Dr Christos Agrafiotis Dr. Christos Agrafiotis is a member of the Institute of Solar Research at DLR (German Aerospace Center), Cologne, Germany, which he originally joined as an EU Marie-Curie Research Fellow (2012-2014), having previously worked in research for 20 years in Greece (CERECO S.A., 1993-2000; Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ioan-nina, 1999-2001; APTL/CERTH/CPERI, 2001-2012). He holds a Diploma from the University of Patras, Greece (1983), a M.Sc. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A. (1986) and a Ph.D. from the State University of New York, Buffalo, U.S.A. (1991), all in Chemical Engineering. His research is focused on advanced ceramic materials and in particular their applications in the exploitation of concentrated solar power, production of solar fuels and thermochemical solar energy storage. He has authored 55 publications in international refereed journals and has participated in and coordinated many EU-funded research projects, among them being member of the HYDROSOL team awarded the 2006 Descartes Prize.