Despo Fatta-Kassinos#
| Membership Number: | 6702 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSICS & ENGINEERING SCIENCES |
| 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 |
| Twitter: | @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
- Contaminants of emerging concern in the environment and technical systems
- Reclaimed water reuse
- Advanced processes for wastewater treatment
- Antimicrobial resistance determinants in natural and engineered systems
Honours and Awards
- 2023 Appointed in 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 member of the International Scientific Committee of OneWater – Eau Bien Commun, National Water Research Funding Program, France (CNRS-BRGM-INRAE)
- 2023 One of the 11 scientists of the 2023 Mediterranean Science Team, selected as recognition of their groundbreaking work, European project MEDNIGHT https://mednight.eu/activities/11-women- in-mednights-mediterranean-science-team-2023
- 2022 Appointed Editor of Water Research (Elsevier)
- 2022: Elected Member of SETAC (Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) Europe Council https://www.setac.org/setac-where-you-live/europe/meet-your-leadership.html
- 2022 Wilkinson et al., 2022 Cozzarelli Prize by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in Class VI. This is an award that recognizes outstanding contributions to the scientific disciplines represented by NAS
- 2022 SETAC Europe-Noack Laboratorien Outstanding Science Career Αward (awarded annually to scientists with outstanding activities in environmental sciences)
- 2020 Scientist of the Year, Madame Figaro Women Awards, presented by Estée Lauder, Cyprus
- 2018 - 2023 Highly Cited Researcher, Web of Science, Clarivate, (in Environment and Ecology)
- 2014 - 2018 Chair of the European COST Action NEREUS ES1403, "New and emerging challenges and opportunities in wastewater reuse", http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/essem/Actions/ES1403
- 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 Executive Editor of the Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, (Elsevier)
