Emmanuel Kymakis is a Full Professor at the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU). In 2025, he was elected as a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) within the Materials Science Division, a distinction honoring his transition to an international leader in materials science and electrical engineering. He currently serves as the Director of the HMU Institute of Emerging Technologies (2023–Present) and was formerly the Vice-President of the HMU Research Center from 2020 to 2023. He received his B.Eng. (First Class Honors, Valedictorian) from the University of Liverpool in 1999 and his Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge in 2003. He and Prof. Gehan Amaratunga are the inventors of the polymer-nanotube solar cell, a seminal breakthrough that established carbon nanotubes as functional materials in organic electronics.  

Professor Kymakis is recognized among the most influential scholars worldwide, included in the prestigious list of the top 100,000 scientists across all fields for both career-long and single-year impact (2019–2025), according to standardized citation metrics (PLoS Biol 17(8): e3000384). He is also a ScholarGPS Lifetime Highly Ranked Scholar, placed in the top 0.05% of researchers globally in the field of Photovoltaics. His scholarly output includes over 170 peer-reviewed articles, attracting more than 15,000 citations with an h-index of 65. He has secured over €10.5 million in research funding and has extensive industrial experience, having overseen the design and implementation of 67 MWp of Photovoltaic (PV) parks. 

As a leader in European deep-tech innovation, he is the Coordinator of the EIC Pathfinder Challenge project ELEGANCE (Green SELf-Powered NEuromorphic Processing EnGines with Integrated VisuAl and FuNCtional SEnsing). He also served as the Work Package Leader for Energy Generation (WP11) of the EU Graphene Flagshipinitiative from 2020 to 2023. In this role, he led the deployment of the world’s first graphene-perovskite solar farm, proving the outdoor stability of 2D-material-enhanced energy technologies. He currently serves as the Director of the inter-institutional Post-Graduate Program “Nanotechnology for Energy Applications", a collaboration between HMU, the University of Crete, and FORTH.

His multidisciplinary research lies at the interface between nanotechnology and electrical engineering and is centered on the development of printed optoelectronic and photovoltaic devices.

• Solution-Processable Graphene & 2D Materials: Synthesis and integration of graphene and related 2D materials (GRMs) in liquid form for printed electronics and advanced charge-transport layers.
• Interfacial Engineering of Organic & Perovskite Solar Cells: Utilizing 2D material interlayers to optimize energy level alignment and moisture protection, significantly enhancing device efficiency and operational stability.
• Real-World PV Reliability & Degradation Studies: Monitoring and mitigating degradation mechanisms of PV devices and modules under both rigorous laboratory testing and extreme outdoor conditions.
• Industrialization & “Lab-to-Fab" Transition: Developing high-throughput processes, including eco-friendly inks and scalable printing techniques (slot-die coating, spray-coating), to facilitate the mass production of flexible electronics.
• Neuromorphic Computing & Energy-Efficient AI: Development of lead-free, stable perovskite memristors and light-operated processing engines for green, self-powered IoT edge computing.