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Education

Degree: PhD
Year: 2000
Institution: University of Ioannina, Department of Chemistry

Degree: B.S.
Year: 1995
Institution: University of Ioannina, Department of Chemistry

Ioannis Konstantinou

Department of Chemistry

Contact Information

Tel.: +30-26510 08349
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Research topics (related to the Institute)

  1. Pollution and environmental quality control and monitoring
  2. Environmental technologies
  3. Food contaminants

Research summary

  • Environmental catalysis and photocatalysis
  • Environmental and Chemical Technologies for Pollution Control (Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs), adsorption, photolysis, separation processes)
  • Synthesis, characterization of catalytic and adsorbent materials
  • Fate, physicochemical behaviour of pollutants in the environment (transport, adsorption, photodegradation, hydrolysis, etc.) and risk assessment;
  • Development and application of analytical methods for the determination of pollutants and degradation products in processes and environmental media;
  • Advanced mass spectrometric techniques (GC, LC-MS-MS, HR-MS) for target analysis and structure elucidation
  • Green chemistry and Technology.

Professional background

2019 - today Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, UoI
2015- 2019 Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, UoI
2010- 2015 Assoc. Professor, DENRM, UoP
2005 – 2010 Assist. Professor, Dept. of Environmental and Natural Resources Management (DENRM), UoI

Recent relevant publications/patents

1. M. Antonopoulou, P. Karagianni, I. Konstantinou*. Kinetic and mechanistic study of photocatalytic degradation of flame retardant Tris (1-chloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TCPP). Appl. Catal. B: Environ., 192, 152-160, 2016.

2. N. Mantzos, M. Antonopoulou, S. Katsoulakou, D. Hela, I. Konstantinou*. Soil degradation of metazachlor and quizalofop-p-ethyl herbicides on TLC-plates under natural solar light and dark conditions. Intern. J. Environ. Anal.Chem., 97, 606-622, 2017.

3. Giannakas, F. Bairamis, Th. Zerva, I. Papakosts, I. Konstantinou*, Evaluation of TiO2/V2O5 and N,F-doped-TiO2/V2O5 nanocomposite photocatalysts towards reduction of Cr(VI) and oxidation reactions by OH radicals. J. Ind. Engin. Chem., 65, 370-379, 2018.

4. 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.

5. P. Haskis, N. Mantzos, D. Hela, G. Patakioutas, I. Konstantinou*. Effect of biochar on the mobility and photodegradation of metribuzin and metabolites in soil-biochar TLC Plates. Intern. J. Environ. Anal. Chem., 99, 310-327, 2019.

6. P.S. Konstas, D. Hela, A. Giannakas, T. Albanis, I. Konstantinou*. Photocatalytic degradation of organophosphorus flame retardant TBEP: kinetics and identification of transformation products by Orbitrap mass spectrometry. Intern. J. Environ. Anal. Chem., 99, 297-309, 2019.

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

8. F. Bairamis, I. Konstantinou*, D. Petrakis, T. Vaimakis*, Enhanced performance of electrospun nanofibrous TiO2/g-C3N4 photocatalysts in photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue. Catalysts, 2019, 9, 880; doi:10.3390/catal9110880.

9. Kosma, M.G. Kapsi, P.S. Konstas, E.P. Trantopoulos, V.I. Boti, I.K. Konstantinou*, Triantafyllos A. Albanis. Assessment of multiclass pharmaceutical active compounds (PhACs) in hospital WWTP influent and effluent samples by UHPLC-Orbitrap MS: Temporal variation, removals and environmental risk assessment. Environ. Research, 191, 2020, 110152.

10. D. Manos, K. Miserli, I. Konstantinou*. Perovskite and spinel catalysts for sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation of organic pollutants in water and wastewater systems. Catalysts, 2020, 10, 1299; doi:10.3390/catal10111299.

Patents: ‘’Φωτοκαταλυτικά αναγεννώμενο σύνθετο προσφροφητικό υλικό από εξανθράκωμα χρησιμοποιημένων ελαστικών οχημάτων Ν-F-TiO2 για την ρόφηση-αποδόμηση φαινόλης’’ Αρ. Διπλώματος: 1008854, Οργανισμός Βιομηχανικής Ιδιοκτησίας (ΟΒΙ), 2016.

Number of publications, 155 (11/2020), Number of citations: >9.700 (Scopus 4-4-2020)

H factor = 43 (Scopus 20-11-2020)

Recent Research projects / grants (last 5 years)

1. Waste-Tyre Pyrolysis Recycling Technology for the Production of Added-Value adsorptive and catalytic Materials with applications in Industrial and Pollution Control Technologies "ΣΥΝΕΡΓΑΣΙΑ " - "COOPERATION"– Συμπράξεις Παραγωγικών και Ερευνητικών Φορέων σε Ερευνητικούς & Τεχνολογικούς Τομείς" (Eπιστ. υπεύθυνος Ι. Κωνσταντίνου).

2. Development and application of a system based on advanced oxidation processes for the treatment of hospital wastewaters in order to remove pharmaceutical compounds with high persistence in aquatic environment. (2018-2020). INTERREG IPA II CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION PROGRAMME GREECE -ALBANIA 2014-2020

3. Πρότυπο σύστημα διαχείρισης, ποιοτικής διασφάλισης και ελαχιστοποίησης των αρνητικών περιβαλλοντικών επιδράσεων της παραγωγής προιόντων ιχθυοκαλλιέργειας (New management, quality assurance and minimization of environmental implications standards associated with the production of aquacultural products. (ENVIQUAMAN) Ενίσχυση Επιχειρήσεων για ερευνητικά έργα στους τομείς αγροδιατροφής, δημιουργικής βιομηχανίας, ΤΠΕ, υγείας και βιοτεχνολογίας, Ήπειρος, ΕΣΠΑ, 2014-2020.

4. Ενδελεχής Χαρακτηρισμός Τροφίμων (FOODOMICS) ΕΣΠΑ 2014-2020 ΕΠ «Ανταγωνιστικότητα, Επιχειρηματικότητα και Καινοτομία» ΕΠΑνΕΚ, Ενίσχυση υποδομών Έρευνας και Καινοτομίας.

5. Σύνθεση, χαρακτηρισμός ετεροδομών g-C3N4/WO3 και φωτοκαταλυτικές εφαρμογές για την απομάκρυνση ρύπων από υδατικά συστήματα. Υποτροφίες ΕΛΙΔΕΚ, 2019. (Eπιστ. υπεύθυνος Ι. Κωνσταντίνου).