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Associate Professor

Dr. Nicolas Christofides

Short CV

Nicholas Christofides (PhD) holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and a B.Sc. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from the University of Birmingham. He is a member of the teaching and research staff of the department of Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering and Informatics teaching in the undergraduate and postgraduate programs. He also teaches in the inter-departmental postgraduate MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems program of the School of Engineering, Frederick University and in the Electrical and Electronics Systems Technician two-year diploma program of Frederick Institute of Technology. His research interests include distributed generation in power systems from renewable energy sources (mainly photovoltaics) and Photovoltaic systems. Dr Christofides has participated as a research associate in various research projects funded by the Research and Innovation Foundation, the MIA-RTDI and the EU. He is a reviewer in international journals and has scientific publications in high impact international journals and more than 30 scientific papers in referred conference proceedings. He is a certified Energy Auditor, certified instructor for professional training and Qualified Expert for the energy performance certificates of buildings. He runs more than 5 vocational training programs every year for electrical contractors, electrical engineers and photovoltaic system installers.