Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Thessaly
Greece
Panagiotis E. Tsiakaras is currently a Professor of Catalysis, Electrocatalysis and Fuel Cells Engineering, Director of the Laboratory of Alternative Energy Conversion Systems and Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering-University of Thessaly in Greece. He received his 5-years Diploma from the Department of Industrial Chemistry from the University of Messina – Italy on 1984 and his 2-years MSc on 1987. On 1992 he defended his PhD at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Patras (Greece).
i) catalytic and electrocatalytic processes ii) solid state electrochemistry iii) low, intermediate and high temperature Fuel Cells (PEMFCs and SOFCs) iv) Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells for energy production v) Design and development of novel catalysts for hydrogen production via reforming of renewable fuels.