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The Descartes Award in Greek Hands to CERTH / CPERI - A World Recognition

Brussels, 7 March 2007 - Three research projects financed by the European Commssion were today awarded a share

of the € 1 million Descartes prize for Research at a ceremony in Brussels.

The ceremony was attended by the German Federal Minister for Education & Research, Dr. Annette Schavan and European Science & Research Commissioner, Dr. Janez Potocnik.

The ceremony coincides with celebrations of the contribution of research to the EU over the last 50 years.

The 3 excellent European projects are:

the High Energy Stereoscopic System (HESS)

the Hydrosol project- Advanced Monolithic Reactors for

Solar Hydrogen Production via Water Splitting &

the APOPTOSIS project (programmed cell death) in cell biology

In Hydrosol project coordinator of the transnational research team is Assoc. Professor Ath. Konstandopoulos, Director of the Chemical Process Engineering Researc Institute of CERTH, and Head of the Aerosol and Particle Technology Laboratory ( ATP). For the implementation of the Hydrosol project collaborated academics & businesses from Greece, Germany, Denmark and the UK.

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Photos from the 2007 Award Ceremony of the EU Descartes Prizes for Excellence in Research & Science Communication in Brussels, Wednesday 7 March 2007

Assoc. Prof. Ath. Konstandopoulos during the official Descartes award ceremony in Brussels

European Commissioner for Sci & Res Janez Potocnik Delivering Honouring Scientific Excellence

The Descartes Prize Winners among Claudie Haignere, former French Minister for EU Affairs and ESA Asronaut, from left, and EU Commissioner J. Potocnik, at the right

The Descartes Prize Winners and Prof Ath. Konstandopoulos at the right

Hydrogen: vector for clean energy

Anthanasios Konstandopoulos (Director of the APT Lab, CPERI) is the head of the European project Hydrosol. The goal of the project is to produce hydrogen from exclusively renewable resources. Dr. Konstandopoulos is an expert in catalytic converters for car engines and has used his knowledge of this technology to produce hydrogen using a green method.