Panos M. Pardalos received the B.S. degree in Mathematics from Athens University, Greece, in 1977, the M.S. degree in Mathematics and Computer Science from Clarkson University, USA, in 1978, and the Ph.D. degree in Computer and Information Sciences from University of Minnesota, USA, in 1985.

He is currently a Distinguished Professor and the Paul and Heidi Brown Preeminent Professor with the Departments of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA, and a world renowned leader in global optimization, mathematical modeling, and data sciences.

He has published more than 500 journal papers, and edited/authored more than 200 books.

He is one of the most cited authors in computer sciences and has graduated 63 Ph.D. students so far.

Mr. Pardalos is a Fellow of AAAS, AIMBE, and INFORMS and received the 2013 Constantin Caratheodory Prize of the International Society of Global Optimization.

In addition, he received the 2013 EURO Gold Medal prize bestowed by the Association for European Operational Research Societies. This medal is the preeminent European award given to Operations Research (OR) professionals for “scientific contributions that stand the test of time.

He also received the prestigious Humboldt Research Award (2018–2019).

He is also a Member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, the Royal Academy of Spain, and the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.

He is the Founding Editor of Optimization Letters, Energy Systems, and Co-Founder of the International Journal of Global Optimization, and Computational Management Science.