Nikoletta Giantsiou

Name |
Nikoletta Giantsiou |
Place of birth |
Athens, Greece |
Education |
Bachelor in Chemistry, AristotleUniversity of Thessaloniki, Greece Dissertation: Molecular imprinted polymers – Application in chromatography columns (HPLC) and solid phase extraction (SPE). Master in Environmental Engineering & Science, DemocritusUniversity of Thrace, Greece Thesis: Anaerobic digestion of cheese whey wastewater through a two stage system – Laboratory and full scale implementation |
Relevant experience |
Socrates - Erasmus placement in University of Pardubice (CZ) - Master’s thesis. Sustainable Engineering Ltd., Athens, Greece - Research and DevelopmentATBEST summer school at University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany – ‘Enhanced technologies for anaerobic digestion’ |
Research interests |
Developing and applying technologies for the exploitation of the biomass contained in organic wastes - Hydrogen utilization |
Current research |
Surplus electricity to biogas via hydrogen, Supervised by Prof. Dr. – Ing. Renatus Widmann, Dr. – Ing. Thorsten Mietzel, Dr. – Ing. Sebastian Schmuck |
Papers |
Biogas production from cheese whey wastewater: Laboratory and full-scale studies; Water Sci. & Technol., 69 (6), p.p.1320-1325, doi: 10.2166/wst.2014.029 Molecular imprinting of natural flavonoid antioxidants: Application in solid-phase extraction for the sample pretreatment of natural product prior to HPLC analysis, J. Sep. Sci., 29, pp. 2310 – 2321, doi: 10.1002/jssc.200500492 |
Interests/ hobbies |
Travelling, Cycling |