Konstantinos Petridis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at the Hellenic Mediterranean University (HMU), the HMU International Relations Office director, and Vice-Rector of Internationalization & Extroversion. He obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of St. Andrews (UK) in 2002. His research focuses on developing CW laser systems, applications of lasers in materials processing, and their applications in third-generation solar cells and gas sensing. He demonstrates expertise and extended laboratory experience in laser technology and physics, as well as the ultrafast laser processing techniques of graphene and graphene-based optoelectronic devices and laser-induced decoration of 2D materials with nanomaterials. He has coordinated 13 Erasmus and Erasmus Plus projects and actively participated as a teacher, manager, and sub-coordinator in another 10 Erasmus projects. He has participated as a researcher in 12 national & international research programs. He was recently awarded a Fulbright fellowship.