Dr. Konstantina Papadopoulou (F) is a Senior Researcher and Teaching Associate in the Department of Synthesis and Development of Industrial Processes, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and Collaborating member in the Department of Economics of the University of Piraeus (UNIPI). Obtained her B.Eng. (1999) in the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wales, Swansea, United Kingdom, M.Sc. (2000) in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, in the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wales, Swansea, UK, and finally a PhD (2006) completed in NTUA, “Bioremediation of contaminated soils”. Teaching interests undergraduate: Environmental Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Environmental Biotechnology, Transport Phenomena, Dispersion of Waste and postgraduate: 1). a). Bio-economy, circular economy and sustainable development (course: integrated systems of bioproducts) in the University of Piraeus and b). Energy Production and Management (course: biomass) in NTUA. Her research focuses on the production of next-generation biofuels, chemicals and materials from sustainable resources by developing and improving integrated technologies for efficient conversion of municipal and agro-industrial residues and other sustainable resources (including biomass and industrial waste streams) into a range of highly demanded advanced bio-based products following a zero-waste approach. During the last years, she has been working in the fields of anaerobic digestion, dark fermentation, bioplastics production, CO2 sequestration, biogas upgrade, wastewater treatment, food waste treatment and biofuels production from food, industrial and agricultural wastes, as well as an expert on LCA, LCC, Comsol analysis, AQUASIM etc. She is co-author of >30 scientific papers in peer-reviewed international journals, 1 book chapters, and >70 articles in proceedings of international and national conferences. She has participated as a researcher in >25 international and national R&D projects, she is a reviewer for >40 international scientific journals.
Personal address: http://www.chemeng.ntua.gr/the_people/k.papadopoulou
Orcid address: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7098-4306
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