Dr. Ioannis Lykakis studied chemistry at the University of Crete (1997), Greece and after obtaining his Ph.D. from the same University in 2003 (supervision of Prof. M. Orfanopoulos), he did postdoctoral research at the CNR in Bologna, Italy, under Marie Curie Network fellow (supervision of Dr. C. Chatgilialoglu). In 2011 he was appointed the Department of Chemistry of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece, where he is currently full Professor. So far, he is the author of more than 90 publications in peer-reviewed journals and he has given more than 100 presentations in national and international conferences and meetings. His published work has received more than 3000 citations, and his h-index is 33 (Google scholar). So far, he has contributed to several book chapters and to scientific books as editor. He has been awarded by the Academy of Athens for the best research paper in the field of organic chemistry and awarded by the Empeirikeion Foundation of Athens for the financial support of his scientific research. His research interests are focused on Organic Synthesis, Catalysis, and Photocatalysis in Green Organic Synthetic Methodologies.