Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy

Dimitris Drikakis

Dimitris Drikakis
Vice President and Professor, School of Science and Engineering & Medical School
University of Nicosia, USA

Biography

Professor Dimitris Drikakis is the Vice President for Global Partnerships at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus, and has a joint Professor’s appointment in the School of Sciences and Engineering, and Medical School. Prior to that, he held academic and executive posts as Professor, Executive Dean, and Head of Department at in various UK universities over a period of 24 years.

His research is multidisciplinary and covers topics of fluid dynamics, acoustics, computational science, and nanotechnology. His work aims to solve engineering and scientific problems, while addressing the reduction of uncertainty through a better understanding of computational science methods and the development of physics-based models.

To date, he has co-authored two books and published 400 journal and conference papers. He has graduated 45 PhD students who now hold positions in academia and industries worldwide (engineering, computing, finance/banking, and health sectors).

He is currently an Associate Editor of the Computers and Fluids; Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience; Energies; Computation; The Aeronautical Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society; and on the Advisory Board of Physics of Fluids (American Inst. of Physics). 

He has served on the Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA); a Member and a Deputy Chair of the European Research Council (Engineering) panel; an expert evaluator for the European Commission; and International Chair of the UK's Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC); and also served on the Board of Directors of the European Aeronautics Science Network (EASN).

Research Interest

Dimitris Drikakis research includes Computational Science, Shock Physics, Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer, Nanoscience, Materials, Bio-medical applications, High Performance Computing