Andreas Tzachristas graduated in 2016 from the Department of Chemistry University of Patras and in 2018 completed his master’s degree in the same department specializing in ‘Analytical Environmental Chemistry’. In 2022 he completed his PhD thesis at the Department of Chemical Engineering of University of Patras with the subject of: Investigation of the effect of wettability on salt precipitation in porous media. From 2022 to 2024 he employed as a postdoctoral researcher in the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Patras In 2025 he started working in Chemistry Department of the University of Patras again as a postdoctoral researcher. His research focus on Scale Formation and Prevention in Industrial Processes, Nucleation and Crystal growth of insoluble salts in microchips, Purification of water and wastewater using biochars and biomaterials, Extraction, Isolation of organic compounds from byproducts and micro-plastics.He has participated in 8 National Conferences and in 11 International Conferences, with publications in Conferences Proceedings, so far.