Dr. Maria G. Antoniou is an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT). She has a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Cyprus (2002) and has completed the PhD Water Quality Program of the University of Cincinnati in March 2010. During her doctoral, she served as a Guest Visitor at the USEPA in Cincinnati, were she performed experiments for her thesis work. Dr. Antoniou also worked as a Post-doctoral Fellow at DTU-Environment (2-year appointment) of the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). In her post-graduate appointments, she utilized advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for the removal of emerging contaminants such as cyanotoxins and pharmaceuticals from water and wastewater, respectively. At CUT she established the Water Treatment Laboratory-AQUA, where research activities related to the application of emerging AOPs are used for the treatment of water, wastewater and soil for the removal of emerging and persistent contaminants. WTL-AQUA is the only research laboratory in Cyprus that specializes in the monitoring (conventional or remote), detection, treatment (in situ and at the DWTP), and management of toxic cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins. In addition, Dr. Antoniou’s research team has managed and participate in eight European and national projects related to water management, in lake treatment, nutrient reclamation from wastewater, production of energy and biofertilizers, crops and food safety from cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins. She has also served and is serving as the MC for Cyprus in related COST actions (CYANOCOST and CYANOACTION, respectively). Finally, she organized the 1st Symposium on Harmful Cyanobacteria in Cyprus that took place at CUT on March 2019, and she was the local organizer for the 27th International Conference on Semiconductor Photocatalysis and Solar Energy Conversion (SPASEC-27) and the 28th International Conference on Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Treatment of Water, Air and Soil (AOTs-28) that took place between the 11th and the 14th of June, 2024 at the premises of CUT.

Dr. Maria G. Antoniou is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Cyprus University of Technology. She has a BSc in Chemistry from the University of Cyprus (2002) and holds a PhD in the Water Quality Program of the University of Cincinnati (2010). During her doctoral and post-doctoral tenures, she utilized advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) for the removal of emerging contaminants such as cyanotoxins and pharmaceuticals from water and wastewater, respectively. She has also performed intermediate studies and unveiled the degradation pathways for various contaminants (microcystin-LR, cylindrospermopsin, and creatine) with hydroxyl and sulfate radical-based AOPs. At CUT she is the head of the Water Treatment Laboratory-AQUA, where research activities related to the application of emerging AOPs are used for the treatment of water, wastewater, and soil for the removal of emerging and persistent contaminants. Dr. Antoniou has served as the MC to COST Action ES1105, “CYANOCOST- Cyanobacterial blooms and toxins in water resources: Occurrence, impacts and management” and its follow-up that just received approval COST OC-2023-1-26958 CYANO-ACTION. She was part of three projects funded by the Research and Innovation Foundation related to cyanotoxins and cyanobacteria detection, treatment, and food safety: CYANOBOX (Partner), CYANOS (PI), and CYANOTECH (PI).