NIKOLAOS KARATZAS - Senior R&D Scientist

Personal Data  Name:              Nikolaos Karatzas Date of birth:   17/10/1946 Place of birth:  Athens-Greece Family status:  Married, one child
Studies - Education University of Athens-B.S. in Physics, 1969. Nuclear Research Center (NRC) "Democritos"-post Graduate studies in Physics, 1971-1973. University of Patras-PhD in Plasma Physics, 1983. "N.C. Christophilos International Summer School and Conference in Plasma Physics and Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion", 1977. "NATO Advanced Study Institute on Atomic and Molecular processes in Controlled Thermonuclear Fusion", Summer 1979. "Non-Invasive Diagnostic techniques in Angiology", 1980. Between 1983-1991 I have attended numerous courses and conferences in the areas of microcomputers, local and wide area networks and communications.
Fellowships During my studies I received four fellowships: (National Fellowship Institute), (Greek Atomic Energy Commission), and for the two summer courses in 1977 and 1979 mentioned above.
Languages Greek English French Russian
Publications Papers: Nine publications in valid Greek, European and American scientific magazines on: Plasma Physics, Thermonuclear Fusion and Medical Physics. Books: "Ion-Acoustic Waves, Linear and Non-linear Effects", PhD thesis, 1983. "Introduction to microcomputers and the Disk Operating System", CIS Publications, 1991.
Conference Participation I participated in 10 Panhellenic and International Conferences where I presented 12 papers. I was invited speaker in the UNESCO Conference for microcomputers at the University of Patra in 1984.
Teaching Experience 1971-1981 Tutor in Mathematics Physics and Chemistry. 1971-1975 Professor of Electromagnetic Theory and Statistical Mechanics at the Graduate School of NRC "Democritos". Professor of Plasma Physics (summer school) at the same school. During my scientific career I have given numerous lectures in Plasma Physics, Thermonuclear Fusion, Medical Physics and Applied Acoustics. During my business career I have taught numerous courses in areas like Microcomputers, Operating Systems and System Integration.
Scientific Experience Between 1971-1983 I worked as an experimental physicist in subjects in the above mentioned areas. In addition, within the scope of my activities I have acquired invaluable laboratory experience in various areas including electronic uses and construction. I have also acquired experience in data acquisition and data processing (in addition to courses in Programming FORTRAN-1972).
Professional Experience 1983-present -As part of my profession responsibilities in CIS Group of companies, where I am an Executive Vice President, I have attended numerous courses and conferences in Greece and broad on Microcomputers, Operating Systems and Communications. In 1983 I was the co-ordinator of the group which, within CIS, developed the first Greek character set (437-H) for the IBM PC which has become the defacto standard in the Greek Market. In 1984 I was invited-speaker at the Unesco Conference on microcomputers held at the University of Patra. My one-day speech was on the IBM PC and its software. I have also acted as consultant to numerous firms and organizations (e.g. Bank of Greece, Ethnos newspaper, KODAK, PHILIPS e.t.c) on Networking, Communications, System Integration and Desk Top and Editorial Publishing. Between 1991-1993, I acted as a special advisor for the Integrated Mediterranean Programs-Informatics for the Municipalities of Salamina and Papagos and the Hellenic Organization for Standardization (ELOT). Senior R&D scientist for the DAEDALUS Group.
Organizational Experience Founding of CIS Group of companies (1983). Founding of the Free Public University of Piraeus (1987). Founding member of European Society for Professional Advancement and Hellenic Institute if Logistic Management (1990).
Employment Graduate Student of the Greek Atomic Energy Commission (Fellowship). Research Assistant in Plasma Physics Laboratory of the NRC "Democritos". Senior Scientist at the NRC "Democritos" (Tutoring and Research). 1983-present Founding Member, Shareholder, and Senior Vice-President of CIS Group of Companies. CIS deals with micro and mini computers, software development, system integration and offers educational-training courses and support in all areas of computers.