Dr Alexandros Charalambides is a full-time Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Cyprus University of Technology and used to serve on the Board of Directors of the International Solar Energy Society (ISES). He has always been in favour of promoting entrepreneurship and bringing research and innovation to industry, and has won various business competitions, like the Cyprus Entrepreneurship Competition of the University of Cyprus, the Business Challenge of the Entrepreneurship Centre of Imperial College London, and the Harry Otten Award in Innovation in Meteorology. Since 2016 he is also the co-ordinator of the EIT Climate-KIC Cyprus Hub, focusing on promoting climate innovation and entrepreneurship in Cyprus.