Despo C. Fatta-Kassinos | |
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| Born | Cyprus |
| Occupation(s) | Chemical and environmental engineer, academic and author |
| Awards | Nikos Symeonides National Research Award, Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation (2011) Noack Laboratorien Outstanding Science Career Award - SETAC Europe (2022) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Diploma in chemical engineering M.Sc. in environmental management and Education Ph.D. in chemical engineering |
| Alma mater | National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece European Association of Environmental Management and Education (EAEME) National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece |
| Thesis | Development of a methodology for the estimation of the pollution level of the groundwater aquifers in the vicinity of waste disposal sites (1999) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | University of Cyprus |
Despo C. Fatta-Kassinos is a chemical and environmental engineer, academic and author. She is a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the first director of Nireas-International Water Research Center (Nireas-IWRC) at the University of Cyprus (2010–2022). She has been named a Highly Cited Researcher by Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics.[1][2]
Best known for her work in wastewater treatment and reuse; Fatta-Kassinos co-edited Xenobiotics in the Urban Water Cycle: Mass Flows, Environmental Processes, Mitigation, and Treatment strategies,[3] and also authored a children's book on water titled The Secret Handbook of the Blue Circle.[4]
Fatta-Kassinos holds an appointment as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Catalan Institute for Water Research (ICRA), the SETAC Europe Council,[5] and the Scientific Advisory Board of the CRETUS Research Center of the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain.[1] She had been appointed as a member of the Educational Council of the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Cyprus). She is the section editor for "Water and wastewater treatment" of PLOS Water.[6] She formerly was an Associate Editor and since 2022 an Editor of Water Research,[7] and previously served as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering since its founding in 2012 until becoming an Executive Editor in September 2022.[8] In 2014, she became a founding member of International Ph.D. School on Advanced Oxidation Processes, member of the Scientific and Management Committee.
- ^ a b "Seven Editorial Board Members of Water Emerging Contaminants & Nanoplastics Have Been Listed as the "Highly Cited Researchers 2022" by Clarivate Analytics". www.oaepublish.com.
- ^ "News - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier". www.sciencedirect.com.
- ^ Xenobiotics in the Urban Water Cycle. Environmental Pollution. Vol. 16. 2010. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-3509-7. ISBN 978-90-481-3508-0 – via link.springer.com.
- ^ "The Secret Handbook of the Blue Circle".
- ^ "About SETAC Europe".
- ^ "PLOS Water". journals.plos.org.
- ^ "Editorial board - Water Research | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier". www.sciencedirect.com.
- ^ "Editorial board - Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier". www.sciencedirect.com.