* National Representative for Greece in Horizon 2020 Committee in the European Union for the European Research Council (ERC), 
the Mari Sklodowska-Curie actions, and the Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Brussels, Belgium (2014–present)
* National Deputy Representative for Greece and Specialist for Nanotechnology in the European Union, Brussels (2007-2010)
* President, Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS), 2001.
* Board of Governors, Eastern Analytical Symposium (EAS), 1998 - .
* President, New England Section, Society for Applied Spectroscopy (1997 –1998).
* National Research Service Award recipient, NIH postdoctoral fellowship, Princeton University, 1994.
* Tomas Hirschfeld Award, Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS), 1992.
* Coblentz Society Student Award, 1992.