Fotis Sotiropoulos

Fotis Sotiropoulos
Born (1963-08-30) August 30, 1963
Known forComputational fluid dynamics for fluid structure interaction, river hydromechanics and morphodynamics, wind and tidal energy systems, aquatic swimming and heart valve hemodynamics
TitleExecutive Vice President and Provost
Academic background
Alma materNational Technical University of Athens (BA)

Pennsylvania State University (MS)

University of Cincinnati (PhD)
Academic work
InstitutionsPennsylvania State University

Virginia Commonwealth University Stony Brook University University of Minnesota

Georgia Institute of Technology
Websitehttps://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 Executive Vice President and Provost at the Pennsylvania State University, a position he has held since August 11, 2025.