Speaker Bio

Ioannis K. Chatjigeorgiou, is a Professor of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and since November 2023 holds the position of Rector of NTUA. He graduated from the School of Naval Architecture (SNA) & Marine Engineering (ME) in 1990 and was awarded his PhD in 1997. After working in the industry, he joined the faculty and was elected full Professor of NTUA in 2016. He teaches in both the Undergraduate and Postgraduate SNA&ME programs. His research interests include linear and nonlinear hydrodynamics of floating structures, violent hydrodynamic slamming, hydroelasticity, wave-current interaction with structures, environmental loading on floating bodies, dynamics of slender structures and pipes with internal flow, analysis and design of mooring systems, hydromechanic analysis of moored floaters and sustainable energy production systems from the sea environment.

He served as Visiting Professor in the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (2016), Ecole Centrale Marseille (2008 & 2011) and University of East Anglia (2014-2016). He has been awarded the Marie Curie Research Fellowship for outstanding researchers and has been included in the top 2% researchers list worldwide. He has led significant funded research and is the Director of the Laboratory of Floating Structures and Mooring Systems of SNA&ME. Before becoming Rector, he served as Vice Rector of NTUA, leading Research and Lifelong Education, where he initiated significant innovation such as the Technology Transfer Office of NTUA, allowing the Institution to establish for the first time ever, spin-off companies, the Energy Competence Center, patent approval, while he also initiated the development of NTUA’s Lifelong Learning Center.

He is a member of several national and international professional, scientific societies and editorial boards in international journals, a reviewer for book publishers and more than 70 journals. He has published more than 180 articles in scientific journals, conference proceedings and collective volumes and has authored the books, “Analytical Methods in Marine Hydrodynamics” (Cambridge University Press, 2018) and "Dynamics of Pipelines for Marine Applications” (Springer International Publishing, 2023).