Despo Fatta-Kassinos#
| Membership Number: | 6702 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | ENGINEERING |
| Affiliated section(s): | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CYPRUS |
| Homepage(s): | https://nireas-iwrc.org/about-us/dr-despo-fatta-kassinos/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-1173-0941 |
| X: | @BluePapagao |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/despo-fatta-kassinos-09b4206/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020 - present Professor in Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
- 2010 - present Member of the Academic Council of Nireas, International Water Research Center, University of Cyprus
- 2010 - 2022 Founding Director of Nireas-International Water Research Center, University of Cyprus
- 2003 - present Founding Head: Environmental & Engineered Water Processes & Systems (Gaia) Lab, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cyprus
- 2003 - 2020 Lecturer - Assistant Professor - Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Cyprus
- 1999 - 2003 Post-doctoral researcher, School of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Fields of Scholarship
- Advanced processes for wastewater treatment
- Antimicrobial resistance determinants in natural and engineered systems
- Contaminants of emerging concern in the environment and technical systems
- Reclaimed water reuse
Honours and Awards
- 2025 Appointed to the External Advisory Board of CERES – Chemical Engineering and Renewable Resources for the Sustainability Research Center, Chemical Engineering Department, University of Coimbra, Portugal
- 2024 Appointed Co Editor-in-Chief of the Current Opinion in Chemical Engineering, Elsevier
- 2023 Appointed to the 8-member Independent Expert Advisory Committee of the Australian Cooperative Research Centre for Solving Antimicrobial Resistance in Agribusiness, Food, and Environments (SAAFE), Australia
- 2023 Appointed to the International Scientific Committee of OneWater – Eau Bien Commun, National Water Research Funding Program, France (CNRSBRGM-INRAE)
- 2023 One of the 11 scientists of the 2023 Mediterranean Science Team, selected as recognition of their groundbreaking work, European project MEDNIGHT
- 2022-2025 Elected Member of SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) Europe Council
- 2022 Recipient of the SETAC Europe-Noack Laboratorien Outstanding Science Career Αward
- 2022 Appointed Editor of Water Research, Elsevier
- 2020 Recipient of the Scientist-of-the-Year Award, Madame Figaro Women Awards, presented by Estée Lauder, Cyprus
- 2019 Appointed to the Scientific Advisory Board Committee of the Center "Cross-Research in Environmental Technologies of the University of Santiago de Compostela (CRETUS)", Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- 2019-2029 Appointed Chair of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the African Center of Excellence in Water and Environment Research (ACEWATER) in Nigeria
- 2018 - 2024 Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science, Clarivate
- 2014 - 2018 Chair of the European COST Action NEREUS ES1403, "New and emerging challenges and opportunities in wastewater reuse"
- 2012 Recipient of the National Research Award, by the Cyprus Research & Innovation Foundation
- 2012 - 2019 Elected Chair of the Scientific and Technological Board of the European Joint Programming Initiative ‘Water Challenges for a Changing World’
- 2012 Appointed Executive Editor of the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Elsevier
