Dr. Thanos Tiliakos is a Senior Researcher working for the Energy Department of the National R&D Institute for Cryogenic & Isotopic Technologies (ICSI) in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania. He is also affiliated with the Babeş-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca, Department of Engineering Science. Lastly, he serves on the Board of zVolos, a Social Cooperative Enterprise in Magnesia, Greece, which aims, amongst others, to revive local agricultural lands neglected due to financial hardship. Initially trained in environmental engineering, he continued his postgraduate studies in atmospheric geophysics, environmental management and crisis economics; he received his doctorate in nanotechnology and alternative energy sources. He specializes in supercapacitance, laser photochemistry, thermal analysis, X-Ray spectroscopy, additive manufacturing, nanotechnology and 2D materials; he works on developing energy storage and conversion applications using advanced materials and experimental architectures. Dr. Tiliakos serves on the editorial boards of the Springer Nature journal Surface Science and Technology, the Elsevier journals Next Research and Materials Today Communications (Scientific Editor), Hybrid Advances and Results in Surfaces and Interfaces (Advisory Editor), and the MDPI journal Fuels (Topical Editor); and as a Technology Expert and Mentor for NATO DIANA (Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic).