Gerasimos Lyberatos

Professor

Prof. Gerasimos Lyberatos is a Professor in School of Chemical Engineering, obtained his B.S. at M.I.T. and his M.S. and Ph.D. at CALTECH (USA) and served as Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of Florida. In 1990, he joined the University of Patras as an Associate Professor and, in 1993, he became a Full Professor. His research interests are focused on Biochemical Engineering and Environmental Technologies. He has over 190 publications in International refereed Journals, and over 250 participations in International Conferences, 9 Chapters in books and two books. He has supervised 36 PhD theses and 34 M.S. theses. He has organized two International Conferences. Prof. Lyberatos is Editor of the Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier) and Associate Editor of Waste and Biomass Valorization (Springer). Prof. Lyberatos has a long and successful experience in co-ordination and participation in European as well as in national research projects (Horizon 2020: WASTE4THINK, Eranetmed_nexus: WE-MET, PHOTOREC, Thales: CrEDUCTION, GSTR: NUTRIFUEL, GSRT: BIOREF etc.).

Konstantina Papadopoulou

Senior Researcher and Teaching Associate

Dr. Konstantina Papadopoulou is a Senior Researcher and Teaching Associate in School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens. Her research extensive experience is in International, European and National research projects and developed expertise in the fields of anaerobic digestion, dark fermentation, wastewater treatment, food waste treatment and biofuels production from food, industrial and agricultural wastes. Publications in International refereed Journals, participations in International Conferences and recently research projects such as HORIZON 2020, with acronym: WASTE4THINK, ERANETMED, with acronym: WE-MET, PHOTOREC, DENOMINATE e.t.c.) She is a Guest-Editor of the International Journal of Sustainability (MDPI).

Gerasimos Kanellos

Doctoral student

Gerasimos Kanellos is a doctoral student in School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens. His research is focused on Environmental Engineering and Electrochemistry. He obtained his M.Eng. at the same school and his M.Sc. at Delft University of Technology (NL), in the field of Sustainable Energy Technologies. His work includes experience on research and technological development of commercial systems, published research on (bio-, photo-) electrochemical technologies, presentations in International Conferences as well as a series of scholarships and participations in European and national research projects (Horizon 2020: WASTE4THINK, PHOTOREC, DENOMINATE).

Achilleas Zarkaliou

Doctoral student

Achilleas Zarkaliou is a chemical engineering PhD candidate interested in achieving a career in the biofuels industry. During his study, he attended the "Process Engineering" direction and completed his Thesis in Natural gas thermodynamics. He is currently a PhD candidate at NTUA, in the field of environmental engineering studying anaerobic digestion and biofuel production. He has participated as volunteer researcher in the WASTEforTHINK program. During his PhD he has developed experience in assessing anaerobic and waste management systems and has participated in CEST 2021 Athens International Conference and has supervised 4 Bachelor Thesis in the environmental engineering area of study.