Grammati Pantziou received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Patras, Greece, in 1991. She is a Professor at the Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering of the University of West Attica (3/2018 – ). She has served as Vice Rector for Administrative Affairs (9/2019 – 8/2023), a member of the Governing Committee (3/2018 – 8/2019) and president of the Research Committee (9/2018 – 8/2019). She was Assistant Professor at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire, USA (8/1992 – 7/1994) and at the University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA (8/1994 – 8/1995). She was a senior researcher at the Computer Technology Institute and Press (DIOPHANTUS), Patras, Greece (9/1995 – 7/1998), and a Professor at the Department of Informatics of the Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Greece (8/1998 – 2/2018). She has served as a Member of the Greek Data Protection Authority (2003-2013). Her research interests include algorithmic techniques for optimization problems, parallel and distributed computing, mobile ad-hoc and sensor networks and security and privacy issues in pervasive environments. She has co-authored 11 books and book chapters and over 165 research articles in major international journals and refereed conference proceedings. She has edited 5 books and was guest-editor of 12 journal special issues. She serves as editor of the Algorithms Journal, MDPI and the Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy, MDPI, and Editor-in-Chief of the Section Board “Parallel and Distributed Algorithms”, Algorithms Journal, MDPI. She has served as associate editor of the Security and Communication Networks Journal (Wiley) and guest-editor of 12 journal special issues. Her research work has more than 5600 citations (Google Scholar h-index: 34, i10-index: 80). She has participated as scientific coordinator and key researcher in 29 research projects funded by the European Community, the Greek State, and the National Science Foundation, USA.