Dimitris S. Achilias
Dr. Dimitris S. Achilias is a Professor of Polymer Chemistry and Technology and Director of the Department of Chemical Technology and Industrial Chemistry, at the School of Chemistry of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece. He is a Chemical Engineer with a PhD from AUTH School of Chemical Engineering. He has been listed in the top 2% of scientists worldwide, based on the impact of their published work throughout their career according to the University of Stanford list; #14 in the world in the field of Recyclingon the list of Highly Ranked Scholars based on ranking in the top 0.05% of all scientists worldwide; and #12 in Greece and #5194 in the world, according to Research.com's ranking of the best researchers in each discipline based on D-index data (58) in the field of Materials Science and #27 in Greece and #8372 in the world in the field of Chemistry. From his research on the chemical recycling of polymers, modeling of polymerization/ polymer degradation kinetics, copolymerization, and synthesis of polymer nanocomposites, he has published over 195 research papers, with more than 9000 citations and an h-index of 53 according to Scopus, more than 12000 citations and h-index 60 according to Google Scholar. He holds 4 Patents. He has participated in the writing of 7 textbooks in Greek and was the editor of 4 scientific books (InTech), with over 120,000 downloads. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the journal Polymers (MDPI). He has participated in numerous Greek and international research projects and with more than 260 announcements at various Greek and international conferences. He has supervised 92 undergraduate and 81 postgraduate masters’ theses of students, 10 doctoral Ph.D. theses, and 3 Post-Doctoral Researchers. He has also participated in numerous advisory and examination committees of doctoral and postgraduate theses.