Famous Greeks
Greeks are a special example in history they have a glorious past but they dont live in the past. They are powerful, even today. And they will always be. Greeks distinguished everywhere and always be FAMOUS and useful citizens of the world.
Pioneer in large scale software systems
[:el] Alex Biliris has been involved in the technology industry for over thirty years with expertise in the areas of data management and large scale software systems – as a computer science researcher, entrepreneur and, currently, as an angel investor, mentor and advisor to technology...
Develops “smart” materials that transform our everyday life
[:el] Athanassia Athanassiou is a Senior Researcher, responsible for the Smart Materials Group, in the Nanophysics Department of the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genoa. In September 2014 she became Tenured Scientist. In her lab, she tries to develop “smart” materials that will have a...
Develops vaccines for AIDS and cancer
[:el] George Pavlakis is the Senior Investigator and the Head of Human Retrovirus Section at the National Cancer Institute in US. The Human Retrovirus Section designs, develops and tests vaccines and immunotherapies for AIDS and cancer. Dr. Pavlakis has focused his research on the biology and pathogenesis...
Chief at Massachusetts General Hospital Neurosurgical Service
[:el] Nicholas T. Zervas is a Higgins Professor of Neurosurgery Harvard Medical School and Chief at Massachusetts General Hospital Neurosurgical Service. Nicholas Zervas was born on March 9, 1929 in Lynn, Massachusetts. In 1950, he received his A.B. from Harvard College. In 1954, Dr. Zervas received...
Distinguished author and journalist
[:el][:el][:el][:el] Nicholas Gage, his actual name is Nikolaos Gatzoyiannis, is a Greek-born American author and investigative journalist. He was born on the 23rd of July, 1939, in the village of Lia, Epirus, Greece. Nicholas Gage joined his father in Massachusetts at the age of nine and grew...
Dean of the University in The Polytechnic School of Lausanne
[:el] Demetri Psaltis is the Dean of the University in The Polytechnic School of Lausanne (EPFL), in Switzerland (one of the most prominent centres of innovation in Europe) and a leading researcher in the field of optics. He is also a Professor in Bioengineering and...
One of the most influential scientists in the field of Computer Science
[:el] Georgios B. Giannakis is a computer scientist, Endowed Chair Professor in Wireless Telecommunications, and Director of the Digital Technology Center at the University of Minnesota. According to the Thomson Reuters list with the most influential people on their field of expertise, Georgios Giannakis is...
Researching anti-cancer therapeutics
[:el] Dr. George Demetri is a Greek-American Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, the director of the Center for Sarcoma and Bone Oncology at Dana Farber Cancer Institute, director of the Ludwig Center at Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, and executive director for Clinical and Translational...
Investigates bone regeneration and repair
[:el] Antonios Mikos is an expert in bioengineering, chemical and biomolecular engineering, he is a Louis Calder professor at Rice University and is considered among the top most cited researchers in his field. He is one of the 27 Greeks in the Thomson Reuters list with...
Developed the “bionic eye”
[:el] Professor Minas Coroneo is the Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, University of New South Wales, the Prince of Wales Hospital and the Sydney Children’s Hospital and Head of the Genetic Eye Foundation. He has had a long-term interest in the pathological effects of sunlight on the eye,...