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Education

Degree: PhD
Year: 1987
Institution: University of Ioannina, Department of Chemistry

Degree: B.S.
Year: 1979
Institution: AUTH, Thessaloniki, Department of Chemistry

Triantafyllos Albanis

Department of Chemistry

Contact Information

Tel.: +30-26510 08348
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Research topics (related to the Institute)

1. Monitoring and environmental quality

2. Environmental technologies

Research summary

  • Environmental Chemistry of pesticides and related organic micropollutants.
  • Transportation of pesticides in environmental ecosystems.
  • Development of analytical methods for pesticide and related organic micropollutnats determination in environmental compartments.
  • Adsorption and photodegradation of pesticides under laboratory and field conditions.
  • Techniques for organic micropollutants removal from wastewater, surface and ground waters.

Professional background

2003 - σήμερα Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, UoI
1998- 2003Assoc.Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, UoI
1992 – 1998Assist. Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, UoI
1988 – 1998Lecturel, Dept. of Chemistry, UoI
1982 – 1988Scientific Associate, Dept. of Chemistry, UoI
Post-doctoral research experience:
  • Post-doctoral fellowship (1989), at the Department of Biochemistry, in the Sate University of Texas at San Antonio, USA.
  • Post-doctoral fellowship (1990), at the Department of Earth and Physical Sciences, in the Sate University of Texas at San Antonio, USA.
  • Research Fellowship (in Environmental Toxicology, PFT: Biomonitoring methods in environment) from European Science Foundation (ESF) (1995), University of Kuopio, Finland.

Recent relevant publications/patents

1. Christina I. Kosma, Dimitra A. Lambropoulou, Triantafyllos A. Albanis, “Photochemical transformation and wastewater fate and occurrence of omeprazole: HRMS for elucidation of transformation products and target and suspect screening analysis in wastewaters”, Science of the Total Environment (2017) 590-591, 2017, pp 592-601.

2. V.A. Sakkas, M. Sarro, M. Kalaboka, V. Santoro, T. Albanis, P. Calza, C. Medana, “Evaluating the photocatalytic treatment of stevioside by TiO2 in different aqueous matrices and identification of transformation products”, Science of the Total Environment (2017), 607-608, pp 568-577.

3. Oscar Aznar-Alemany, Yann Aminot, Judit Vila-Canop, Marianne Kock-Schulmeyer, James W.Readman, Antonio Marques, Lia Godinho, Elena Botteon, Federico Ferrari, Vassiliki Boti, Triantafyllow Albnani,s Ethel Eljarrat, Damià Barceló, “Halogenated and organophosphorus flame retardants in European acquaculture samples, Science of the Total Environment (2018), 612, pp 492-500.

4. C.I. Nannou, V.I. Boti, T.A. Albanis, “Trace analysis of pesticide residues in sediments using liquid chromatography–high-resolution Orbitrap mass spectrometry”, Anal. Bioanal. Chem. 410 (2018) 1977–1989.

5. P.S. Konstas, I. Konstantinou*, D. Petrakis, T. Albanis*, Development of SrTiO3 photocatalysts with visible light response using amino acids as dopant sources for the degradation of organic pollutants in aqueous systems. Catalysts, 8, 528-546, 2018; doi:10.3390 / catal8110528.

6. P.S. Konstas, I. Konstantinou*, D. Petrakis, T. Albanis*. Synthesis, characterization of g-C3N4/SrTiO3 heterojunctions and photocatalytic activity for organic pollutants degradation. Catalysts, 8, 554-570, 2018; doi:10.3390/catal8110554.

7. J. R. Gadelha, A. C. Rocha, C. Camacho, E. Eljarrat, A. Peris, Y. Aminot, W. Readman, V. Boti , C. Nannou , M. Kapsi, T. Albanis, F. Roch, A. Machado, A. Bordalo, L. M.P. Valente, M. L. Nunes, A. Marques and C. M. R. Almeida, Persistent and emerging Pollutants assessment on aquaculture oysters (Crassostrea gigas) from NW Portuguese coast ( Rio De Aveiro), Sci. Total Environ. 666 (2019) 731-742

8. P.S. Konstas, C. Kosma, I. Konstantinou*, T. Albanis*. Photocatalytic treatment of pharmaceuticals in real hospital wastewaters for effluent qualityamelioration. Water, 2019, 11, 2165; doi:10.3390/w11102165.

9. Ch. Kosma, Ch. Nannou, V. Boti, T. Albanis, “Psychiatrics and selected metabolites in hospital and urban wastewaters: Occurrence, removal, mass loading, seasonal influence and risk assessment”, Science of the Total Environment 659 (2019) 1473-1483.

10. Yann Aminot, Stephen J. Sayfritz, Kevin V. Thomas, Lia Godinho, Elena Botteon, Federico Ferrari, Vasiliki Boti, Triantafyllos Albanis, Marianne Kock-Schulmeyer, M. Silvia Diaz-Cruz, Marinella Farre, Damia Barcelo, Antonio Marques, James W. Readman, “Environmental risks associated with contaminants of legacy and emerging concern at European aquaculture areas” Environmental Pollution 252 (2019) 1301-1310.

Number of publications, 236 ( 4-4-2020) Number of citations: >12.463 (Scopus 4-4-2020)

H factor = 53 (Scopus 4-4-2020)

Recent Research projects / grants (last 5 years)

1. European Commission, SEA-on-a-CHIP 614168, “Real time monitoring of SEA contaminants by an autonomous lab-on-a-chip biosensor”, 2014-2017, coordinator Τ. Α. Albanis

2. PHAREM,«Development and application of advance oxidation systems for hospital wastewater treatment plant in order to remove pharmaceuticals from aquatic environment», coordinator Τ.A. Albanis, Interreg IPA Cross-order Cooperation Programme “Greece – Albania 2014-2020”,

3. ENVIAQUAMAN, «Prototype system for quality insurance and decrease of negative environmental impacts on aquaculture products, Region of Epirus, ΕΣΠΑ, coordinator Τ. Albanis.

4. Foodomics-GR– Food quality and “, ESPA,2017-2020, coordinator for University of Ioannina Τ. Α. Albanis.