Honorary Doctorate

We are delighted to announce that Professor Costas G. Vayenas has received a honorary doctorate from the Aristotele University of Thessaloniki (ΑΠΘ) on November 23, 2015. Τhis was the first honorary doctorate given by the Department of Chemical Engineering of the ΑΠΘ since its foundation.  

The Rector of the University, Professor Periklis A. Mitkas, and the Dean of the School of Engineering Professor Konstantinos E. Katsabalos as well as the Chairman of the Chemical Engineering Department Professor Vasilis T. Zaspalis were leading the award ceremony. The exceptionally warm and kind laudatory speech was given by Professor Michalis D. Stoukidis, Chemical Engineering Department, a long life friend, colleague and former PhD student of Costas Vayenas.

The ceremony was highlighted by the talk of Costas G. Vayenas, entitled “Protons in Chemistry, Biochemistry and Physics”.