Ioannis Vassilios Yannas

Background

Yannas, Ioannis Vassilios was born on April 14, 1935 in Athens. Son of Vassilios Pavlos and Thalia (Sarafoglou) Yannas.

Education

AB, Harvard University, 1957; Master of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1959; Master of Science, Princeton University, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1966.

Career

Assistant professor mechanic engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1966-1968; duPont assistant professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1968-1969; associate professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1969-1978; professor polymer science and engineering department mechanic engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1978; professor, department materials science and engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1983; professor, Harvard-Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division Health Sciences and Technology, Cambridge, since 1978. Visiting professor Royal Institute Technology, Stockholm, 1974.

Achievements

• Ioannis Vassilios Yannas has been listed as a noteworthy Polymer science and engineering educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Institute Chemists, American Institute Medical and Biological Engineers (founding member), Biomaterials Science and Engineering. Member Institute Medicine of National Academy Sciences.

Connections

Married Stamatia Frondistou (divorced October 1984). Children: Tania, Alexis.

Father:

Vassilios Pavlos Yannas

Mother:

Thalia (Sarafoglou) Yannas

Spouse:

Stamatia Frondistou

child:

Alexis Yannas

child:

Tania Yannas