Prize Committee

The Prize Committee consists of eight personalities active in academic research.

Its members are the following:

  • Ioannis Aifantis, Professor of Pathology, NYU School of Medicine.
  • Theodora Varvarigou, Professor at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens.
  • Nikos Vettas, Professor at the Department of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business, and Director General of the Foundation for Economic and Industrial Research (IOVE).
  • George Kollias, Member of the Academy of Athens, Professor/Director of the Physiology Laboratory at the Medical School of the University of Athens, and Associate Researcher at the “Alexandros Fleming” Research Centre for Biomedical Sciences.
  • Nancy Makri, Professor of Chemistry and Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • Costas Meghir, Professor at the Department of Economics, Yale University.
  • Michalis Triantafyllou, Henry L. and Grace Doherty Professor of Ocean Science and Engineering at MIT, Director of the MIT Sea Grant College Program, Visiting Scientist Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
  • Athanassios Fokas, Professor at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge

The Prize Committee also includes the following members, representing Bodossaki Foundation:

  • Athina Dessypri, President of Bodossaki Foundation’s Board of Trustees.
  • Theodoros Theodorou, Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, Vice President of Bodossaki Foundation’s Board of Trustees.