Ioannis joined the group of Energy and Resources at the Copernicus Institute for Sustainable Development at Utrecht University as a postdoctoral researcher in September 2015. He holds a Dipl. Ing. degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, an M.Sc. degree (cum laude) in Sustainable Energy Technology from Delft University of Technology, and a Ph.D. degree in Electrical Energy Systems from Eindhoven University of Technology. He has worked as a project engineer at Siemens, Greece, in the area of integrated command and control solutions. In 2009, he conducted a study on the effect of charging the batteries of electric vehicles on low-voltage distribution grids at the Department of Innovation of Enexis, a Distribution System Operator in The Netherlands. His research interests are in the areas of the planning and operation of power systems, demand-side management, and renewable energy sources. He has contributed in securing research funding and performed research for several consortium-based research projects, including E.U. FP7, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe, and Dutch Top Sector Energy projects. He is active as a peer reviewer in several international journals (IEEE and IET), as well as a member of scientific committees at international conferences. He has been a registered engineer at the Technical Chamber of Greece since 2006.