Nickolas Mastorakis studied at the Medical School of the University of Athens from 1982 to 1984 and from 1988 to 1989 without receiving the medical degree. From 1984 to 1988 Dr. Mastorakis studied at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, where he earned his BSc and diploma in Electrical Engineering cum laude and first in his Class in 4 years rather than 5, a year earlier than the typical five years length of studies. In 1992, at the same Institution, he defended his PhD dissertation with distinctions and honors. Also, in 1995, he received his BSc degree cum laude in theoretical mathematics from the Department of Mathematics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

Awards:

In 1982, Nickolas Mastorakis won first place in the Hellenic Mathematical Society's Panhellenic Competition. Due to his outstanding performance during his time at NTUA, he was awarded the Papastavrideo Scholarship, and in 1991 he won the IKY competition in Applied Mathematics. He holds honorary professorships at numerous foreign universities. The Romanian Cluj-Napoca Polytechnic gave him the title of Honorary Professor in 2008. He was given an Honorary Award by the Romanian Academy of Sciences in the same year, 2008, in Bucharest. He received the honorary professor title from Budapest Tech Technical College in 2011, and the University of Budapest in Budapest, Hungary, likewise bestowed it upon him in 2012. He received the honorary professor title from Budapest Tech Technical College in 2011, and the University of Budapest in Budapest, Hungary, likewise bestowed it upon him in 2012. He served as a visiting professor at the University of Salerno in Salerno, Italy, from 2014 to 2015. Additionally, he accepted Professor Lotfi A. Zadeh's invitation to serve as a visiting professor at the University of Berkeley for an academic year.

Research achievements:

Since Nickolas Mastorakis was the first to tackle this open subject, his study on the factorization of polynomials with multiple variables made him particularly well-known. In addition, he has worked on a number of problems related to software development, simulation, energy, and signal processing as well as the design of multidimensional filters and the stability and margin of stability of multidimensional systems. Being a versatile personality, Nickolas Mastorakis has written books containing 28 short stories, grammar, and syntax for the Cretan language, in addition to another book that contains a collection of his writings from the Athenian and Cretan newspapers.