Dr. Athanasios Mitropoulos received a B.Sc. degree in chemistry from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in physical chemistry from the University of Bristol under a research grant from Shell Petroleum. He is currently a Professor with the Department of Chemistry, International Hellenic University, and the Dean of the Faculty of Science. He has published more than 100 publications. He is the author of many books, four patents, and runs more than 1 M (euros) in research programs mainly from private funds.