Δημήτριος Λυρίδης

Ονοματεπώνυμο: Δημήτριος Λυρίδης

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Dimitrios V. Lyridis is Professor in the area of Maritime Transport in the School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering (NA&ME) at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and Head of the Laboratory for Maritime Transport of the School. He has a Diploma (1987) in NA&ME from NTUA (1987), an M.S. (1990) in NA&ME (Marine Systems Management) from the University of Michigan (UM), an M.S.E. (1990) in Industrial and Operations Engineering (IOE) from UM, and a Ph.D. (1990) in NA&ME from UM as well. After finishing his graduate studies, Dr. Lyridis worked in various positions and disciplines; he was involved in various projects in economics, transport, safety, and telematics; he provided management, administrative, and research support in a large number of research projects in maritime transport; he participated in a large number of transportation and economics related projects co-funded by the European Commission in the area of transportation policy and research; he undertook a large number of applied commercial projects in the areas of restructuring, marketing, business and operational planning of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME’s) in Greece and in the EU as well as in developing countries (with emphasis on the Balkans, the Near East, and the former Soviet Republics). Specifically, in his previous position as Assistant Manager of the Business Development Department of LDK Consultants, he was responsible for the Small and Medium Enterprises sector and he was responsible for a series of projects in East European, former Soviet Republics, Near East and North African countries concerning, business planning, enterprise restructuring, and business development funded by the private sector, the EU and the World Bank. Currently, his main scientific areas of interest are maritime transport and logistics, shipping finance, safety, security, and environmental protection. He is member of various scientific and professional societies in Greece and abroad including the the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (USA), the International Association of Maritime Economists, and the Technical Chamber of Greece for which he is also member of one of its scientific committees. He is the Secretary of the Hellenic Association of Maritime Economists and Member of the Hellenic Committee of the Korean Register of Shipping. Apart from his Greek mother tongue, he is fluent in English and French and speaks also Italian and German.