1. Efthymios Darakas Associate Professor Contact: Personal website : http://users.auth.gr/darakashttp://users.auth.gr/darakas E-mail: darakas@civil.auth.gr Phone: + 30 2310 995719darakas@civil.auth.gr Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Department of Civil Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

2. Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Department of Civil Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Qualifications: B Sc in Chemistry (1981), University of Stockholm, Sweden M Sc in Org. Chemistry (1982), University of Stockholm, Sweden Ph D in Environmental Engineering, (1999), A.U.Th. Greece Research interests: Environmental Pollution Control Water - Wastewater (Quality & Treatment) Water disinfection - Fecal Indicator Bacteria Kinetics Solid Waste Management

3. Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Department of Civil Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki Athens ~ 500 Km

4. Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Department of Civil Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki

5. Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Department of Civil Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

6. Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Department of Civil Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Department of Civil Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Department of Civil Engineering

7. Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Department of Civil Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Department of Civil Engineering Division of Hydraulics & Environmental Engineering Department of Civil Engineering Division of Hydraulics & Environmental Engineering

8. Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Quality assessment of water, wastewater and solid waste

9. Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Education - Research

10. Equipment Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning

11. Certification Quality assessment of water, wastewater and solid waste Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning

12. Dr. Efthymios Darakas Associate Professor Dr. Antigoni Zafirakou Assistant Professor Maria Petala Dr. Chem. Eng. Vasilios Tsiridis Dr. Chem. Eng. Domniki Ioannidou M Sc Civ. Eng. Anastasia Belou Chem. Eng. STUDENTS - Ph D CANDIDATES Personnel Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Prof. K. Katsifarakis

13. Main Activities / Research fields – Water quality control – Treatment of water and wastewater – Environmental Pollution – Application of environmental friendly techniques for water disinfection (Solar disinfection) – Fecal indicator bacteria kinetics – Municipal solid waste management (Characterization and treatment) – Ecotoxicity tests / Leaching tests Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning

14. S. Giannakis, (2014), Solar disinfection of secondary effluent and the subsequent bacterial regrowth: considerations, limitations and environmental perspectives, (Ph D Thesis) Graphical abstracts

15. Water disinfection - Fecal indicator bacteria kinetics - (MF) Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning

16. Kinetic curves (linear or) log Y axis Kinetic curves (linear or) log Y axis Kinetics description and removal efficiency/regrowth presentation

17. E. Darakas, V. Tsiridis, M. Petala and A. Kungolos (2013), “Hexavalent chromium release from lignite fly ash and related ecotoxic effects”, Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, Volume 48, Issue 11, pages 1390-1398 Stefanos Giannakis, Ana Isabel Merino Gamo, Efthymios Darakas, Antoni Escalas-Cañellas, César Pulgarin (2013), ”Impact of different light intermittence regimes on bacteria during simulated solar treatment of secondary effluent: Implications of the inserted dark periods”, Solar Energy, Volume 98, Part C, Pages 572-581 Stefanos Giannakis, Efthymios Darakas, Antoni Escalas-Cañellas, César Pulgarin (2014), ”The antagonistic and synergistic effects of temperature during solar disinfection of synthetic secondary effluent”, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, Volume 280, Pages 14-26 N. Suchkova, I. Tsiripidis, D. Alifragkis, J. Ganoulis, E. Darakas, Th. Sawidis (2014), “Assessment of phytoremediation potential of native plants during the reclamation of an area affected by sewage sludge”, Ecological Engineering, Volume 69, Pages 160-169 Stefanos Giannakis, Ana Isabel Merino Gamo, Efthymios Darakas, Antoni Escalas-Cañellas, César Pulgarin (2014), “Monitoring the post- irradiation E. coli survival patterns in environmental water matrices: implications in handling solar disinfected wastewater”, Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 253, Pages 366-376 Athanasios Kungolos, Christina Emmanouil, Vasiliki Manakou, Efthymios Darakas (2014), “Assessment of vulnerable freshwater ecosystems and various aquatic effluents by means of ecotoxicological assays”, Desalination and Water Treatment, DOI:10.1080/19443994.2014.933617 Stefanos Giannakis, Efthymios Darakas, Antoni Escalas-Cañellas, César Pulgarin (2014), “Elucidating bacterial regrowth: Effect of disinfection conditions in dark storage of solar treated secondary effluent”, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, Volume 290, Pages 43-53 Stefanos Giannakis, Stefanos Papoutsakis, Efthymios Darakas, Antoni Escalas-Cañellas, Christian Pétrier, César Pulgarin (2015), “Ultrasound enhancement of near-neutral photo-Fenton for effective E. coli inactivation in wastewater”, Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, Volume 22, Pages 515-526 Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Recent publications (2013 -2015)

18. Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Studies for the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of Municipal Solid Waste of Thessaloniki (Photos during sampling campaigns)

19. Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Thessaloniki 1987 1999 2007 Thessaloniki 1987 1999 2007 Studies for the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of Municipal Solid Waste of Thessaloniki (Photo: MSW sorting)

20. Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Leaching of solid waste  Dynamic tests -EN 14405:2004 -NEN 7343:1995  Batch/shaking tests -EN 12457/1-4:2002  pH stat /availability tests -EN 14997:2006 -NEN 7341:1995  Monolithic/diffusion tests -EN 15863:2012 -NEN 7375:1995

21. Agrochemicals Nanoparticles Environmental matrices Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Ecotoxicology studies

22. Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Ecotoxicity tests Vibrio fischeri (Microtox test) ISO 11348-3:2008 - Emits light as a by-product of its cellular respiration - Maximum sample concentration: 80 % - Exposure conditions: 5, 15, or 30 min, 15 ο C - Measurement: % bioluminescence inhibition Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata ISO 8692:2012 - Maximum sample concentration: 100 % - Exposure condition: 72 h, 22-25 ο C, ~7000 lux - Measurement: % growth inhibition Daphnia magna ISO 6341:1996 - Maximum sample concentration : 100 % - Exposure conditions: 24 h, 20 o C - Measurement: % immobilization

23. Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Ecotoxicity tests / Microtox system Vibrio fischeri Microtox Bench Analyzer

24. Laboratory of Environmental Engineering & Planning Department of Civil Engineering Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1.Environmental Engineering - Wastewater treatment (Core) 2.Laboratory methods for Water and Wastewater Quality Assessment (Elective - Laboratory) 3.Water – Wastewater Treatment Processes (Elective) 4.Municipal Solid Waste Management (Elective) Courses