{"id":8689,"date":"2014-07-28T14:38:09","date_gmt":"2014-11-27T10:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ekinisilab-sev.gr\/?page_id=8689"},"modified":"2015-01-21T11:29:55","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T11:29:55","slug":"athanassios-karalis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/ekinisilab-sev.gr\/en\/athanassios-karalis","title":{"rendered":"Athanassios Karalis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Athanassios<\/p>\n

Dr. Athanassios Karalis is the R&D Specialties Manager in S&B Industrial Minerals, a global minerals and materials group, which is supplying construction, metallurgy, plastics, coatings and various specialty niche sectors. Athanassios (Thanassis) holds a Diploma in Mining and Metallurgical Engineering (National Technical University of Athens, NTUA, 1986) and a PhD in Metallurgy and Materials Technology (NTUA, 2001).<\/p>\n

He has a strong experience in Physical and Chemical processing of industrial minerals (Bentonite, Perlite, Silicates) and metallic ores (Bauxite). Other professional education: a)\u201cAdvanced Negotiation Skills\u201d, May 2000, Prof. Ingemar Dierickx of INSEAD, b)\u201cThe Art of Project Management\u201d, September 2001, MCE, c)\u201cFinance for non-Financial Managers\u201d, February 2002, Athens laboratory of Business Administration (ALBA), d)\u201cLeading Product Development\u201d, Harvard Business School, Executive Education, July 2008.<\/p>\n

He has been working for two years (1990-1992) as researcher in NTUA while, in parallel, he was tutoring \u00abKinetics of heterogeneous chemical reactions \u2013 Hydrometallurgical processes\u201d. He joined S&B Industrial Minerals initially as Research Engineer and QA manager of Bentonite Division (1992-2000) and then as Perlite Division R&D manager (2000-2011). Since 2011 he holds the position of the R&D Specialties Manager of Global Marketing Organization at S&B.<\/p>\n

Since 1994 he has coordinated nine EC programs (Brite-Euram, FP6, and FP7) and four National programs (funded by the Greek Ministry of Industry).<\/p>\n

In 2008 he was selected as Independent Expert\/Evaluator of research proposals (FP7) assisting the Research Executive Agency of European Commission (2008-to date), and in 2011 as Reviewer of EC funded projects (2011-to date).<\/p>\n

He is Member of the Iron & Steel Society (USA).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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