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A. Nikolaou has studied Environmental Sciences at the University of the Aegean, Greece (1997) and has followed her PhD thesis on the occurrence of disinfection by-products in drinking water at the Sector of Environmental Engineering, Department of Environment, University of the Aegean (2001). From 2001 to 2004 she worked as a post-doc at the Water and Air Quality Laboratory, Department of the Environment, University of the Aegean where she still remains as a Scientific Collaborator. She has worked as an adjunct lecturer in Environmental Sciences (2003-2004) at the Department of Financial and Management Studies and at “Theofrasteio” MSc Program, Department of Environment, University of the Aegean. From 2003 up to 2005 she worked as environmentalist at the Environmental Division, Ministry of the Aegean. In September 2005 she became a lecturer at the Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean and since April 2010 she has been an assistant professor at the same Department. Her research interests include the development and validation of analytical methods for the determination of priority pollutants in water, wastewater and sediment samples. She still remains strongly interested to the quality of water working among others with the disinfection by-products. She has participated in several National and European Research Projects focusing on the monitoring of water pollution especially for toxic organic compounds. She is editor of 2 volumes, coauthor of 12 book chapters, and coauthor of over 60 publications in referred journals and over 70 publications in international conference proceedings. She has been selected as referee of papers for more than 30 scientific journals.

Personal data:

Department of Marine Sciences, Faculty of the Environment,
University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece

Contact data:

University of the Aegean
Faculty of the Environment
Department of Marine Sciences
University Hill
81100 Mytilene
Greece
Phone (+30) 2251036848
Fax (+30) 2251036809
email nnikol@aegean.gr

Current research:

  • Development and validation of analytical methods for the determination of toxic substances in waters and sediments
  • Water, sediment and wastewater quality
  • Disinfection by-products
  • Fate and toxicity of organic substances in the environment.

Honors and associations:

  • Member of Global Network of Environmental Science and Technology (G- NEST) (since 1999).
  • Invited lectures at the Department of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Salerno Italy (2004, 2007)
  • Guest Editor of the Special Issue of Desalination Journal for the water quality (2006).
  • Invited lecture at the Department of Water Treatment Technology, Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan, Poland, Poland (2009)
  • Member of Scientific committee for the International Conference of Aegean Analytical Chemistry Days (2010).
  • Member of Scientific committee for the International Conference of Environmental Science and Technology (2011).
  • Guest editor of Global Nest Journal (since 2012).
  • Member of Scientific committee for the IWA Regional Symposium on Water, Wastewater, and Environment: Traditions and Culture, which will be held in Patras, Greece, March 22-25, 2014.
  • Highly cited and most downloaded paper (top 10) (2011): Nikolaou A., Meric S., Fatta D. (2007). Occurrence patterns of pharmaceuticals in water and wastewater environments, Anal Bioanal Chem 387, 1225–1234.