Dr. Vassilios Gregoriou co-founded Advent Technologies Inc. in 2012 and served as Chairman and CEO of Advent since inception, and as Acting Chief Financial Officer, until his termination for cause in October 2024. He signed his employment agreement with the company in October 2020.
An internationally known scientist, he held research and/or managerial positions in both the United States (Northeastern, MIT, Polaroid, Princeton) and Greece (NHRF, FORTH) over a 30-plus-year career; his published work includes three books and more than 100 scientific papers, and he is co-inventor of 15 patents.