Nikoleta Solomou
PhD Candidate, Laboratory of Aquatic Chemistry

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Education

  • 2017: MSc: Water Resources and Climate Change, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete.
  • 2015: Degree in Environmental Engineering, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete. 

Research Interests

  • Microextraction methods, fate and transport of organic contaminants in the aquatic environment.

Participation in Research Programmes and Projects

  • Leaching of chemicals of environmental concern from used heated tobacco sticks to natural water and comparison with leaching from smoked conventional cigarettes, Funding Source: PMI Science (2018-2020).

Selected Publications

  • N. Solomou, M. Minella, D. Vione, E. Psillakis, UVC-induced direct photolysis as an efficient process for the degradation of cilastatin in natural and waste water, Chemosphere, 280(2021), 130668 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.130668
  • S. Alberti, M. Sotiropoulou, E. Fernández, N. Solomou, M. Ferretti, E. Psillakis, UV-254 degradation of nicotine in natural waters and leachates produced from cigarette butts and heat-not-burn tobacco products., Environ Res. (2021) 110695, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2020.110695
  • N. Solomou, C. Bicchi, B. Sgorbini, E. Psillakis, Vacuum-assisted headspace sorptive extraction: Theoretical considerations and proof-of-concept extrac- tion of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from water samples, Anal. Chim. Acta 1096 (2020) 100–107, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aca.2019.10.050