr. Doros Theodorou, from the National Technical University of Athens in Greece, with the 2018 Life Time Achievement Award in Materials Sciences.
- DSM Life Time Achievement Award in Materials Sciences, DYFP2018 Conference, Kerkrade, The Netherlands, March 2018.
- "Alkiviades Ch. Payatakes" Distinguished Lecture, FORTH/ICE-HT, Patras, Greece, December 2018.
- Guggenheim Medal 2018 of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK, for significant contribution to Thermodynamics and/or Complex Fluids, Thermodynamics 2019 conference, Punta Umbria, Spain, June 2019.
- FOMMS Medal 2022 for "profound and lasting contributions to the development of computational methods and their application to the field of molecular based modeling and simulation".
- Included in Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Men and Women of Science, Men of Achievement, European Biographical Directory.
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Professional Activities
- Member of the Board, Bodossakis Foundation, 2011-Present.
- Member of the National Council of Research and Technology of Greece (ESET), 2010-2013.
- Member of the National Council of Research and Technology of Greece, Sectoral Scientific Council for Physics, Chemistry, and Materials, 2003-2004.
- National Representative of Greece to the HRM (Human Resources and Mobility) Program Committee, Directorate General XII of the European Commission, 2003-2004.
- National Representative of Greece to the IHP (Improving Human Potential) Program Committee, Directorate General XII of the European Commission, 2000-2002.
- National Representative of Greece to the TMR (Training and Mobility of Researchers) Program Committee, Directorate General XII of the European Commission, 1995-1998.
- Visiting Researcher, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A. (Program on Quantitative Methods in Materials Research), April-May 1997.
- Editorial Board, Journal of Multiscale Modelling, 2009-Present.
- Editorial Committee Member, Annual Review in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, 2008-Present.
- Editorial Board, Molecular Physics, 2006-2012.
- Editorial Advisory Board, Macromolecules, 2005-2007.
- Editorial Board, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2004-Present.
- Editorial Board, Soft Materials, 2002-2009.
- International Advisory Board, Chemical Engineering Science, 2000-Present.
- Editorial Board, Computational and Theoretical Polymer Science, 1996-2002.
- Editorial Board, Molecular Simulation, 1994-2001.
- Editorial Board, Journal of Computer-Aided Materials Design, 1993-Present.
- Editorial Board, Die Makromolekulare Chemie: Theory and Simulation, 1992-1995.
- Co-editor, Diffusion in Micropores, special issue of the journal Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, honouring Prof. Dr. Jörg Kärger of the University of Leipzig, 2009.
- Editor, Symposium in Print on Molecular Modeling, published by Chemical Engineering Science, 1994.
- Scientific Advisor, School and Conference on Multiscale Modelling and Simulations of Hard and Soft Materials, Bangalore, India, December 2009.
- Co-chairman, Diffusion Fundamentals III conference, Athens, Greece, August 23-26, 2009.
- Co-organizer, Faraday Discussion 144, "Multiscale Modeling of Soft Matter", Groningen, The Netherlands, July 20-22, 2009.
- Chairman of the International Organizing Committee, Conference on Properties and Phase Equilibria for Product and Process Design (PPEPPD 2007), Hersonissos, Crete, Greece, May 20-25, 2007.
- Session Organizer, "Coarse-Grained Models for Polymers", SIMU Conference "Bridging the Scales", Genova, Italy, August 2004.
- Member of the International Organizing Committee, PPEPPD 2010, Suzhou, China, and PPEPPD 2004, Snowbird, Utah, May 2004.
- Co-organizer, 19th European Seminar on Applied Thermodynamics, Santorini, Greece, September 2002.
- Co-organizer, SIMU-CECAM Workshop on Multiscale Modeling of Materials: Methods, Algorithms, and Unsolved Problems, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, July 2001.
- Co-organizer, CECAM-ESF Workshop on Computer Simulations of Polymer Blends and Copolymer Systems, Lyon, France, September 13-15, 1999.
- Co-chairman, ACS Workshop on Molecular Modeling of Polymers, Isle of Palms, SC, USA, March 1998.
- Chairman of the Scientific Committee, 6th European Polymer Federation Symposium on Polymeric Materials, Aghia Pelaghia, Crete, Greece, October 1996.
- Co-organizer, Symposium on Modeling and Computer Simulation of Polymers, Division of Polymer Chemistry, National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Francisco, California, April 1992.
- Co-organizer, Symposium on Structure and Mobility in Polymer Solids, 2nd Topical Conference on Emerging Technologies in Materials, 1989 Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, San Francisco, California, November 1989.
- Scientific Advisor, Molecular Simulations Inc./Accelrys, San Diego, CA, USA and Cambridge, UK, 1999-2005. Member of Scientific advisory board, Scienomics SARL, Paris, France, 2005-. Consultant, DSM Research, Geleen, The Netherlands, 2001-. Consultant, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., W.R. Grace & Co.-Conn., BFGoodrich Co., Biosym Technologies, Inc., Oxford Molecular Ltd., 1989-1995.
- Member of the Scientific Council for the National Competition "Greece is Innovating!", organized by the Association of Greek Industries (SEB) and Eurobank, 2012-2013.
- Member of the Senate Committee on Basic Research of the National Technical University of Athens, 2006-Present.
- Member of Steering Committee and Instructor, Interpartmental Program of Graduate Studies "Microsystems and Nanodevices", NTU Athens, 2006-Present.
- Member of Steering Committee and Instructor, Interpartmental Program of Graduate Studies "Mathematical Modeling in Modern Technologies and in Economics", NTU Athens, 2003-Present.
- Member of the Steering Committee of the European Network "Challenges in Molecular Simulation: Bridging the Length- and Time-Scale Gap" (SIMU), supported by the ESF, 1999-2004.
- Member of the steering committee for the establishment of a supercomputer centre in Greece, National Hellenic Research Foundation, 1999-2000.
- Member of the provisional general assembly of the newly formed Materials Science department at the University of Patras, 1999-2002.
- Instructor in the Interdepartmental Program of Graduate Studies "Polymer Science and Engineering", University of Patras, 1998-2002.
- Instructor in the program of graduate studies "Polymer Science and Its Applications", University of Athens, 1998-2002.
- Instructor in the Third Summer School in Chemistry (SSC-3) "Topics in Polymer Chemistry", Socrates Program, University of Patras, July 2000.
- Reviewer of instructional material prepared for the Hellenic Open University, 1998-2000.
- Member of Ph.D. examination committees at Imperial College London (UK), at the Universities of Groningen (NL), Eindhoven (NL), Twente (NL), Delft (NL), Leipzig (DE), at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia, at the University of Wollongong, Australia, at the Universities of Patras, Athens, Thessaloniki, Crete, Ioannina, and at NTU Athens. Member of jury for awarding Habilitation á Diriger des Recherches at the Université de Savoie, France.
- Reviewer of research proposals submitted to the following origanisations: National Science Foundation (USA), INTAS Program, DGXII of the European Union, Netherlands Foundation for Chemical Research (SON), Dutch Softlink Program, A.C.S. Petroleum Research Fund (U.S.A.), CECAM (Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire), General Secretariat of Research and Technology of Greece, Research Commission of the ETH-Zürich, Research Committees of the Universities of Ioannina and Crete and of the National Technical University of Athens.
- Referee of research articles submitted for publication to the journals Macromolecules, Journal of Chemical Physics, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Langmuir, Accounts of Chemical Research, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Chemical Communications, Molecular Physics, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Journal of Rheology, A.I.Ch.E. Journal, Chemical Engineering Science, J. Polymer Sci. B: Polymer Physics, Macromolecular Theory and Simulations, Theoretical and Computational Polymer Science, Composites, Technika Chronika.
- Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, American Chemical Society, Technical Chamber of Greece, Athens College Alumni Association.
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| Languages |
Greek, English, German, French. |
| Personal interests |
Music (playing the piano), literature, traveling, swimming. |
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