Prof. Dionissios Mantzavinos

Dionissios Mantzavinos serves as a Professor of wastewater engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras, Greece. He holds a Diploma (1991) in chemical engineering from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and M.S. (1993) and Ph.D. (1996) degrees in chemical engineering from Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, UK. After a short spell as a Research Fellow and Lecturer at Edinburgh and Leeds Universities, respectively, he returned home to take up an academic position as Assistant, Associate and Full Professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Crete before his move to University of Patras. His research interests focus on water/wastewater treatment by physical, chemical, and biological processes, as well as on environmental catalysis. Particular emphasis is given to advanced oxidation technologies including heterogeneous and homogeneous photocatalysis, electrochemical oxidation, ultrasound radiation, wet air oxidation, ozonation, and various combinations of the above. Prof. Mantzavinos is involved in several academic and professional bodies including the editorial boards of scientific journals and he has authored or co-authored over 140 journal papers.