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Professor John K. Kaldellis, PhD Mechanical Engineer and Business Administration Diploma. Professor at Mechanical Engineering Dept, University of West Attica, Director of the Soft Energy Applications & Environmental Protection Lab and Scientific Director of MSc in Energy Systems (collaboration with Heriot-Watt University). In September 2019, he was elected as Vice-Rector of University of West Attica, responsible for Research and Lifelong Education. Since November 2020 is Vice President of Sectorial Scientific Council for Energy, Environment & Sustainable Mobility, General Secretariat for Research and Innovation, Ministry of Development. During the last years, he serves as Expert for DG-REGIO of EC for GReco-Islands Initiative. He is Scientific Responsible for many research projects, including the well-recognized TILOS-Horizon 2020. He has published six books concerning Renewable Energy Applications (4) and Protection of the Environment (2). He is the Editor of the book entitled "Stand-alone and hybrid wind energy systems: Technology, energy storage and applications" and the Editor of the "Wind Energy" Volume of the Comprehensive Renewable Energy Encyclopaedia by Elsevier (1st and 2nd edition). He is currently Subject Editor of the Renewable Energy International Journal (IF=8+), member of the Editorial Board of several International Journals (Applied Energy (IF=9+), Sustainability (IF=3.5), etc.) and reviewer in more than 60 International Journals in the Energy and Environment Sector. He is the author of more than 200 scientific papers in peer reviewed Journals and more than 500 papers in Scientific Conferences and has more than 10000 citations in his research work (Scopus h-index=51). According to the 2020/2021 Jeroen Baas (Elsevier, B.V.), Kevin Boyack (SciTech Strategies, USA) & John P.A. Ioannidis (Stanford) annual (2020 and 2021) list he belongs to the top 1% of most cited researchers and ranks amongst the world’s top 250 researchers in the Energy Sector.
