Spyros Pandis received his M.S. (1988) and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (1991) from the California Institute of Technology after obtaining his Dipl. Ing. (1986) in Chemical Engineering from the University of Patras, Greece. From 1993 to 2004, he worked at the Departments of Chemical Engineering and Engineering and Public Policy, CMU. In 2004, he returned to Greece and achieved the rank of Professor. He continues to hold the position of Research Professor at Carnegie Mellon University while serving as the Deputy Director of the Institute of Chemical Engineering, Forth, Greece. His research areas include the study of multiphase atmospheric chemistry as it relates to photochemical smog and acid deposition, as well as topics related to global climate change. He has published more than 280 publications in peer-reviewed journals with an h-index of 90 (Scopus, May 2024).