Petros Lampsas was born in Athens, Greece, in 1970. He graduated from the Department of Computer Engineering and Informatics, University of Patras, Greece in 1994, and he received his PhD degree from the same department in 2001. His main research interests include Internet Technologies, Distributed Systems and Computer Supported Collaborative Learning Environments. He has over 40 publications in international journals and refereed conferences. Dr. Lampsas has participated in various European projects (STRIDE, EUROFORM, FP5-IST and FP7-ICT) and also in projects co-funded by EU and the Greek State. He was senior engineer in Network and Telematics Bureau and IT Projects for Public Sector for six years (1996-2001) in Computer Technology Institute (CTI), Patras, Greece. He is currently Professor at the General Department of the University of Thessaly as a faculty member of the Department of Computer Engineering, Technological Educational Institute of Central Greece. He was Research Associate at the Center for Research and Technology Thessaly. He has also been visiting Assistant Professor at the Computer and Communications Engineering Department (2001-2006) and Department of Computer Science (2013-2016), University of Thessaly.

He was Rector of the Technological Education Institute of Sterea Ellada from 1/9/2016 – 29/1/2019.