Βιογραφικό
Dr. Nikolaos Thomaidis received his MSc in Mathematics & Finance from Imperial College London (UK) and his PhD in Computational Methods for Financial Engineering from the University of the Aegean (GR). His postgraduate and doctoral studies were supported by a scholarship from the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation
and a research grant from the Empirikion Foundation.
Since 2023, he has been serving as Associate Professor in Computational Methods for Management, Finance and Energy at the Department of Financial and Management Engineering, University of the Aegean. In September 2025, he was appointed Director of the Postgraduate Programme “Supply Chain Management” at the Hellenic Open University (GR). Prior to this, he held successive academic positions (Lecturer, Assistant Professor, and Tenured Assistant Professor) at the School of Economics, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he also served as Director of the Laboratory of Applied Economics.
Dr. Thomaidis has held visiting and research appointments at several international academic institutions, including the University of Rhode Island (USA), Erasmus University Rotterdam (NL), the Hellenic Open University and the International Hellenic University (GR). His teaching spans a broad range of subjects, including Energy Systems, Finance, Econometrics, Financial Econometrics, Portfolio Management, and Financial Risk Analysis. His research focuses on computational and statistical methods applied to energy, finance and management. He has authored more than 80 scientific publications, including journal articles, book chapters, and conference contributions. He has also served as a reviewer for over 29 leading academic journals, including Applied Energy, Energy Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, European Journal of Operational Research, and IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation.
Throughout his academic career, Dr. Thomaidis has actively participated in European
Commission–funded research networks and projects. He maintains ongoing collaboration
with industry, particularly in the development and application of risk management tools and financial trading strategies.
Selected publications:
- A. Tsakonas, Ch. Vasilakis, D. Charalampakis, E. Vasilakis, N. S. Thomaidis, G. D.
Dounias (2026) “Decision support for airfare forecasting using an evolutionary
approach: Evidence on search engine data from Touristic agency”, Journal of Air
Transport Management 131, 102917 (IF: 4.5). - H.-W. Teng, W. K. Härdle, J. Osterrieder, D. T. Pele, L. J. Baals, V. Papavassiliou, K.
Bolesta, A. Kabašinskas, O. Filipovska, N. S. Thomaidis, A.-I. Moukas, et al (2026)
“Digital assets: risks, regulations, mitigation”, Financial Innovation 12(1), 65 (IF: 7.5). - E. G. Paschalidou, N. S. Thomaidis (2025) “Risk factors in the formulation of dayahead electricity prices: Evidence from the Spanish case”, Energy Economics 142, (IF:12.4).
- N.S. Thomaidis, T. Christodoulou, F.J. Santos-Alamillos (2023) “Handling the risk
dimensions of wind energy generation”, Applied Energy 339, 120925 (IF: 11.2). - N.S. Thomaidis and P.N. Biskas (2021) “Fundamental pricing laws and long memory
effects in the day-ahead power market”, Energy Economics 100 (IF: 12.4).