Ioanna Ntaikou
Assistant Professor
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Patras 26504, Rio
Tel: 2610 996 531
intaikou@upatras.gr

Ioanna Ntaikou is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Patras and a member of the Laboratory of Environmental Technology. She holds a BSc in Biology (2001) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering (2006) from the University of Patras, and has extensive research experience, as well as systematic teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in environmental and biochemical engineering.

She has authored 60 publications in international peer-reviewed journals, 1 monograph, 6 book chapters, and over 100 conference papers in international and national scientific conferences (https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-5039-6432). She has been involved in 26 competitive national and international research and development projects, as a researcher and coordination lead, and serves as a reviewer for numerous scientific journals and as a member of scientific committees and associations.

Her main research interests focus on the sustainable treatment and valorisation of wastewaters, wastes and residues through biological and thermochemical processes, with emphasis on resource recovery and the production of high value-added products, as well as on water treatment, disinfection, and reuse within the framework of the circular economy.

  1. M. Hashem, I. Ntaikou* (2026) Intergading enzyme production and bioenergy recovery through circular bioprocessing of carbohydrate-rich food wastes into α-amylase, biohydrogen and methane. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining 20 (1), 110-124. https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.70055 
  2. E. Kora, K. Mpatsouli, I. Ntaikou*, A. Tekerlekopoulou (2025) Yields and microbial response in polyhydroxyalkanoate and glycogen biosynthesis by mixed cultures during one-step aerobic conversion of sugary wastewater under nutrient stress, Journal of Water Process Engineering. 78, 108660, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2025.108660   
  3. Kora E., Tsaousis P., Andrikopoulos K.S., Chasapis C., Voyiatzis G., Ntaikou I.*, Lyberatos G. (2023). Assessment of production process and characterization of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) from acidified discarded fruit juices, via a robust microbial consortium dominated by Zoogloea sp.. Journal of Biological Macromolecules 226, 1500-1514 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.11.262
  4. Hashem, M.S. Al-Qahtani, S.A. Alamri, Y.S. Moustafa, G. Lyberatos, I. Ntaikou* (2022) Valorizing food wastes: Assessment of novel yeast strains for enhanced production of single-cell protein from wasted-date molasses. Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery 12, 4491–4502. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-02415-2 
  5. Dailianis S., Charalampous N., Giokas S., Vlastos D., Efthimiou I., Dormousoglou M., Cocilovo C., Faggio C., Shehu A., Shehu J., Lyberatos G., Ntaikou I.* (2021) The usefulness of chemical and biological tracking tools for the optimization and management of decentralized sanitation systems, like artificial constructed wetlands. Journal of Environmental Management, 300, 113799 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113799
  6. Ntaikou I., Antonopoulou G.*, Vagenas D., Lyberatos G. (2020) Assessment of electrocoagulation as a pretreatment method of olive mill wastewater for biofuels production in a biorefinery concept.  Renewable Energy 154, 1252-1262 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2020.03.108
  7. Ntaikou I.*, Koumelis I., Tsitsilianis C., Parthenios J. and Lyberatos G. (2018) Comparison of yields and properties of microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates generated from waste glycerol based substrates. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 112:273-283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.01.175
  8. Harbi, K., Makridis, P., Koukoumis, C., Papadionysiou M., Vgenis T., Kornaros M., Ntaikou I., Giokas, S., Dailianis, S.* (2017) Evaluation of a battery of marine species-based bioassays against raw and treated municipal wastewaters Journal of Hazardous Materials 321, 537-546 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.09.036 
  9. Dounavis S.A, Ntaikou I.*, and Lyberatos G. (2015) Production of biohydrogen from crude glycerol in an up-flow column bioreactor. Bioresource Technology 198, 701-708 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.09.072
  10. Ntaikou I., Gavala H.N.* and Lyberatos G. (2010) Application of a modified Anaerobic Digestion Model 1 version for fermentative hydrogen production from sweet sorghum extract by Ruminococcus albus. Int. J. Hydrogen Energy. 35(8), 3423-3432 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.01.118