Theodoros Zachariadis

Theodoros Zachariadis holds a Diploma and a Doctorate in Mechanical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His postdoctoral work focused on the economic analysis of energy and environmental issues. He has worked as a researcher at the National Technical University of Athens and as a European Marie Curie fellow at the Economics Research Centre (ERC) of the University of Cyprus. Currently, he is an Associate Professor at the Cyprus University of Technology, teaching environmental economics and energy resource management, and serves as the Dean of the University's Faculty of Geotechnical Sciences and Environmental Management. He is also an academic fellow at ERC and an advisor to the Ministries of Finance, Energy and Environment of Cyprus on economic aspects of climate change and long-term energy planning. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the European Environment Agency, an associate editor of the international Journal "Energy Economics", a country representative of the European Association of Environmental and Research Economists (EAERE) and a Board Member of Green Budget Europe, an expert platform promoting environmental fiscal reforms. He is the recipient of the 2009 Research Prize of the Republic of Cyprus.