Io Antonopoulou
Senior Lecturer
Research subject: Biochemical Process Engineering
Division: Chemical Engineering
Department of Civil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering
About me
I studied Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens (Greece) with specialization in Industrial Biotechnology. I then obtained a PhD in Biochemical Process Engineering from Luleå University of Technology in 2018. I was awarded as one of the promising junior researchers at LTU for the academic year 2020-2021.
I am currently leading a team of seven researchers (4 PhD students and 3 postdoc researchers) and I have built strong connections for international student internships and education via the Erasmus+ programme. I have been granted funding and participated in >20 interdisciplinary research projects under different roles (as PI or co-PI), funded by EU Horizon 2020, the Swedish Energy Agency, the Kempe Foundations, the Carl Trygger Foundation, Formas, CH2ESS- Centre for Hydrogen Energy Systems Sweden, BioInnovation and Bio4Energy.
My research focuses on the enzymatic conversion of renewable feedstocks to high added-value products, such as fuels and chemicals. The ultimate goal is to create novel, green and sustainable processes based on enzymes in order to facilitate the Green Transition towards a carbon neutral society.
Among my research interests are:
- Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS)
- Hydrogen chemical storage
- Plastics degradation
- Plant biomass valorisation and
- Life cycle analysis of bio-based products.
Courses
- B0004K Unit Operations External link, opens in new window.
- B7003K Bioprocess Engineering External link.
Ongoing projects
- REFORM External link.
- Renewable hydrogen production and storage via biotechnological routes
- Valorization of industrial CO2 emissions to methanol: A novel biotechnological approach
- A CO2 Capture and Storage digital technology for industrial decarbonization
- VIVALDI External link, opens in new window.
- INSURANCE External link, opens in new window.
- TAILOR-MADE - Use of mine tailings to carbonate minerals by a symbiotic CC and DAC bio-strategy
- BIOHOLISTIC - Developing integrated bioprocesses for a holistic chemical recycling of plastic
- Processing of organosolv fractions for a functionalization and valorisation in biobased materials External link, opens in new window.
- ECO-FORCE FUELS External link.
- UNLOCK External link, opens in new window.
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