Costas N. Papanicolas

Who is Costas N. Papanicolas?

Prof. Costas N. Papanicolas is a Nuclear and Particle Physicist with over 35 years of experience as a researcher, an educator and a scientific administrator. He received his B.Sc. in Physics and PhD in Nuclear Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA. His research interests lie on the fields of Hadronic Physics, and in Solar Energy and Energy Policy.

Papanicolas has held positions at the French Atomic Energy Commission and has served as Professor of Physics at the University of Illinois, and at the University of Athens. He has also served as the Founding Director of the Institute of Accelerating Systems and Applications in Greece. Since 2008 he holds the positions of President of The Cyprus Institute and of CEO of the Cyprus Research and Educational Foundation.

During his career he held a numerous positions in various organizations; he served as a member of the Interim Governing Board and co-Chair of Technical Committee for the SESAME, Chair of the Appointments Committee for the establishment of the Department of Natural Sciences of the University of Cyprus, and Chair of the Council on Educational Evaluation and Accreditation of the Republic of Cyprus.