External Collaborators:

  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (USA) – Environmental Energy Technologies Division Indoor Environment Department, Dr H. Destaillats, Knowledge Transfer Innovation Awards (KT052) and Photocatalytic Indoor Air Purification.
  • University of South Carolina (USA) – Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Prof. S. Richardson, Detection and removal of emerging water contaminants, NIWR/USGS project
  • University of Cincinnati (USA) – Dept. Civil & Environmental Engineering, Dr D. D. Dionysiou, Doped photocatalysts for indoor air purification, NIWR/USGS project
  • National University of Singapore (Singapore) – Dept of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Prof. H. C. Zheng, Carbon nanotubes/TiO2 composites
  • Hohai University, Nanjing (China) - Key Laboratory of Integrated Regulation and Resource Development of Shallow Lakes, Prof. Y. Li, Novel plasmonic photocatalysts for water remediation and renewable energy production
  • Dalian University (China) - School of Environmental Science and Technology, Prof. X. Quan, Prof. L. Huang. Microbial fuel cells.
  • University of Cyprus (Cyprus) – Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Dr D. Fatta-Kassinos, EU COST Action: ES1403 'New And Emerging Challenges And Opportunities In Wastewater Reuse (NEREUS)
  • University of Almeria (Spain) – Dept of Chemical Engineering, Prof. Sanchez Perez and Prof. Casas Lopes, Modeling of removal of pharmaceuticals in water by solar photo-Fenton processes
  • Plataforma Solar De Almeria (Spain) – European Solar Research Centre, Prof. S. Malato, Dr I. Oller, Dr P. Fernadez, Removal of emerging Contaminants in water by solar photo-assisted processes, EU SFERA project.
  • University of Naples (Italy) –Photodegradation of cocaine transformation products in water, Prof. R. Marotta – (Three ERASMUS students at Loughborough for 6 months) – 4 papers published
  • University of Salerno (Italy) – Dept of Civil Engineering, Dr L. Rizzo, Disinfection of urban wastewater by solar driven and UV-photocatalysis, European PhD School on Advanced Oxidation Processes” - http://www.aops-school.com. G. Li Puma is founder member of the School
  • University of Zagreb (Croatia) - Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Dr I. Grčić, Removal of emerging contaminants and modeling
  • University of Malaya (Malaysia) – Dept of Civil Engineering, Dr. P. Saravanan, Visible-Light-Induced Magnetically Separable TiO2 supported on Graphene Oxide
  • Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Malaysia) – School of Science & Technology, Prof. A. Bono, Dr C. Joseph, Treatment of wastewater by ultrasound and photocatalysis
  • Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (Bulgaria) - Institute of Physical Chemistry and Institute of Catalysis, Prof. S. Armyanov, Prof. S. Rakovsky, NATO Grants SfP-977986 and CBP.EAP.SFPP 982835
  • University of Thessaloniki (Greece) -Chemistry Dept., Dr S. Sotiropoulos, NATO Grants SfP-977986 and CBP.EAP.SFPP 982835
  • University of Patras (Greece) - Prof. G. Liberatos Dept. of Chemical Engineering, EU Grant QLK1-CT-2002-01678; Prof. X. Verikios, Prof. P. Lianos, Prof. D. Kondarides, E.ON Solar Hydrogen Grant
  • University of Palermo (Italy) - DICPM, Prof. A. Brucato, Modelling of photoreactors
  • Universidad del Valle and Universidad de Cartagena (Colombia) – School of Chemical Engineering, Prof. F. Machuca, Prof. M. Mueses, Prof. J. Colina, Compound Parabolic Collectors and Solar Photoreactors
  • Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Brazil) – Department of Chemical Engineering and Food Engineering, Prof. R.F.P.M. Moreira, Arsenate adsorption on nanoparticles and Visiting Professorship funded by CNPq Brazil.
  • University of Birmingham (UK) - Dept. Chemical Engineering, Dr J. Wood, Reactor design
  • University of Nottingham (UK) – (a) School of Chemistry, Dr Mokaya, TiO2/WO3 nanocomposites; (b) Prof. G. Chen, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Carbon nanotubes/TiO2 electrodes and composites
  • Ulster University (UK) – School of Engineering, Dr P. Fernadez-Ibanez; (b) School of Biomedical Sciences, Dr N. Ternan, Antimicrobial surfaces.
  • Crown Paints (UK) - Antimicrobial resistance surfaces
  • E.ON (Germany) –  “Solar Hydrogen” grant 2009-2012
  • United Technologies Research Center (USA) – Photocatalytic oxidation of indoor air pollutants
  • Hydro Solutions Asia (China) – Water and waste treatment of pig farming and textile industry.
  • Novelis (Canada) – Surface photoactivity
  • CatalySystems (UK) – Development of photocatalytic reactors
  • Avecia (UK) - Consultancy
  • QinetiQ (UK) - Consultancy
  • Microsphere Technology (UK) – Photocatalyst support and applications
  • Athlone Extrusions (Ireland) – Water treatment
  • IQA Soluciones Ambientales SAS (Colombia) – Newton Grant IAPP1617\70
  • Kyrios (Colombia) – Newton Grant IAPP18-19\159
  • Alvaro Coelho & Irmaos SA (Portugal) – EU Grant QLK1-CT-2002-01678 - Water treatment  
  • Ataro Clima (Bulgaria) – NATO Grants SfP-977986 and CBP.EAP.SFPP 982835
  • Presta Engineering (Bulgaria) – NATO Grant CBP.EAP.SFPP 982835
  • Ampelooiniki S.A. (Greece) – EU Grant QLK1-CT-2002-01678
  • Dinamic (Spain) - EU Grant QLK1-CT-2002-01678
  • Yorkshire Water (UK) – EPSRC Grant GR/R19427

External roles and appointments:

Editorial activity:

  • Editor –Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, (since Jan 2019) (Elsevier, Impact factor 16.683)
  • Editor –Journal of Hazardous Materials, (Oct 2009 – Jun 2019) (Elsevier, Impact factor 7.650)
  • Associate Editor - Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies, Science & Technology Network Inc. (Oct 2008 – Sept 2015) and International Journal of Photoenergy, Hindawi Publishing Corporation (Oct 2007 – Jan 2009)
  • Editorial Board Member – Chemical Engineering Journal, Elsevier (Aug 2017 - current); Chemical Engineering Journal Advances, Elsevier (May 2020 - current); Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, Elsevier (since Sept 2014 - current); Journal of Photocatalysis, Bentham Sciences (since Mar 2019 - current)
  • Guest Editor - Journal of Hazardous Materials, Special Issue: Nanotechnologies for the Treatment of Water, Air and Soil, Vol. 211-212, 2012; Chemical Engineering Journal, Special Issue of the 7th European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis: Environmental Applications (SPEA7), Vol. 224, 2013 and Special Issue: AOPs: Recent Advances to Overcome Barriers in the Treatment of Water, Wastewater and Air, 2017 and Special Issue: Emerging Advanced Oxidation Processes for the Elimination of Micro-Pollutants, 2017 and Special Issue: Intensification of Photocatalytic Processes for Niche Applications in the Area of Water, Wastewater and Air Treatment, 2017; Water Research, Special Issue: IWA – 3rd Water Research Conference, Catalytic Processes and New Materials and Technologies in Water/Wastewater Treatment, 2015; Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Special Issue: Recent Advances to Overcome Barriers in the Treatment of Water, Wastewater and Air, 2017; Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technologies, Special Issue, 4 special issues in 2008-2009; Water, Special Issue: AOPs: Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment, 2020

International Conferences Chaired: (last 3 years from a total of 15) 

  • Chairman and Symposium Organizer, JE-AOPs Joint Event - Advanced Oxidation Processes, WCCE-10: 10th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, 1-5 Oct, 2017, Barcelona, Spain 
  • Symposium Organizer and Presider, Division of Environmental Chemistry, ACS, Chemistry and Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes for Water Purification, Treatment and Reuse, American Chemical Society 253rd Meeting & Exposition, 2-6 Apr, 2017, San Francisco, USAand 251st Meeting & Exposition, 13-17 Mar, 2016, San Diego, USA
  • Symposium Organizer and Presider, Division of Environmental Chemistry, ACS, New Challenges in Water Quality, Treatment, Reuse and Sustainability: Chemistry and Application of Advanced Oxidation Processes for Removal of Contaminants of Concern and Transformation Products, American Chemical Society – 250th Meeting & Exposition, 16-20 Aug, 2015, Boston, USA

International Conferences Organized: (last 3 years from a total of 77)

  • Symposium Organizer, Division of Environmental Chemistry, ACS, Chemistry and Applications of Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Water Treatment and Purification, American Chemical Society – 260th Virtual Meeting & Exposition, 17 – 20 Aug, 2020.
  • International Scientific Committee Member, R&R 2020: 5th International Conference on Recycling and Reuse, Oct 7-9, 2020, Istanbul, Turkey
  • International Advisory Board Member, IAP 2020 – The 11th International Conference on Interfaces Against Pollution 2020, Jun 14-17, 2020, Wuhan, China

International Advisory Boards:

  • International Scientific Advisory Board Member, NIREAS-International Water Research Center, Nicosia, Cyprus
  • Advisory Board Member of EPSRC Solar-Fuel Network, UK
  • Chair of ThinkThank 4 of EU COST Action ES1205 on Applications and implications of nano-enabled technologies for water and wastewater treatment (2014-2015)
  • UK Representative in the Management Committee of EU COST Action ES1403 - New and emerging challenges and opportunities in wastewater reuse (NEREUS)
  • UK Representative in the Management Committee of EU COST Action CA18225 - Taste and odor in early diagnosis of source and drinking water problems (WATERTOP)

Research Councils Projects Evaluation Panels:

  • Academy of Finland – Separation Science and Technology Programme, CHAIR of projects evaluation panel – Helsinki, 18 Feb 2020
  • Academy of Finland – Separation Science and Technology Programme, projects evaluation panel – Helsinki, 13 Feb 2019
  • RPF: Research Promotion Foundation, Cyprus - “RESTART 2016-2020” programme, projects evaluation panel – Nicosia, 30 May 2018

Research Councils, Project Proposals and Review Panels (from last 5 years):

  • EPSRC: UK Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council – rolling years
  • REA: European Commission H2020 – 2019, 2020
  • Academy of Finland - 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
  • QNRF: Qatar National Research Fund – 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020
  • NCSTE: National Center of Science and Technology Evaluation, Ministry of Education and Science, Kazakhstan – 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
  • KFAS: Kuwait Foundation Advancement of Sciences - 2019
  • CFCA: Latvia Science Development and Research Projects - 2019
  • RPF: Research Promotion Foundation, Cyprus – 2017, 2018
  • FNP: Foundation for Polish Science - 2017
  • ITC: Innovation Technology Commission, Hong Kong – 2017

Journal Reviewing:

  • Member of the review panel of 52 international refereed journals in Catalysis, Environmental Science, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering including Chemical Society Reviews, Energy & Environmental Science, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Green Chemistry, Chemical Communications, Carbon, Environmental Science & Technology, Water Research, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, Catalysis Science & Technology, Journal of Hazardous Materials, Science of the Total Environment, Chemical Engineering Journal, Chemical Engineering Science, AICHE Journal.

National/International Committees/Learned Society:

  • Member of the American Chemical Society
  • Expert of International Standing nominated by the Australian Research Council College of Experts
  • Member of the UK Semiconductor Photochemistry Network: Task Group Leader on “Photocatalytic Reactors, Modelling and Industrial Applications”
  • Member of EU COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) - Action 636: Xenobiotics in the urban water cycle; Action ES1205: Applications and implications of nano-enabled technologies for water and wastewater treatment; Action ES1403: 'New and emerging challenges and opportunities in wastewater reuse (NEREUS); Action MP1106 ‘Smart and green interfaces - from single bubbles and drops to industrial, environmental and biomedical applications’; Action CA18225 - Taste and odor in early diagnosis of source and drinking water problems (WATERTOP).

Visiting Professorships:

  • CAPES Brazil, Visiting Professor to Department of Chemical and Food Engineering, Universidade Federal Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis, Brazil, Brazil, 25 Nov – 06 Dec 2019
  • Hong Kong University of Science & Technology - Institute of Advanced Studies – Visiting Professor, Dec 2018
  • CNPq Brazil, Visiting Professor to Department of Chemical and Food Engineering, Universidade Federal Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianopolis, Brazil, August-September 2017
  • Visiting Professor to Department of Chemical Engineering, Universidade Federal Santa Catarina, Florianopolis, Brazil, April 2015 and April 2017

PhD Programs Advisory Boards:

  • Advisory Board Member, PhD Program in Chemical, Environmental, Biomedical, Hydraulic and Materials Engineering, Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy (since April 2020)
  • Advisory Board and Scientific Committee Founder Member, European PhD School on Advanced Oxidation Processes, since launch in June 2014

Examination of Higher Degrees - External Examiner (PhD): (last 3 years from a total of 17)

  • Chaoran Jiang - PhD University College London (UK) Jul 2019
  • Weiyang Chen - PhD HKUST (Hong Kong) Dec 2018
  • A. Daggash - PhD University of Oxford (UK) Dec 2018
  • F.H.T Norten - PhD University of Nottingham (UK) Mar 2018