Project Description

Pantelis N. Mikropoulos is Professor of High Voltage Engineering at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Thessaloniki, Greece. He was born in Kavala, Greece in 1967. He received the Diploma and Ph.D. degrees in electrical and computer engineering from AUTh in 1991 and 1995, respectively. He held postdoctoral positions at the University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K. (1997-1999) and at AUTh (2000-2001). He was senior engineer with Public Power Corporation SA, Greece (2000-2001) and Assistant Professor with Technological Educational Institute of Crete (2001-2003).

In 2003, he joined AUTh, currently serving as the Head of School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Since 2005 he has been the Director of the High Voltage Laboratory, teaching four undergraduate and two postgraduate courses in High Voltage Engineering. His research interests include the broad area of High Voltage Engineering with emphasis given to electrical discharges, dielectric strength of external insulation, lightning protection and earthing, insulation coordination for power systems, high voltage and high current measurement devices and techniques.