Dr. Panos Kouris, MSc.
VERTORO
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder

Panos Kouris holds a BSc. and a MEng. degree in Chemical Engineering, from the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Patras in Greece. Panos moved later to the Netherlands, to finalize his MSc. and PhD studies in Chemical Engineering from Eindhoven University of Technology. In 2017, he co-founded Vertoro, a spin-off company with the mission to valorise the IP generated during his PhD research. Within Vertoro, he is leading all technological and IP developments to successfully scale-up the production of biomass-derived platform products globally, that have the potential to decrease the carbon footprint of the chemical industry and energy sector.