Dr. Androula Nassiopoulou has been Director of the Institute of Microelectronics at NCSR Demokritos from August 1997 to end of July 2009. She received the B.Sc. degree in Physics from the University of Athens in 1975 and the M.Sc. and Ph.D degrees from the University of Paris XI (ORSAY) in 1977 and 1980 respectively. She also received the title of “Docteur d’Etat” from the University of Reims, France in 1985. She is with IMEL at NCSR Demokritos since 1986 and Director of IMEL and member of the Board of Management of NCSR Demokritos since 1997. She has been member of the Greek National Research Council, an advisory board to the Ministry in the years 2001-2003, member of the Expert Advisory Group of NMP-FP6 in 2003-2005 and Vice President of NCSR Demokritos in 2001-2003. She was the founder and currently the chairperson of the Greek national scientific society “Micro & Nano”. Her current research interests are in the field of semiconductor nanostructures for nanoelectronics and photonics, silicon sensors and MEMs and on-chip RF integration of passive components on Si. She is author or co-author of over 200 publications in international journals, reviews, books and conference proceedings, has been granted 5 patents, edited 9 conference proceedings volumes and supervised 10 PhD theses. She co-ordinated/ has been/is being involved in a large number of national and EU projects. She chaired or co-chaired several national and international conferences and symposia. As Director of IMEL she contributed to the establishment of IMEL in the National, European and International scene. Under her direction IMEL became the National Centre of Excellence for Nanotechnology, Nanoelectronics and MEMs, founding member of the European Institute of Nanoelectronics-SINANO, member of ENIAC and the Beyond Moore Initiative within ENIAC, founding member of the National Scientific Society Micro&Nano, founding associate member of the Hellenic Semiconductor Industry Association, established a European Laboratory for Si processing and electrical/optical characterization of materials and devices and a National Nanotechnology and MEMs laboratory, member of Hellas labs.