Sofoklis Giannakopoulos
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2
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79
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About
Sofoklis Giannakopoulos is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of biotechnology, architecture, and sustainable design. His primary research areas include biofabrication, robotic additive manufacturing, and the development of living materials for the built environment. Giannakopoulos’s most significant contribution is the development of a robotic extrusion technique for algae-laden hydrogels, enabling the large-scale 3D printing of biocomposite structures that integrate living microalgae. This work, published in *Global Challenges* (2019), has garnered 75 citations and demonstrates how custom-printed immobilization of microalgae can be applied to architectural panels and building facades. His landmark creation—a 1000 × 500 mm fibrous panel robotically extruded from alginate-based hydrogels—showcases the potential for carbon-sequestering, photosynthetic building materials. Giannakopoulos’s research bridges materials science, rheology, and digital fabrication, offering a scalable pathway toward bioreceptive architecture. His work is highly influential in the emerging field of bio-integrated design, inspiring new approaches to sustainable construction and living infrastructure.
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- 1Robotic Extrusion of Algae‐Laden Hydrogels for Large‐Scale Applications75 citations · 2019
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