Dr. Nikolaos Apergis is Professor of Economics in the Department of Banking and Financial Management at the University of Piraeus. Previously he was with Curtin University, Australia, and the University of Derby, UK where he is still during his leave of absence. His teaching and research areas are within the areas of Macrofinance, Applied Economics and Energy Economics.
He has over 250 papers in peer review journals with a current Scopus H-index=41, while he is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Financial Studies and the Energy Research Letters. According to the Repec statistics (as of September 2020) he is holding the 74th position across global economists who have been research active over the last 10 years. He has been an external examiner to a number of overseas doctoral theses in relevance to energy and environmental issues. He is currently supervising 2 PhD theses, while in the past he supervised over 150 Master’s theses and 1 PhD thesis. He has also served in a number of boards of directors.
Dr. Dimitris Voliotis is Assistant Professor of Mathematical Economics and Game Theory. He holds a D.Phil. from the University of Athens and he is currently Assistant Professor at the University of Piraeus. His research interests are in applied game theory with emphasis on monetary economics and financial markets. Prior to joining the University of Piraeus he was Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers of the Hellenic Ministry of Economy and Finance.
Dr. Lamprini Zarpala holds a Ph.D. with honors from the Department of Banking and Financial Management in the University of Piraeus. She acquires 11 years of experience in fraud investigations, auditing and consulting in the banking sector. She holds a B.Sc. in Accounting and Finance (University of Macedonia) and M.Sc. in Operations Management (University of Bath). She has been involved in EIT-Climate Kic climate actions.
Dr. Panagiotis Asimakopoulos is an Assistant Professor of Corporate Finance at the University of Piraeus, Department of Banking and Financial Management. He studied economics at the Department of Economics of the University of Piraeus, having followed the direction of Industrial Issues. He obtained a master’s degree (MSc) in Economics with a focus on Applied Economics and Finance from the Athens University of Economics and Business and completed his studies by obtaining a Ph.D. diploma at the University of Piraeus, in the Department of Banking and Financial Management. He has extensive teaching experience in the field of corporate finance at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
Dr. John A. Paravantis is a Professor in the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Piraeus. He holds a five-year Civil Engineering (with a minor in Transportation) degree from the National Technical University of Athens as well as a two-year M.Sc. degree in Transportation, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Health, both from the Department of Civil Engineering of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, USA. In his seven-year stay in Chicago, Dr. Paravantis worked as a research assistant in coal cleaning projects with the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS), and did some consulting work on computer programming, parallel to his graduate studies. Dr. Paravantis has taught over 30 undergraduate and over 10 postgraduate courses during the last 20 years in the University of Piraeus. In addition, Dr. Paravantis has supervised more than 40 undergraduate studies, over 35 postgraduate diploma and two doctoral dissertations (with three more currently in development). Dr. Paravantis has published 18 research articles in refereed international journals and has presented 53 papers in refereed international scientific conferences, all part of a total all 89 publications which have attracted 2089 Google Scholar citations (h-index=16). In his research, Dr. Paravantis uses quantitative techniques (multivariate statistics, econometric modeling, simulation, optimization, and game theory) to analyze global energy systems (such as transport and the urban environment) and their environmental and geopolitical impacts. Paravantis has participated in 14 research projects, in four of which he was scientific coordinator. Prior to joining the academia, Dr. Paravantis had a 10-year professional career. In total, he has supervised the preparation of more than 40 Environmental Impact Statements (EIAs) and special environmental studies, mainly of large transportation and technological infrastructure projects.
Ioannis Michiotis is Economist, with postgraduate studies at the University of Piraeus in “Financial Analysis for Business Executives”. With more than 26 years of experience in financial sector as a banking executive, and more specifically in Private Banking, Retail Banking at Alpha Bank (as chief coordinator in the Branches Division of Attica and Upper Greece and as head of Branches), as well as in the evaluation of investment projects . Member of the Board of Directors of the National Quality Infrastructure System (NQIS) (2019 – present) and elected member of the Board of Directors of the Common Financial Group (CEN/FIN and CLC/FIN) of the European Commission for Standardization (CEN) and Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) (Feb2024-today
Anastasios Petritis is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Banking and Financial Management at the University of Piraeus. He holds a B.Sc. in Economics and an M.Sc. in Financial and Banking Management, both from the University of Piraeus, where he graduated with honors. His doctoral research focuses on how climate change impacts the profitability and sustainability of commercial banking in the EU.
Panagiotis Dimitropoulos is a motivated university student studying Financial and Banking Management at the University of Piraeus. With a GPA of 8.97, he has a strong academic background and is a candidate for the CFA level 1 certification. Panagiotis has gained practical experience through internships at Ernst & Young and DNG SA and has founded and led the ESG Department of the Finance Club UNIPI. He has also achieved notable success in financial competitions, including 3rd place domestically in the CFA Research Challenge.
International Research Fellows
Our international team is composed of Professors that have exhibited an exceptional scientific track record and are residing in highly-esteemed Universities all across the globe.
Aslan, Alper, Erciyes University
Chatziantoniou, Ioannis, Hellenic Mediterranean University
Dergiades, Theologos, University of Macedonia
Ewing, Bradley, Texas Tech University
Filis, George, University of Patras
Gil-Alana Luis University of Navarra
Gogas, Periklis, Democritus University of Thrace
Hanley Jim, Technological University of Dublin
Inglesi-Lotz, Roula, University of Pretoria
Ozturk, Ilhan, Cag University
Soytas Ugur, Technical University of Denmark
Smyth, Russell, Monash University