Dr. Abatzoglou has demonstrated achievements with a very high level of impact in pedagogy, academic management and in industry. His main contributions to academia consist of a restructuring of the chemical engineering program and creating the biotech engineering program. As director, the department has seen a dramatic increase in faculty and enrollment. He is recognized as the most popular teacher by students. He developed a very high level research program in collaboration with industry and holds a Chair in pharmaceutical engineering with Pfizer. He is co-founder of two university spin-offs, one of which is Enerkem, and has extensive expertise in technological transfer. He is currently a professor at the University of Sherbrooke.