Konstantinos Petridis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at the Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU) and the director of the HMU International Relations Office. He obtained his Ph.D. in physics from the University of St. Andrews (UK) in 2002. His research focuses on applications of lasers on materials processing and their applications in third generation solar cells and gas sensing. He demonstrates a high expertise and extended laboratory experience in laser technology and physics, in the ultrafast laser processing techniques of graphene and graphene-based optoelectronic devices and laser induced decoration of 2D materials with nanomaterials. He has coordinated 8 Erasmus and Erasmus Plus projects and he actively participated as a teacher, manager, sub-coordinator in another 6 Erasmus projects. He has participated as a researcher in 12 national & international research programs.