Dr George Vekinis was born and lives in Athens, Greece. He has lived and worked as a researcher in Johannesburg, South Africa and Cambridge, UK and is currently a Director of Research at the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of the National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos” in Greece. His current research interests include nanostructured industrial catalysts, advanced protectio
n and propulsion systems for spacecraft, industrial microwave processing and high energy armour composites. Most of his research has been funded by industrial companies, national agencies, the European Commission and the European Space Agency. He is also the current President of the Hellenic Society of Science and Technology of Condensed Matter. In addition to his research work, Dr Vekinis is also the founder and President of a manufacturing company spun off from his research results and a Senior Consultant in Exploitation Strategy and Technology Transfer for the European Commission. He is the author of the book "Technology Transfer in practice:from Invention to Innovation. A step-by-step guide for researchers and inventors", 2014 All start-ups and spin-offs require support, advice, solutions to the many problems they face at all stages. . With over 30 years experience, I offer guaranteed-results mentoring, negotiation, strategy building, meeting facilitation and all the necessary services for technological and other start-ups. Success or your money back! Guaranteed! In the meantime, check out my books: "Technology Transfer in Practice: from Invention to Innovation" (2014) and "The Researcher Entrepreneur: Best practices for successful technological entrepreneurship" (2016) and for discussions on all aspects of the TT process and Start-up Mentoring.
