Evangelos Topakas has a degree in chemistry (distinguished; from Aristotle University, Department of Chemistry, Thessaloniki, Greece) and he received his PhD in industrial biotechnology in 2004 at National Technical University of Athens (NTUA, Greece). He has worked as a Research Associate at the Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, and in the Biotechnology Laboratory at NTUA. In 2010, he visited Chalmers University as a Visiting Assistant Professor. In January 2012, he worked as a Lecturer, while in November 2014, he continued as an Assistant Professor. In July 2019, he was appointed as an Associate Professor in the field of industrial biotechnology at the School of Chemical Engineering, Department of Synthesis and Development of Industrial Processes, NTUA. From March 2015 until today, he has been appointed as a Visiting Associate Professor in the Chemical Engineering Division of the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Natural Resources Engineering, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden, expanding his collaboration and experience in North Europe. His research experience includes the discovery of industrial enzymes for the utilization of residual biomass for the production of 2nd generation liquid biofuels and high-added value compounds in the field of biorefineries.