Zissis Samaras (born 22 February 1956) is a Greek mechanical engineer and a professor of thermodynamics at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he began his academic career in 1989. ^[1]

He is also the head of the Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics ^[2] (LAT) and co-founder of the two environmental spinoffs EMISIA SA and Exothermia. ^[3]

Career

Zissis Samaras was born in Thessaloniki in 1956 and completed his PhD at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1989. He later became a lecturer in Thermodynamics at the same institution. In 2003, he was appointed to a professorship and later head of department from 2007 to 2009. ^[4]

His research work deals primarily with engine and vehicle emissions testing and modeling, and he has carried out a wide range of projects on modeling emissions from internal combustion engines. ^[5] In recent years, he has more broadly focused on sustainable energy ^[6] and experimental techniques for testing of exhaust emissions.

In the past two decades he has led multiple research projects with LAT, involving the European Commission. ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]} Moreover, the Greek state has made use of technology developed by the Laboratory of Applied Thermodynamics and Zissis Samaras. ^[11]

He is the Vice Chair of European Road Transport Research Advisory Council. ^[12] Since 2021, he has been the co-ordinator of European Commission's fuel consumption project Mile21. ^[13]

Education

He received his BSc/ MSc and PhD degrees in mechanical engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. ^{[14] [1]}

Published work

Samaras has authored and co-authored more than 300 scientific publications to date. ^{[15] [16]}

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