• Ph. D. Environmental Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 1988
• M. Sc. Environmental Engineering, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), 1984
• Diploma in Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 1983

Modeling atmospheric processes that lead to changes of air quality. These processes include generation, chemical reactions, transport and deposition. Emphasis is given in studying the physicochemical processes of atmospheric aerosols.

• Fluid Mechanics
• Air Pollution
• Applied Mathematics
• Athmospheric Physical Chemistry

• Πηλίνης Χρ. & Στασινάκης Αθ. (2018) (μτφ.) “Εισαγωγή στην Περιβαλλοντική Μηχανική και Επιστήμη” ISBN: 9789604618521.
• Panagiotopoulou Α., Charalampidis  P., Fountoukis Chr., Pilinis Chr. & Pandis Sp. (2016), Comparison of PMCAMx aerosol optical depth predictions over Europe with AERONET and MODIS measurements, Geosci. Model Dev., 9:4257-4272.
• Pilinis, C., P.E. Charalampidis, N. Mihalopoulos and S.N. Pandis, “Contribution of particulate water to the measured aerosol optical properties of aged aerosol”, Atmos. Environ., 82, 144-153 doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.10.024 (2014).
• Fountoukis C., A. G. Megaritis, K. Skyllakou, P. E. Charalampidis, C. Pilinis, H. A. C. Denier van der Gon, M. Crippa, F. Canonaco, C. Mohr, A. S. H. Prévôt, J. D. Allan, L. Poulain, T. Petäjä, P. Tiitta, S. Carbone, A. Kiendler-Scharr, E. Nemitz, C. O’Dowd, E. Swietlicki, and S. N. Pandis, (2014), “Organic aerosol concentration and composition over Europe: insights from comparison of regional model predictions with aerosol mass spectrometer factor analysis”, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 9061-9076., doi:10.5194/acp-14-9061-2014, (2014).
• Fountoukis C., T. Butler, M.G. Lawrence, H.A.C. Denier van der Gon, A.J.H. Visschedijk, P. Charalampidis, C. Pilinis, and S.N. Pandis, “Impacts of controlling biomass burning emissions on wintertime carbonaceous aerosol in Europe”, Atm. Env., vol. 87, pp. 175-182, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.01.016, (2014).