Professor Dimitris Drikakis

Professor Dimitris Drikakis holds the positions of Vice President for Global Partnerships and Executive Director of Research and Innovation at the University of Nicosia, Cyprus. He also serves as the Dean of the School of Science and Engineering and holds a joint Professor’s appointment in the School of Sciences and Engineering and the Medical School.

His prior academic career in the United Kingdom spans 24 years, having held a full professorship since 2001 at Queen Mary University of London, Cranfield University, and the University of Strathclyde. He was the Executive Dean of Engineering at the University of Strathclyde and the Head of Aerospace Sciences at Cranfield University. Additionally, he has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Marseille (France), an Honorary Professor at the City University of London, and an Honorary Professor at the St Andrew’s Centre (the world-renowned specialist burns and plastic surgery service) based within Broomfield Hospital (UK).

Professor Drikakis’s research interests include fluid dynamics, artificial intelligence, and computational science methods. His contributions to computational fluid dynamics and multicomponent flows have earned him the William Penney Fellowship Award from the UK’s Atomic Weapons Establishment. He also received the Innovator of the Year Award in 2014 from the UK’s Innovation Institute for developing a new-generation carbon capture nanotechnology device using carbon nanotubes.

With over 500 papers and two books published, he has collaborated extensively with industry, research laboratories, and hospitals across Europe and the USA. A recent Stanford University publication places him among the top 2% of highly cited scientists internationally, and Research.com ranks him first in Cyprus and among the top 500 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Scientists globally. His work has been featured in international media outlets. Throughout his career, he has supervised 45 PhD students, many of whom now hold positions in academia and industry worldwide.

Professor Drikakis has served as an Associate Editor for journals including “Computers and Fluids,” “Journal of Fluids Engineering,” “The Aeronautical Journal of the Royal Aeronautical Society,” and “Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience.” He is on advisory and editorial boards for engineering, computational science, applied physics, and nanotechnology journals. Additionally, he has been a member of the Fluid Dynamics Technical Committee of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, the Board of Directors of the European Aeronautics Science Network, and has served as Deputy Chair for the European Research Council’s engineering evaluations. He also chaired the UK’s Oil and Gas Technology Centre academic panel. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, a Life Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and a Life Member of the American Physical Society.