Professor Spyridon Ntougias studied chemistry (Univ. Athens, Greece) and received his Ph.D. in 1999 from the Department of Biological Sciences, Wye College, University of London, UK.
He worked as scientific staff at National Agricultural Research Foundation of Greece (NAGREF) and became academic staff in 2009 at the Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH).
He is Professor in Environmental Microbiology at the Department of Environmental Engineering, DUTH. He has 25 years of research experience on:
- applied microbiology,
- wastewater treatment,
- terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems,
- bioengineering,
- biomass valorization,
- soil fertility and
- host-microbe interactions.
He has been involved in several international and national research projects (many as Coordinator/Principal Investigator), including EU-(co)funded (HORIZON; PRIMA; INTERREG; HFRI; Operational Program Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship and Innovation; Operational Program “Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning”) and IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)-funded projects as well as projects funded by regional authorities.
He has 98 research publications in international scientific journals (Hindex: 34, Citations: 3614), 1 book, 4 chapter books, and more than 110 participations in international and national conferences.
He was member of the Board of Directors of the Greek Microbiological Society “Mikrobiokosmos” (member of FEMS) for the years 2015-2019.