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Dr. Ioannis G. Economou, Researcher A'

Laboratory Director


economou at chem.demokritos.gr

Telephone : +30 210 6503963

Fax :  + 30 210 6511766
Mobile : +30 6946929064


 






Education:

1992 PhD, Chemical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
1987 Diploma, Chemical Engineering, National Technical University, Athens, Greece.

Employment:
  • National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”,    Researcher A’, 2003 - ,
                                                                                              Researcher B’, 1999 – 2003,
                                                                                              Researcher C’, 1995 – 1998.
  • Exxon Research and Engineering Company, New Jersey, USA, Post-doctoral fellow, 1994 – 1995.
  • Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands, Post-doctoral fellow, 1993 – 1994.

Visiting or adjunct positions:
American College of Greece, Graduate School, visiting professor, 2008 - .
Technical University of Denmark, visiting professor, 2001 and 2006 – 2007.
Open University of Greece, adjunct professor, 2002 –  .
Princeton University, USA, visiting senior research fellow, 2004.
University College, London, UK, Research fellow, 1994 – 1996.

Current research activities:
Molecular simulation, physical properties of fluids, phase equilibria, polymer physics, membrane science, ionic liquids.

Recent invited talks in international conferences:
  • "Molecular Design of Rubbery Polymers for Membrane Applications", International Workshop on Molecular Modeling and Simulation in Applied Material Science, Frankfurt Am Main, Germany, March 2008.
  • "Multi-Scale Modeling of Structure, Dynamics and Thermodynamic Properties of Ionic Liquids: Ab initio DFT Calculations, Molecular Simulation and Equation of State Predictions", 11th European Meeting on Supercritical Fluids, Barcelona, Spain, May 2008.
  • "Molecular Simulation of Rubbery Polymer Membranes", 23rd European Symposium on Applied Thermodynamics, Cannes, France, June 2008.

Molecular Thermodynamics and Modelling of Materials Laboratory (MTMML)
Institute of Physical Chemistry,  National Center for Scientific Research "Demokritos" ,  Aghia Paraskevi, 15310 Greece