Nicolas Kalogerakis

• Office: Κ1.106
• Tel.: +30 28210 37794 FAX: +30 28210 37852
• Email: nkalogerakis<at>tuc.gr,  kalogera<at>gmail.com
• Personal URL: www.beeb.enveng.tuc.gr
   
• Office Hours: Tuesday & Thursday 11:00 to 12:00

• 1983: Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering,  Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
• 1979: M.Eng. in Chemical Engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• 1977: Diploma in Chemical Engineering, NTUA

Current research interests focus on the following topics:

• Environmental Applications of nanobubble technology
• Marine litter - fate and biodegradation of weathered plastics & microplastics
• Combating marine oil spills and deep sea releases with biological means
• Bioremediation of soil and groundwater contaminated with hydrocarbons and xenobiotics
• Phytoremediation of areas contaminated with heavy metals (Cd, Pb, Cr) and organic compounds
• Wastewater treatment and subsequent reuse and utilization

• Η2020 - Prima – “SPORE-MED – Sustainable upgraded WWTPs for resource recovery, water reuse and health surveillance in the Mediterranean region”, Lab budget: 330.000 € / Total budget: 3.347.684 € (2024-2027).

• H2020 – ERA-MIN2, “nanoBT: Application of nano-bubble technologies to mining industry operations”, Co- ordinator, Lab budget 202.500 € / Total budget 540.000 € (2020-2023) 

• H2020 – R&I Action, “ELECTRA: Electricity driven Low Energy and Chemical input Technology foR Accelerated bioremediation”, Lab budget 275.625 € / Total budget 6.000.000 € (2018-2022)
   

• H2020 – R&I Action, “MADFORWATER: DevelopMent AnD application of integrated technological and management solutions FOR wasteWATER treatment and efficient reuse in agriculture tailored to the needs of Mediterranean African Countries”, Lab budget 215.000 € / Total budget 2.910.868 € (2016-2020)
   
• FP7-Collaborative Research program, “KILL•SPILL: Integrated Biotechnological Solutions for Combating Marine Oil Spills”, Co-ordinator, Lab budget 445.000 € / Total budget 8.990.000 € (2012-2016) 

• Doctor Honoris Causa awarded by the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi for research contributions in the protection and restoration of the marine environment (2022).

• Editor-in-Chief for the journal Microplastics since 2021 (2024 IF 5.1 & CiteScore 6.8).

• Appointed by the European Commission as Sherpa in the High Level Group (HLG) on Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) for the period 2013-2015.

• EC’s Environment Committee (2007-2011) – National representative for Greece (expert) - GSRT.

• TU-Crete Research Excellence award (2017).

• COST CA20101 “Microplastics” and  COST CA20133 “FULLRECO4US”: Representative of Greece in the Management Committee (2021-2025).

• Seridou, P.; Karmali, V.; Syranidou, E.; Komnitsas, K.; Kolliopoulos, G.; Kalogerakis, N., “Assessment of Tamarix smyrnensis for Phytoremediation Capacity of Laterite Mine Spoils”, Plants, 14, 491 (2025).

• Syranidou, E., F. Pyrilli, A. Fountoulakis, G. Constantinides, N. Kalogerakis, M. Koutinas. “Biodegradation of thermoplastic starch by a newly isolated active microbial community: Deciphering the biochemical mechanisms controlling bioprocess robustness”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 499, 155957 (2024).

• Karkanorachaki, K., E. Syranidou, P.-N. Maravelaki, N. Kalogerakis, “Intertwined synergistic abiotic and biotic degradation of polypropylene pellets in marine mesocosms”, J. Hazard. Mater., 457, 131710 (2023).

• Syranidou, E. and N. Kalogerakis, “Interactions of microplastics, antibiotics and antibiotic resistant genes within WWTPs”, Science of The Total Environment, 804, 150141 (2022).

• Petoussi, M. A. and N. Kalogerakis, “Olive mill wastewater phytoremediation employing economically important woody plants”, Journal of Environmental Management, 302 B, 114076 (2022).

• Seridou P. and N. Kalogerakis “Disinfection applications of ozone micro- and nanobubbles”, Environ. Sci.: Nano, 8, 3493–3510 (2021).

• Syranidou E, Karkanorachaki, K, Amorotti F, Avgeropoulos A, Kolvenbach B, Zhou N-Y, Fava F, Corvini P and Kalogerakis N, “Biodegradation of mixture of plastic films by tailored marine consortia”, J. Hazard. Mater., 375: 33–42 (2019).

• Syranidou E, Karkanorachaki K, Amorotti F, Franchini M, Repouskou E, Kaliva M, Vamvakaki M, Kolvenbach B, Fava F, Corvini PF-X, Kalogerakis N. “Biodegradation of weathered polystyrene films in seawater microcosms”, Scientific Reports, 7:17991 (2017).

• Mapelli, F., Scoma, A., Michoud, G., Aulenta, F., Boon, N., Borin, S., Kalogerakis, N., Daffonchio, D., “Biotechnologies for Marine Oil Spill Cleanup: Indissoluble Ties with Microorganisms”, Trends in Biotechnology, 9: 860-870 (2017).

• Kalogerakis N, Karkanorachaki K, Kalogerakis GC, Triantafyllidi E, Gotsis AD, Partsinevelos P and Fava F., Microplastics generation: Onset of fragmentation of polyethylene films in marine environment mesocosms. Front. Mar. Sci. 4:84 (2017).   

• Dr. Evdokia Syranidou
• Dr. Petroula Seridou

• Anastasia Maria Ntentaki
• Athina Stavroulaki
• Efsevia Fragkou (HFRI, Ε. Antoniou)