[4] After completing his doctoral studies in 1982 with a focus on transport phenomena, he started lecturing at the Universität Karlsruhe, where he led a research group that developed mathematical model systems to describe air pollutant dispersion and transformation.
After the completion of his postdoctoral lecture qualification (“Habilitation”), he was appointed Full Professor at the School of Mechanical Engineering of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
From October 2010 until March 2016 he served as the vice president of the International Hellenic University and dean of its School of Economics & Business Administration (until 2013).
[17] From June 2018 until April 2021 he was an elected member of the Scientific Council of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation, responsible for Engineering and Technology Sciences.
[18] August 2019 he was appointed consultant to the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development[19] on waste management issues in Greece.