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

Ioanna Ntaikou has a Degree in Biology from University of Patras (2001) and a PhD in Chemical Engineering (2006) from the same institution. She has worked as a Research Associate at the Institute of Chemical Engineering of the Foundation for Research and Technology (2007-2023) and the School of Chemical Engineering Sciences of the National Technical University of Athens, (2016-2023) and as Adjunct Professor at the University of Peloponnese (2009-2016) and the University of Patras (2017-2023). In 2023, she joined the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Patras as an Assistant Professor, being a member of the Environmental Engineering Laboratory. She is co-author of 51 research papers in peer-reviewed international journals, 5 book chapters, 1 monograph (https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-5039-6432) and >90 articles in proceedings of international and national conferences. She has participated as researcher and coordinator or project manager in >25 international and national R&D projects, she is a reviewer for >30 international scientific journals and member of scientific committees and associations.

Her core research interests are on the sustainable treatment of wastewater, wastes and residues through biological and thermochemical processes with simultaneous valorization towards high added-value products and also on the purification and reuse of water.

  1. Patrinou V. *, Antonopoulou G., Ntaikou I., Tekerlekopoulou A.. (2023) Biotreatment of discarded fruit juices using Leptolyngbya with the simultaneous production of microbial lipids. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology 98, 1290-1302 https://doi.org/10.1002/jctb.7347
  2. 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. Journal of Biological Macromolecules 226, 1500-1514 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.11.262
  3. Hashem, M.S. Al-Qahtani, S.A. Alamri, Y.S. Moustafa, G. Lyberatos, 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
  4. 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 Enviormental Management, 300, 113799 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113799
  5. 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
  6. 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://org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2018.01.175
  7. 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
  8. 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://org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.09.072
  9. 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. J. Hydrogen Energy. 35(8), 3423-3432 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2010.01.118
  10. Ntaikou I.*, Koutros E. and Kornaros M. (2009) Valorisation of wastepaper using the fibrolytic/hydrogen producing bacterium Ruminococcus albus. Bioresource Technology 100(23), 5928-5933 https://org/10.1016/j.biortech.2009.06.019