Dr. Sevastianos Mirasgedis (male) is a Research Director at NOA. Dr. Mirasgedis holds a Ph.D. in energy and environmental economics and a degree in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens. He has been working for more than 25 years on issues of energy, climatic change and economy, focusing on their complex interdependences and interactions. Specifically, he has participated in a large number of studies and research projects related to simulation of energy systems and energy planning, economics of climate change, quantification of climate change impacts, evaluation of renewable and energy efficient technologies and quantification of their co-benefits, valuation of environmental and social goods, cost-benefit analysis, and has published extensively on these subjects. He has been a Lead Author in the 4th, 5th, and 6th IPCC Assessment Report on Climate Change as well as in Global Energy Assessment (2013), covering issues related to the building sector.