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President & CEO Dr. Nick Kanopoulos |
| He has many years of experience in creating and managing large teams of development, mass production, and marketing of semiconductor products for the global market. Before founding Brite he was Managing Director for Channel Development in Europe / Africa / Middle East for the Solar Business Unit of Applied Materials. He was Director of the Multimedia & Communications (MMC) business division of Atmel Corp. managing product development groups based in the U.S. Greece, Sweden and China. He was founder and CEO of Data Communications Technologies, which was acquired by Atmel, Director of the Integrated Electronics Group at RTI International (one of the largest independent research centers in the U.S.) and for 10 years adjunct professor at Duke University in North Carolina. |
He has been a special advisor to the Minister of Macedonia & Thrace in Greece for matters of technology and to various semiconductor companies. He graduated in Electrical Engineering from the University of Patras, Greece and holds MS and Ph.D. degrees from Duke University. He has published one book and over 100 papers in journals and conference proceedings, has a US patent and is a member of several international trade and scientific organizations. |
Dr. Panagiotis Lianos |
| He is professor in the University of Patras, Greece. He is an expert in 3rd generation solar cells with emphasis on organic and organic-inorganic mesoscopic solar cells. His research experience also extents to the study of nanocrystalline semiconductors, organic LEDs, heterogeneous photocatalysis and photo-electrochemical hydrogen production. |
His research is published in more than 290 papers in scientific journals, conference proceedings and 2 patents. He has also participated in more than 45 research projects. He studied Physics at the University of Thessaloniki and obtained his doctorate degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. |
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Dr. Elias Stathatos |
| He is Associate Professor in the Technological Institute of Patras since 2007. He studied Physics at the University of Patras, where he also earned his PhD. He is expert in Nanostructured Materials as applied to 3rd generation photovoltaics and also an expert in organic electronics. |
He is the author or co-author of 65 published papers in international journals and co-inventor on 2 patents. He has participated in 40 international and 4 Greek conferences and 11 research projects. |
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