Dr. Soteris Kalogirou was born in Trachonas, which is a suburb of Nicosia. He is married and has two children. He received his Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Glamorgan, UK (1995). In June 2011 he was awarded from the University of Glamorgan, UK the title of Doctor of Science (D.Sc.). From January 2019 is a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences and from April 2019 he is a Founding Member of the Cyprus Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Arts. He was employed as a Building Services Consultant  by the firm Intersol Engineering from 1982-1987, and in various positions in the Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Practice Departments of the Higher Technical Institute from 1987 to 2007. In 2008 he was transferred to the Cyprus University of Technology and now he is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering. He is considered internationally as an expert in the field of solar thermal collectors, hybrid photovoltaic/thermal systems and to the use of artificial intelligence techniques for the performance prediction of energy and renewable energy systems. He is member of CIBSE (Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers), Chartered Engineer (C.Eng), member of FEANI (Eur Ing), member of ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers), member of ISES (International Solar Energy Society) and member of the Institute of Refrigeration (IoR). 
He has published many papers in international journals and refereed  conference proceedings, mainly on solar thermal systems, on computational simulation and optimization of solar systems and on the use of artificial intelligence systems for the performance prediction of energy and renewable energy systems. His work received many citations. He was invited/keynote speaker in 65 conferences. He has also authored or contributed chapters in 54 books, he is the editor of the book Artificial Intelligence in Energy and Renewable Energy Systems, editor of the book Soft Computing in Green and Renewable Energy Systems, editor of the book McEnvoy’s Handbook of Photovoltaics, and author of the book Solar Energy Engineering: Processes and Systems and Solar Thermal Desalination, both published by Academic Press. He has participated in the organization of more than 90 international conferences. He has supervised a large number of undergraduate, Masters and Ph.D. theses. He is Editor-in-Chief of Renewable Energy and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Energy journal, Editorial Board Member in another 20 international scientific journals. He is reviewer of papers in another 67 journals and conferences. (Updated June 2021).