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 and participated in various large and interdisciplinary research projects under different roles, funded by EU Horizon 2020, the Swedish Energy Agency, the Kempe Foundations, the Carl Trygger Foundation, CH2ESS- Centre for Hydrogen Energy Systems Sweden, BioInnovation, Bio4Energy etc.
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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