Nikolaos Xekoukoulotakis

• Office: Κ2.115
• Tel.: +30 28210 37772 FAX: +30 28210 37847
• Email:nikos.xekoukoulotaki<at>enveng.tuc.gr, nikosxek<at>gmail.com
  
  
• Office Hours: Daily 9:00 - 15:00

• 2001: PhD in Chemistry, School of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
• 1995: Degree in Chemistry, School of Sciences, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

Degradation of organic pollutants in aqueous phase (water and wastewater) using oxidative chemical degradation methods such as:

• UV in presence of Η2Ο2 (UV/Η2Ο2)
• Ozon (Ο3)
• Omogeneous and heterogeneous photocatalysis
• Electrochemical oxidation..

Green Chemistry and Technology with emphasis on the development and implementation of environmentally friendly processes.

On-going Research Programmes

• Photocatalytic and membrane technology process for olive oil mill waste water treatment (PhotoMem), European Union, 7th Framework Programme, Research for SMEs.

Recent Research Programmes

• Innovative Solutions for Extracting High Value Natural Compounds, European Union, 6th Framework Programme, Marie Curie Research Training Networks, InSolEx Project.
• Estrogens decomposition in water and in treated municipal and hospital wastewater using heterogeneous oxidative phorocatalysis, Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus. 
• Tackling organic micro-pollutants in secondary biological effluent using innovative oxidation technologies,
• Treatment of dyes in industrial effluent with a combination of chemical (photocatalysis, sonolysis and sono-photocatalysis) and biological processes, Hellenic Ministry of Education, Pythagoras ΙI

• 2007: Scholarship of the German Academic Exchange Agency (Deutscher Akademischer Ausstausch Dienst, DAAD).
• 1996 - 2000: Scholarship of the National Scholarship Foundation(ΙΚΥ) for a PhD dissertation.

• Z. Frontistis, N.P. .P. Xekoukoulotakis, E. Hapeshi, D. Venieri, D. Fatta-Kassinos, D. Mantzavinos, Fast degradation of estrogen hormones in environmental matrices by photo-Fenton oxidation under simulated solar radiation, Chemical Engineering Journal 178 (2011) 175-182.
• N.P. Xekoukoulotakis, C. Drosou, C. Brebou, E. Chatzisymeon, E. Hapeshi, D. Fatta-Kassinos, D. Mantzavinos, Kinetics of UV-A/TiO2 photocatalytic degradation and mineralization of the antibiotic sulfamethoxazole in aqueous matrices, Catalysis Today 161 (2011) 163-168.
• C. Drosou, A. Coz, N.P. Xekoukoulotakis, A. Moya, Y. Vergara, D. Mantzavinos, Peracetic acid-enhanced photocatalytic and sonophotocatalytic inactivation of E. coli in aqueous suspensions, Journal of Chemical Technolology and Biotechnology 85 (2010) 1049-1053.
• N.P. Xekoukoulotakis, D. Mantzavinos, R. Dillert, D. Bahnemann, Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of boron-doped TiO2 in aqueous suspensions under UV-A irradiation, Water Science and Technology 61 (2010) 2501-2506.
• P. Grafias, N.P. Xekoukoulotakis, D. Mantzavinos, E. Diamadopoulos, Pilot treatment of olive pomace leachate by vertical-flow constructed wetland and electrochemical oxidation: An efficient hybrid process, Water Research 44 (2010) 2773-2780.
• N.P. Xekoukoulotakis, N. Xinidis, M. Chroni, D. Mantzavinos, D. Venieri, E. Hapeshi, D. Kassinos, UV-A/TiO2 photocatalytic decomposition of erythromycin in water: Factors affecting mineralization and antibiotic activity, Catalysis Today 151 (2010) 29-33.
• N. Lydakis-Simantiris, D. Riga, E. Katsivela, D. Mantzavinos, N.P. Xekoukoulotakis, Disinfection of spring water and secondary treated municipal wastewater by TiO2 photocatalysis, Desalination 250 (2010) 351-355.
• E. Tsimas, K. Tyrovola, N.P. Xekoukoulotakis, N. P. Nikolaidis, E. Diamadopoulos, D. Mantzavinos, Simultaneous photocatalytic oxidation of As(III) and humic acid in aqueous TiO2 suspensions. Journal of Hazardous Materials 169 (2009) 376–385.
• D.E. Kritikos, N.P. Xekoukoulotakis, E. Psillakis, D. Mantzavinos, Photocatalytic degradation of reactive black 5 in aqueous solutions: Effect of operating conditions and coupling with ultrasound irradiation, Water Research, 41 (2007) 2236-2246.
• P.A. Pekakis, N.P. Xekoukoulotakis and D. Mantzavinos, Treatment of textile dyehouse wastewater by TiO2 photocatalysis, Water Research, 40 (2006) 1276-1286.

• [ENVE 113] Introduction to Environmental Engineering Science (1st Semester – Required)
• [ENVE 132] General Chemistry (2st Semester – Required)

• [AB-301/4] Research Lectures (Required)
• [Α 104] Advanced Oxidation Processes in Water and Wastewater Treatment (Required)

• Katerina Drosou