Dr. Loukas Kollias obtained his Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece and his MSc from Imperial College London, UK in 2013 and 2015 respectively. He obtained his PhD from University College London, UK in 2020 working on modeling the early stages of Metal-Organic Framework self-assembly under the supervision of Prof. Matteo Salvalaglio. He is now a Post Doctorate Research Associate at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, US working with Drs. Vanda Glezakou and Roger Rousseau on modeling systems for industrial separations focusing on carbon capture.