Principal Investigator

Georgios A. Sotiriou

Georgios A. Sotiriou is a Full Professor and SciLifeLab Group Leader at the Department of Chemistry and the Science for Life Laboratory at Stockholm University. He is also an Associate Professor in Biomaterials Science in the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology at Karolinska Institutet leading the Bionanomaterial Technology Laboratory. After receiving his Diploma in Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences from the National Technical University of Athens (2006), he obtained an MSc in Micro- and Nanosystems from ETH Zurich (2008). He received his PhD from the Particle Technology Laboratory (Prof. Pratsinis group) at ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2011) and carried out postdoctoral research stays in Harvard University (2013-2015, Center for Nanotechnology and Nanotoxicology, Prof. Demokritou group) and ETH Zurich (2015-2016, Drug Formulation and Delivery Lab, Prof. Leroux group) before joining MTC in 2016. He was then recruited to Kemikum at Stockholm University and since 2025 he is also a SciLifeLab Group Leader.

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DISTINCTIONS & AWARDS

  • SciLifeLab Group Leader.
  • European Research Council, ERC Proof of Concept Grant (2024).
  • Swedish Research Council (VR) Consolidator Grant (2023).
  • World’s Top 2% Scientists List by Stanford University (Scopus-Elsevier) (2023).
  • Young Investigator Award, Controlled Release Society, Nanomedicine and Nanoscale Delivery Focus Group, Las Vegas, USA (2023).
  • KI Research Incubator (KIRI) Fellow (2021).
  • KI Consolidator Grant (2021).
  • European Research Council, ERC Proof of Concept Grant (2021).
  • Smoluchowski Award, European Aerosol Assembly (GAeF) (2020).
  • Appointed Future Research Leader, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (2020).
  • Young Investigator Award, Dept. Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet (2019).
  • Distinguished Alumni, School of Applied Mathematical and Physical Sciences, National Technical University of Athens, 20thyear anniversary (2019).
  • Young Faculty Award, Mayo Clinic Symposium, Jacksonville, FL, USA (2018).
  • Invited contribution to “Futures” Issue of AIChE Journal 2018, recognizing the scholarly potential of new researchers (2018).
  • European Research Council, ERC Starting Grant (2017).
  • Elsevier Top Cited Paper Award for 2011 and 2012, AIChE 2014, Atlanta, USA (2014).
  • Hilti Award for Innovative Research, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2013).
  • TechConnect Innovation Award, Washington D.C., USA (2013).
  • ETH Medal for Outstanding PhD Thesis, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2012).

  • DSM Science & Technology Awards, Honorable Mention, Interlaken Switzerland (2012).

  • Materials Research Prize, Finalist, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2012).

  • Reg Davies Award, International Fine Particle Research Institute (IFPRI) Annual Meeting, Ludwigsburg, Germany (2012).
  • Best PhD Thesis Award, Division of Polymers and Colloids, Swiss Chemical Society (2012).
  • 1st place at the AIChE Bionanotechnology Graduate Student Award, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MN, USA (2011).