S. H. Anastasiadis is a Professor of Polymer Science & Engineering at the Dept. of Chemistry of the Univ. of Crete and the former Director of the Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser (IESL) of the Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas (FORTH). He received his PhD in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University in 1988. He has been a Visiting Scientist at the IBM Almaden Research Center in 1988-1989. He was awarded the John H. Dillon Medal of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1998 and was elected Fellow of APS in 2000. He has been an Editor of the Journal of Polymer Science: Part B: Polymer Physics (5/2006-7/2010). He served as a Consulting Editor of AIChE J. and as a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Macromolecules.  He is a Member of the Quality Assurance Committee (01/2009–now) whereas he has served as the Vice Chair of the Committee on Research Integrity and Ethics (07/2018–12/2021) and the Vice Chair of the Technical Council (02/2011–10/2016) of the University of Crete. He has served as the elected President of the European Polymer Federation (EPF) for the years 2018 and 2019 whereas he serves as President of the Hellenic Polymer Society (12/2012-now).  He was elected a Mary Shepard B. Upson Visiting Professor at Cornell University for the Academic year 2018-2019. He is a Member of the Supreme Council of the Hellenic Authority of Higher Education (8/2023-now) whereas he has served as a Member of the Evaluation and Accreditation Council of the Hellenic Authority of Higher Education (5/2020-5/2023) and the Vice-Chair of the Sectoral Scientific Council on Engineering Sciences of the National Council of Research, Technology and Innovation (11/2020-now).  He was elected Director of IESL-FORTH in 05/2013 and was re-elected in 11/2018; his tenure ended in 02/2023.

Education

• 1988 ​Ph.D., Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, U. S. A.
• 1984, Master of Arts, Department of Chemical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, U. S. A.
• 1983, Diploma, Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

Career

• 10/2008 – Today, Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, Univ. of Crete, Heraklion Crete, Greece
• 05/2013 – 02/2023, Director, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
• 09/1991 – Today, Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute of Electronic Structure & Laser, FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
• 09/2005 – 10/2008, Professor, Dept. of Chem. Eng., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
• 05/2004 – 09/2005, Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
• 10/1997 – 05/2004, Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
• 05/1993 – 10/1997, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
• 04/1988 – 12/1989, Visiting Scientist, IBM Research Division, Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

Interests

• Polymer Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films
• Polymer Blends, Homopolymer / Copolymer Blends
• Block Copolymers - Order/Disorder Transitions
• Dynamics & Diffusion in Multiconstituent Systems
• Organic/Inorganic Nanohybrid Materials
• Responsive Polymer Systems
• Polymer Materials for Energy Applications

Awards/Prizes/Distinctions

• 1998, American Physical Society John H. Dillon Medal: “For pioneering studies of the structure and dynamics of polymer solutions, melts, interfaces, and thin films”
• 2000, American Physical Society Fellow: “For important contributions to the dynamics of block copolymers in the melt and in solution and on the structure and dynamics of polymer interfaces and thin films” Editor,
• 2018 & 2019, President of the European Polymer Federation (EPF)
• 2018-2019, Mary Shepard B. Upson Visiting Professor, Cornell University
• 8/2023 - Today, Member of the Supreme Council, Hellenic Authority of Higher Education
• 5/2020-5/2023, Member of the Evaluation & Accreditation Council, Hellenic Authority of Higher Education
• 11/2020-Today, Vice-Chair of the Sectoral Scientific Council on Engineering Sciences of the National Council of Research, Technology and Innovation
• 3/2021-Today, Chairman of the Regional Committee of Model and Experimental Schools of the Region of Crete
• 5/2006 - 7/2010, Editor, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics
• 7/2010-12/2021, Consulting Editor, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics
• 8/2012-12/2016, Consulting Editor, AIChE Journal
• 1/2015-12/2017, Member of the Editorial Board, Macromolecules
• 1/2020-Today, Member of the Editorial Board, Polymers
• 02/2003-05/2006, Member of the Editorial Board, Journal of Polymer Science, Part B: Polymer Physics
• 1987, Graduate Student Award, Materials Research Society
• 1985, Best Paper Award, Society of Plastics Engineers - Plastics Analysis Division (ANTEC)
• 1979, 1980, 1983, Hellenic Engineering Society Award - Fellowship
• 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, Greek National Scholarship Foundation Fellowship
• 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, "A. Tiftixi" Foundation Award - Fellowship