Fotis Sotiropoulos
Fotis Sotiropoulos | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 30, 1963 |
| Nationality | Greek-American |
| Known for | Computational fluid dynamics for fluid structure interaction, river hydromechanics and morphodynamics, wind and tidal energy systems, aquatic swimming and heart valve hemodynamics |
| Title | Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | National Technical University of Athens (BA)
Pennsylvania State University (MS) University of Cincinnati (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Virginia Commonwealth University, Stony Brook University, University of Minnesota, Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Website | https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rfF1324AAAAJ&hl=en |
Fotis Sotiropoulos is a Greek-born American engineering professor and university administrator known for his research contributions in computational fluid dynamics for river hydrodynamics, renewable energy, biomedical and biological applications. He currently serves as the Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs of Virginia Commonwealth University, a position he has held since August 1, 2021. He was appointed executive vice president and provost at Pennsylvania State University effective August 11, 2025.