Dimitris Mentis is the Lead of the Energy Access Explorer, WRI's data driven approach to achieving universal access to energy services. Dimitris focuses on the development and application of open source, dynamic, geospatial platforms and analytical tools to support governments, private companies, donors and other development-oriented institutions in identifying high priority areas where access to energy should be expanded while ensuring socio-economic development. Previously, Dimitris led the Sustainable Energy for All team at KTH Royal Institute of Technology where he developed the innovative Open Source Spatial Electrification Toolkit (OnSSET) in collaboration with colleagues and international partners, such as the International Energy Agency (IEA), United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), World Bank, ESMAP, ABB and others. Dimitris has also focused on mapping technical potential of renewable energy resources at national and regional level through a complex GIS assessment, a research initiative supported by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Further, Dimitris has worked on assessing the climate land energy and water nexus at different scales; water desalination on island case studies in cooperation with the Hellenic Ministry of Energy, Environment and Climate Change and the National Technical University of Athens, and trans-boundary river basins in cooperation with United Nations Economic Commission of Europe (UNECE).

Dimitris拥有能源与环境系统博士学位（KTH皇家技术研究院），可持续能源工程硕士学位（KTH皇家技术学院）和机械工程文凭（雅典国家技术大学）。

在业余时间，迪米特里斯（Dimitris）喜欢与家人和亲密的朋友共度时光，喜欢参观最喜欢的地方或探索新的地方，而骑自行车，足球和南瓜是他最喜欢的活动。