Nikolaos Xekoukoulotakis

• Office: Κ2.115
• Tel.: +30 28210 37772 FAX: +30 28210 37847
• Email: nikos.xekoukoulotaki<at>enveng.tuc.gr, nikosxek<at>gmail.com
  
  
• Office Hours: Daily 9:00 - 15:00

• 2001: PhD in Chemistry, School of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
• 1995: Degree in Chemistry, School of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Degradation of organic pollutants in aqueous phase (water and wastewater) using oxidative chemical degradation methods such as:

• UV in presence of Η2Ο2 (UV/Η2Ο2)
• Ozon (Ο3)
• Omogeneous and heterogeneous photocatalysis
• Electrochemical oxidation..

Green Chemistry and Technology with emphasis on the development and implementation of environmentally friendly processes.

• "Photocatalytic removal of organic micro-pollutants from the aqueous phase using TiO₂ coupled with graphene as a photocatalyst  (PhotoGraph)"; Joint project in collaboration with the University of Cyprus (UCY),  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Funding:  Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus, Total budget: 159.964 €, TUC Budget: 47.926 €;  2012-2014.
• "Photocatalytic and membrane technology process for olive oil mill waste water treatment (PhotoMem)", European Union, 7th Framework Programme, Research for SMEs; Total budget: 831.539 €, TUC Budget: 69.600 €; 2010-2012.
• Innovative Solutions for Extracting High Value Natural Compounds (InSolEx), Marie Curie Research Training Networks, InSolEx Project, contract number:  MRTN-CT-2006-036053; Total budget: 2.796.270 €, TUC Budget: 82.215,60; 2006- 2010.
• Degradation of estrogens in water as well as in treated municipal and  hospital wastewaters by heterogeneous photocatalytic chemical oxidation (Estrogens); Joint project in collaboration with the University of Cyprus (UCY),  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering; Funding:  Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus, Total budget:  49.920 €, 2008-2010.

• 2007: Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Agency (Deutscher Akademischer Ausstausch Dienst, DAAD).
• 1996 - 2000: Scholarship of the National Scholarship Foundation(ΙΚΥ) for a PhD dissertation.

• P.A. Pekakis, N.P. Xekoukoulotakis, D. Mantzavinos, Treatment of textile dyehouse wastewater by TiO₂ photocatalysis, Water Research, 40 (2006) 1276-1286. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2006.01.019
• E. Tsimas, K. Tyrovola, N.P. Xekoukoulotakis, N.P. Nikolaidis, E. Diamadopoulos, D. Mantzavinos, Simultaneous photocatalytic oxidation of As(III) and humic acid in aqueous TiO₂ suspensions, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 169 (2009) 376-385. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2009.03.107
• N.P. Xekoukoulotakis, N. Xinidis, M. Chroni, D. Mantzavinos, D. Venieri, E. Hapeshi, D. Kassinos, UV-A/TiO2 photocatalytic decomposition of erythromycin in water: Factors affecting mineralization and antibiotic activity, Catalysis Today, 151 (2010) 29-33. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2010.01.040
• N.P. Xekoukoulotakis, C. Drosou, C. Brebou, E. Chatzisymeon, E. Hapeshi, D. Fatta-Kassinos, D. Mantzavinos, Kinetics of UV-A/TiO2 photocatalytic degradation and mineralization of the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole in aqueous matrices, Catalysis Today, 161 (2011) 163-168. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2010.09.027
• D. Dimitrakopoulou, I. Rethemiotaki, Z. Frontistis, N.P. Xekoukoulotakis, D. Venieri, D. Mantzavinos, Degradation, mineralization and antibiotic inactivation of amoxicillin by UV-A/TiO2 photocatalysis, Journal of Environmental Management, 98 (2012) 168-174. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.01.010
• Z. Frontistis, C. Drosou, K. Tyrovola, D. Mantzavinos, D. Fatta-Kassinos, D. Venieri, N.P. Xekoukoulotakis, Experimental and modeling studies of the degradation of estrogen hormones in aqueous TiO2 suspensions under simulated solar radiation, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 51 (2012) 16552-16563. http://doi.org/10.1021/ie300561b
• G. Pliego, N. Xekoukoulotakis, D. Venieri, J.A. Zazo, J.A. Casas, J.J. Rodriguez, D. Mantzavinos, Complete degradation of the persistent anti-depressant sertraline in aqueous solution by solar photo-Fenton oxidation, Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 89 (2014) 814-818. http://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.4314
• P. Karaolia, I. Michael-Kordatou, E. Hapeshi, C. Drosou, Y. Bertakis, D. Christofilos, G.S. Armatas, L. Sygellou, T. Schwartz, N.P. Xekoukoulotakis, D. Fatta-Kassinos. Removal of antibiotics, antibiotic-resistant bacteria and their associated genes by graphene-based TiO2 composite photocatalysts under solar radiation in urban wastewaters. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 224 (2018) 810-824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2017.11.020
• A. Cabrera Reina, A.B. Martínez-Piernas, Y. Bertakis, C. Brebou, N.P. Xekoukoulotakis, A. Agüera, J.A. Sanchez Perez. Photochemical degradation of the carbapenem antibiotics imipenem and meropenem in aqueous solutions under solar radiation. Water Research 128 (2018) 61-70. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2017.10.047
• A. Cabrera-Reina, A.B. Martínez-Pierna, Y. Bertakis, N.P. Xekoukoulotakis, A. Agüera, J.A. Sánchez Pérez. TiO₂ photocatalysis under natural solar radiation for the degradation of the carbapenem antibiotics imipenem and meropenem in aqueous solutions at pilot plant scale. Water Research 166 (2019) 115037. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2019.115037

• [ENVE 132] General Chemistry (1st Semester – Required)
• [CHENVE 101] Organic Chemistry (2nd Semester - Required)
• [CHENVE 401] Environmental Catalysis (7th Semester - ChE - Required)
• [CHENVE 401] Environmental Catalysis (7th Semester - EnvE - Elective)
• [CHE 406] Environmental Chemistry (7th Semester - ChE - Elective)
• [ENVE 430]  Field Studies I (6th Semester - Required)

• [Α 104] Advanced Oxidation Processes in Water and Wastewater Treatment (Required)

• Katerina Drosou