Thomas Tsovilis was born in Piraeus, Greece, in 1983. He received the M.Eng. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Thessaloniki, Greece, in 2005 and 2010, respectively. He held various managerial positions in the R&D department of Raycap Corporation at a global level, leading innovation in Surge Protective Devices. He was director of the High Current Labs of Raycap in Drama (2012-2015) and Ljubljana (2016-2018). In 2018 he joined AUTh, where he serves as an Associate Professor. He teaches four undergraduate and two postgraduate courses in High Voltage Engineering. He has coauthored more than 100 scientific publications in journals and conference proceedings, and he is the inventor of 9 international patents. He was awarded a Scholarship from Aristotle University Research Committee (2007). He is the recipient of the Myron Zucker Student-Faculty Grant Award from the IEEE Industry Applications Society in 2019 and 2022.
Education
Undergraduate Studies:
2005 Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Doctoral Diploma:
2010 Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Research Interests
Surge protection against overvoltages and electromagnetic pulses
Lightning protection and grounding
High voltage and high current generation and measurement techniques
Electrical discharges and dielectric performance of electrical insulation
Insulation coordination for power systems
Electromagnetic computation methods
Power systems transients: modeling and simulations
Rank
Associate Professor
Department
Electrical Energy
Discipline
High voltage engineering with emphasis given to surge protection
Email
tsovilis@ece.auth.gr
Phone Number
2310995859
Office Location
Office 7, 4th Floor, Building D, Faculty of Engineering
