Dr. Eleftheria-Maria Pechlivani is a Senior Researcher Grade Β΄ at the Information Technologies Institute (ITI) of the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (CERTH) and R&D manager of the Additive Manufacturing Unit (AMU) of ITI from January 2020.

She has successfully organised and participated in more than 28 funded EU and National R&D projects, is the Project Coordinator of the Green Deal H2020 PestNu project and the E-SPFdigit HEU project, as well as the Scientific Coordinator of 6 NSRF projects.

She holds 10 patents and is the co-author of more than 40 publications in scientific refereed journals and book chapters, and she has more than 90 scientific papers at peer-reviewed international conferences.

Previously, she worked as the R&D&I manager of the OET P.C (Apr.2016 – Dec.2019), a high-tech company in the field of Organic & Printed Electronics. For more than 10 years she was working as a research scientist at Nanotechnology Lab LTFN and Applied Physics Laboratory of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). She was a lecturer in N&N “Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies” – Interdisciplinary Post-Graduate Master Program at AUTh and a Board Member of the Hellenic Organic & Printed Electronics Association (HOPE-A) for the period 2018-2019.

Her research interests include: Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing, 3D Bio-printing, 3D Design, 3D Scanning), Quality Control and Metrology (in -line, in situ and real time), Flexible Electronics and Printed Organic Electronics, Smart Systems: sensors, IoT applications with AI functionalities, Open Design and Digital Manufacturing Platforms, Decision Support Systems supporting Industry 4.0, Agriculture 4.0, Circular Economy, Heritage/Culture, Health and Energy sector.