Dr. Eleni Grilla is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Sustainable Waste Management Technologies Laboratory with a PhD and MSc in Chemical Engineering from the University of Patras and a Diploma in Environmental Engineering from the Technical University of Crete. Her research focuses on the application of Advanced Oxidation Processes for the degradation of emerging pollutants (antibiotics, pharmaceutical compounds, endocrine disruptors) in aquatic systems. She has experience in catalyst characterization techniques (BET, SEM, TEM, XRD) and analytical techniques (HPLC, LC-MS/MS), which are used for the quantification of organic compounds. She has contributed to over 10 funded research projects focusing on waste management, with a particular emphasis on circular economy practices aimed at protecting the environment. Her published work includes 11 articles in international scientific journals, 10 publications in international and national scientific conferences (citation index: 195, h-index: 6, Scopus, 16/06/2024). She has served as an Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Agriculture of the University of Patras with the subject “Agricultural Residues and Waste Management” during the Spring Semester of the Academic Year 2023-2024 as well as at the Liaoning University of Technology with the subject “Physical Chemistry” during the Winter Semester of the Academic Year 2024-2025. In addition, her teaching work includes two specializations at the D.I.E.K. Patras, Pharmaceutical, Cosmetic & Related Products Technician and Applied Chemical & Microbiological Technologies Specialist.
