Dr Vassilis Inglezakis
Reader
Chemical and Process Engineering
Personal statement
I joined Strathclyde University, Department of Chemical & Process Engineering in 2020, I am currently chair of the Laboratories Operations Committee and acted as Director of Research from 2021 to 2023. My area of research is in the broader area of Environmental Chemical Engineering, I have published 2 books with Elsevier and more than 135 Journal papers (h-index = 42, > 5700 citations ). I have been PI/Co-PI in 16 research projects with a total budget of >£3M and participated in 44 other research and consultancy projects. My experience as consultant engineer is rich and in international level, including two appointments as Pre-Accession Advisor, coordinating the candidate countries' alignment with the EU environmental legislation (2004-2007). I have been project proposals evaluator for the European Commission, EPSRC (UK), UEFISCDI (Romania), RSF (Russia), NCST (Kazakhstan) and HFRI (Greece).
At the Chemical Engineering Department of Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan (2013-2020) I founded the Environmental Science & Technology Group, The Environment and Recourse Efficiency Cluster and served as Scientific Supervisor of the Analytical Chemistry Core Facility and Chair of the Biosafety & Chemical Safety Committee of the University. I led the development of 19 teaching and research labs and in 2016 I received an award from the Ministry of Education of Kazakhstan for distinguished contribution to the country’s education system. I also led the development of the Unit of Environmental Science and Technology research lab, Chemical Engineering Department, National Technical University of Athens (2002-2003).
Prize And Awards
- Outstanding AIChE Students Chapter
- Recipient
- 2018
- Outstanding AIChE Students Chapter
- Recipient
- 2017
- Outstanding AIChE Students Chapter
- Recipient
- 2016
- Distinguished Contribution to the Country’s Education System
- Recipient
- 2016
Qualifications
I received a Diploma (1996) and PhD (2002) in Chemical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. I hold eight training certificates on Aspen Plus issued by Aspentech (2015-2023) and a professional development certificate on effective teaching issued by the UK Higher Education Academy (2016). I was appointed as an Honorary Associate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, College of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering (2017) and Research Affiliate of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (2017).
From 2002 to 2013 I worked as a researcher in academia and consultant engineer in the private sector participating in more than 40 projects in a number of countries. I was appointed as Pre-Accession Advisor at the Ministry of Environment of Slovakia (2004-2005) and Romania (2006-2007) for the preparations of the countries for the EU membership. I have been Director of the SC European Focus Consulting SRL and SC Zeus Works SRL (Romania), working on the preparation and management of projects funded by the European Commission.
Publications
- Micro plastics mapping in the agricultural sector of Cyprus
- Phinikettou Valentina, Papamichael Iliana, Voukkali Irene, Economou Florentios, Golia Evangelia E, Navarro-Pedreño Jose, Barceló Damià, Naddeo Vincenzo, Inglezakis Vassilis, Zorpas Antonis A
- Journal of Environmental Management Vol 370 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2024.122414
- Adsorptive removal of anthracene from water by biochar derived amphiphilic carbon dots decorated with chitosan
- Hashemzadeh Farzad, Khoshmardan Maede Esmaeili, Sanaei Daryoush, Ghalhari Mohammad Rezvani, Sharifan Hamidreza, Inglezakis Vassilis J, Arcibar-Orozco Javier A, Shaikh Wasim Akram, Khan Eakalak, Biswas Jayanta Kumar
- Chemosphere Vol 352 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2024.141248
- Mars in situ resource utilization (ISRU) with focus on atmospheric processing for near term application : a historical review and appraisal
- Rapp Donald, Inglezakis Vassilis J
- Applied Sciences Vol 14 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/app14020653
- Membrane bioreactor and advanced oxidation processes for combined treatment of synthetic wastewater containing naproxen, bisphenol A, and sulfamethoxazole
- Kanafin Yerkanat N, Satayeva Aliya, Abdirova Perizat, Inglezakis Vassilis J, Arkhangelsky Elizabeth, Poulopoulos Stavros G
- Journal of Water Process Engineering Vol 55 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2023.104250
- Metaverse and circular economy
- Papamichael Iliana, Pappas Georgios, Siegel Joshua E, Inglezakis Vassilis J, Demetriou Giorgos, Zorpas Antonis A, Hadjisavvas Constantinos
- Waste Management and Research Vol 41, pp. 1393-1398 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0734242X231180406
- Chemical engineering beyond Earth : astrochemical engineering in the Space Age
- Inglezakis Vassilis J, Rapp Donald, Razis Panos, Zorpas Antonis A
- Sustainability Vol 15 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/su151713227
Teaching
My teaching experience includes Process Design & Simulation, Separation Processes, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Engineering Economics and Safety Engineering & Risk Management.
I had been adviser to the Americal Institure of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Students Chapter at Nazarbayev University. The Chapter received the award of the Outstanding Chapter for three consequtive years from the AIChE (2016-2018).
Research Interests
My area of research is in the broader area of Environmental Chemical Engineering, covering water/wastewater treatment, porous materials and nanocomposites, valorisation of CO2 for the production of fuels (simulation), adsorption process (including modelling) soil pollution and waste management. Currently I am focusing on porous nanocomposites applications in catalytic and non-catalytic reactions, vulnerability of city water systems and applications of chemical engineering in extraterrestrial environments with particular interest on Mars (simulation).
Professional Activities
- External PhD Examiner (University of Edinburgh)
- Examiner
- 24/5/2024
- Astrochemical Engineering - A Giant Leap for Mankind?
- Speaker
- 10/4/2024
- Project Proposals Evaluator (UKSA)
- Consultant
- 2024
- Discover Nano (Journal)
- Editorial board member
- 2024
- Scientific Data (Journal)
- Editorial board member
- 2023
- Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) (Publisher)
- Guest editor
- 2023
Projects
- DTP 2224 University of Strathclyde | Viswanathan, Shyam Narayanan
- Inglezakis, Vasileios (Principal Investigator) Neagu, Dragos (Co-investigator) Viswanathan, Shyam Narayanan (Research Co-investigator)
- 01-Oct-2024 - 01-Oct-2027
- Recovery of light hydrocarbons from highly sour natural gas
- Inglezakis, Vasileios (Principal Investigator) Sefcik, Jan (Co-investigator)
- Development and simulation of cryogenic processes for the recovery of light hydrocarbons from CO2-rich streams from the demethanization of natural gas. The study included SLV equilibria, process simulation and heat integration.
- 01-Sep-2023 - 31-Dec-2023
- Copper-Based Co-Catalysts for Photoelectrochemical CO2 Reduction into Fuels and Chemicals
- Neagu, Dragos (Principal Investigator) Inglezakis, Vasileios (Co-investigator) Mulheran, Paul (Co-investigator)
- 01-Feb-2022 - 31-Jan-2024
- Production of synthetic aviation fuels from CO2 and H2
- Inglezakis, Vasileios (Co-investigator) Sefcik, Jan (Principal Investigator) Li, Jun (Co-investigator)
- Development and simulation of processes for the production of synthetic aviation fuels from CO2 and H2. Several processes were simulated based on Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and methanol to olefins to jet synthesis.
- 26-Oct-2021 - 31-Jan-2022
- EPSRC Core equipment - Benchtop X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer and sample preparation equipment
- Inglezakis, Vasileios (Principal Investigator) Roy, Sudipta (Co-investigator) Hamilton, Andrea (Academic)
- This is an analytical non-destructive technique that can be used to determine the chemical composition of a wide variety of solid and liquid samples. XRF is a robust and fast technique for elemental analysis of materials of known or unknown composition. The equipment is able to provide rapid data without laborious sample and standards preparation and it is widely applicable across many diverse industries. The instrument was acquired from Shimadzu (model EDX-8100P) through an EPSRC Core Equipment fund, with total cost of £125,869 (EP/V034995/1). Electric fusion fluxer (X-Fluxer X-300) from Katanax and a mixer (8000M) and pelletizer (X-press 3666) from Spex were included in the system.
- 02-Nov-2020
Contact
Dr
Vassilis
Inglezakis
Reader
Chemical and Process Engineering
Email: vasileios.inglezakis@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 548 2372