Research
Research
In my research hydrogen derived from water electrolysis in ambient conditions, utilizing renewable energy sources for the necessary energy demands, will be combined with direct captured carbon dioxide (CO2) to produce carbon monoxide (CO) via the reverse Water Gas Shift reaction (rWGS). CO is the main component of the syngas mixture (H2/CO), which is used as an intermediate in the production of value-added fuels and chemicals using a combination of Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) and hydrocracking (HC). The ultimate target is the process optimization in terms of carbon atom and energy efficiency. The different processes will be researched by making use of in-situ and operando spectroscopy methods, thereby focusing on the activation and deactivation pathways as well as the transient behavior when changing feedstock compositions are explored.
CV
CV
09/2024 – present
Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Chemistry of Utrecht University (the Netherlands) in the Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis (ICC) group under the supervision of Professor Bert Weckhuysen.
01/2024 – 07/2024
Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Patras (Greece), in the group of Chemical & Electrochemical Processes.
Project title: “Novel electrocatalysts for conventional and triode bio-alcohol fuel cells, BioTriode”
10/2022 – 12/2023
Industrial experience: two months as Photovoltaic Engineer (Big Solar, Greece) and one year as Quality Assurance Engineer (Johnson & Johnson, Greece).
10/2018 – 09/2022
PhD candidate at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the University of Patras (Greece) in the group of Chemical & Electrochemical Processes under the supervision of Professor Alexandros Katsaounis and Professor Emeritus Constantinos G. Vayenas.
Thesis title: “Study of the Electrochemical Promotion of CO2 Hydrogenation Reaction in Fuel Cells and Semi-pilot Reactors”
09/2012 – 03/2018
Diploma in Chemical Engineering & Master of Engineering from the Chemical Engineering Department of the University of Patras (Greece).
Thesis title: “Comparison of Theoretical Predictions and Actual Electricity Production from Photovoltaic Panels (based at the Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras)”
Publications
Electrochemical Promotion of CO2 Hydrogenation Using a Pt/YSZ Fuel Cell Type Reactor Journal Article
In: Nanomaterials, vol. 13, no. 13, 2023, (Cited by: 2; All Open Access, Gold Open Access, Green Open Access).
Kinetic study of CO2 hydrogenation on Ru/ YSZ catalyst using a monolithic electropromoted reactor (MEPR) Journal Article
In: Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 430, 2022, (Cited by: 6).
A low temperature SOFC as a self-promoted reactor for CO2 catalytic hydrogenation Journal Article
In: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol. 317, 2022, (Cited by: 8; All Open Access, Hybrid Gold Open Access).
Electrochemical promotion of CO2 hydrogenation in a monolithic electrochemically promoted reactor (MEPR) Journal Article
In: Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, vol. 284, 2021, (Cited by: 10).
Other publications
See earlier publications on Scopus.