Petros Gikas

Petros Gikas is a Professor of Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Crete, currently serving as Dean of the School of Chemistry. His work focuses on energy-positive wastewater treatment, biosolids management, and nitrogen utilization via microorganisms, with leadership roles in European Commission working groups and editorial boards of journals like Journal of Environmental Management.

• Education:
  • Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Imperial College London (1996)
  • MSc in Chemical Engineering from National Technical University of Athens (1990)

Research Interests span liquid/solid waste management, water reuse, heavy metal effects on microorganisms, and integrated water resource strategies. His projects emphasize sustainable technologies like gasification, anaerobic digestion, and microalgae-based CO₂ conversion.

Article Trends highlight expertise in wastewater treatment, climate change adaptation, microplastics in compost, and digitalization for waste recycling, with collaborations across Europe and Indonesia. Funding includes the European Commission and Unified Waste Management Association of Crete.

Scientific Leadership:

• Special Advisor to Greece’s Special Secretariat for Water
• Associate Editor for Journal of Environmental Management
• Editorial Board Member for Water, Heliyon, and others

Labs & Collaborations: Leads the Environmental Process Design laboratory, collaborating on EU-funded initiatives like LIFE B2E4SustWWTP and CO₂-BioProducts. Projects include landfill gas utilization, advanced primary filtration, and biosolids-to-energy pilots.