Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development

Education

Degree: PhD
Year: 2003
Institution: University of Patras
Discipline: Chemical Engineering

Degree: M.S.
Year: 2002
Institution: University of Patras
Discipline: Chemical Engineering

Degree: Diploma
Year: 2002
Institution: University of Patras
Discipline: Chemical Engineering

Degree: B.S.
Year: 1998
Institution: University of Patras
Discipline: Physics

Angelos G. Kalampounias

Department of Chemistry

Contact Information

Tel.: +30-26510 08439
e-mail: Personal/Dept/Lab URL/: https://chem.uoi.gr/meli-dep/angelos-kalampounias/

Research topics (related to the Institute)

1. Monitoring and environmental quality

2. Environmental technologies

Research summary

Structure-property relations – Reaction engineering, proton-transfer reactions and kinetics by means of molecular spectroscopy (vibrational spectroscopies & ultrasonic relaxation spectroscopy) and ultrasonically-induced birefringence technique
Organic aerosol characterization by complementary measurements of chemical bonds and molecular fragments by means of vibrational spectroscopies
Study of pollution-induced structural degradation of organic materials constituting natural and cultural heritage by vibrational spectroscopies (Raman & IR)
Development of Mobile Laboratories for Environmental Pollution Measurements and Emission Control Systems Evaluation

Professional background

8.2020 - today	Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, UoI
12.2015 – 7-2020	Assist. Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, UoI
12.2005- 11.2015	Special Research and Teaching Staff, Department of Chemical Engineering, UoP
6.2007 - today	Collaborating Scientist, FORTH/Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences
1.2005 – 5.2007	Post-doc, FORTH/Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences
1.2005 – 12.2006	Post-doc, Department of Materials Science, UoP

Recent relevant publications/patents

1. “Mapping the Air Quality in the City of Patras by Combining Mobile Platform Measurements and CFD Simulations”

A. G. Kalampounias, C. Stamatis, C. Kaltsonoudis, N. Bali, A. Kalarakis and S.N. Pandis

in Perspectives on Atmospheric Sciences, (September 10, 2016), pp. 1001-1006.

ISBN: 978-3-319-35094-3

Chapter DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-35095-0_143

Springer International Publishing Switzerland

2. “The use of ATR spectroscopy for the determination of functional groups in size segregated aerosol collected during a forest fire”

A. G. Kalampounias, G. Kouvarakis, M. Tsiflikiotou, E. Louvaris, L. M. Russell, S. N. Pandis

Meteorology, Climatology and Atmospheric Physics, 2014, ISBN 978-960-524-430-9. Pages: 400-404

3. “Assessing Environmental Effects On Organic Materials In Cultural Heritage: Chemical Deterioration Of Artificially Aged Bone”

S. Boyatzis, E. Ioakimoglou, Y. Facorellis, E. Karantoni, A. G. Kalampounias, G. A. Voyiatzis, S. Boghosian, J. Richter, A. Karampotsos, E. Tziamourani and G. Panagiaris

Proceedings of the International Conference „”Science in Technology”, SCinTE 2015.

4. “Measurement of intrinsic and laser heating-induced stress in microcrystalline silicon thin films”

A.G. Kalampounias, E. Farsari, E. Amanatides, G. N. Papatheodorou, D. Mataras, Chemical Physics, Vol. 469-470, p. 65, 2016.

5. “Conformational Energy Barriers in Methyl Acetate – Ethanol solutions: A temperature-dependent Ultrasonic Relaxation Study and Molecular Orbital Calculations”

G. Stogiannidis, S. Tsigoias, A. G. Kalampounias

Journal of Molecular Liquids, Vol. 302, p.112519, 2020

Number of publications, 88 (19-11-2020) Number of citations: >1.132 (Scopus 19-11-2020)

H factor = 18 (Scopus 19-11-2020)

Recent Research projects / grants (last 5 years)

1. FP7-ENERGY

“PEPPER: DEMONSTRATION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE PROCESSES AND EQUIPMENTS FOR THIN FILM SILICON PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES PRODUCED WITH LOWER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND REDUCED COST AND MATERIAL USE”, University of Patras

2. FP7-IDEAS-ERC

“ATMOSPHERIC ORGANIC PARTICULATE MATTER, AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE STUDIES - ATMOPACS”, FORTH/ICE-HT

3. FP7-ENVIRONMENT

“Pan-European Gas-AeroSOls-climate interaction Study - PEGASOS”, FORTH/ICE-HT

4. H2020-EU.1.4.1.2. - Integrating and opening existing national and regional research infrastructures of European interest

“EUROCHAMP-2020 Integration of European Simulation Chambers for Investigating Atmospheric Processes – Towards 2020 and beyond”, FORTH/ICE-HT

5. Interreg Greece-Italy 2014-2020

“R.E.CO.RD. – Recycling Strategies for the Coastal sustainable waste management towards R&D innovation”, University of Ioannina