Senior Researcher
Centre for Research & Technology Hellas
Greece
Dr. Dimitrios Rakopoulos is a Senior Researcher at the Chemical Process & Energy Resources Institute (CPERI), Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CERTH), Greece, and a Research Associate at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). He holds a Diploma (2002) and Ph.D. (2007) in Mechanical Engineering from NTUA. His research focuses on diesel engines, CHP, renewable energy systems, smart grids, and propulsion technologies.
Dr. Rakopoulos has participated in over 40 research projects (PI in 14, Coordinator in 2) and has extensive industrial experience in energy and power systems. He is recognized among the Top 1% Highly Cited Researchers (2015–2020) by Thomson Reuters and Top 0.5% career researchers (2020–2024) by Elsevier–Scopus, with over 9000 citations (H-index 47). He serves on the editorial boards of several international journals and has received multiple reviewer and editor awards.