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ABOUT/BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Aggeliki Papavasiliou is Dipl. Mineral Resources Engineer of Technical University of Crete (TUC). She carried out her Ph.D. thesis at the School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering of NTUA in the field of Materials Science and Technology and received the 3rd “Thomaidio" Award for best PhD Thesis. After finishing her Ph.D., she worked for two years as a researcher (by contract) in NTUA and since 2013 as a researcher (by contract) in the “Materials and Membranes for Environmental Separations” Laboratory of the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology of NCSR “Demokritos”. She supervised the diploma thesis of several post graduate and graduate students and she was a teaching assistant in “Advance Ceramic Materials” and “Refractory Materials” laboratory courses at the School of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering. During the period 2012-2015 she obtained an MBA degree in Engineering – Economic Systems, from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in association with the Department of Industrial Management of University of Piraeus. Her research expertise includes:

  • Synthesis of nanopowders and nanoporous materials
  • Materials’ characterization through Scanning electron microscopy and (EDS) analysis, X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), Temperature Programmed Reduction (H2-TPR), Temperature Programmed Desorption (TPD), N2 Adsorption, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Thermal analysis (DTA/TGA)
  • Functionalization with metal / metal oxide nanoparticles
  • Deagglomeration studies – control of agglomerates through preparation of stable colloidal suspensions 
  • Development of advanced ceramic materials (catalysts for air pollutants purification, photocatalysts, ceramic/hybrid coatings, nanocomposite materials)

She is co-author in 16 publications in peer reviewed journals and has 23 presentations in conferences and proceedings. She has participated in 6 European and 3 National research projects with an active role in the design and the implementation of the scientific work, in writing of technical and scientific reports and in the representation of the research team in scientific meetings in several European countries. At the same time, she significantly contributed in the preparation of several scientific proposals for National and European founded research projects.

PUBLICATIONS

Subrati, Mohammed, Lyra, Kyriaki-Marina, Spyrou, Konstantinos, Magdalini Toliou, Ilektra, Petrou, George, Manganiaris, Petros, Papavasiliou, Aggeliki, Sakellis, Elias, Athanasekou, Chrysoula P., Glisenti, Antonella, Sideratou, Zili and Katsaros, Fotios, Valorization of Industrial Waste Graphite Fines into Graphene Oxide-Based Nanohybrids ChemPlusChem, Volume 90, 2025 [doi]

Piffet, Caroline, Thomassin, Jean-Michel, Stierlin, Emilie, Tchoumtchoua, Job, Fernández, Claudio, Mateo, Marta, Hernández, Leyre, Lyra, Kyriaki Marina, Papavasiliou, Aggeliki, Sakellis, Elias, Katsaros, Fotios K., Sideratou, Zili and Tsiourvas, Dimitris, Sustainable Antibacterial Chitin Nanofiber/ZnO Nanohybrid Materials: Ex Situ and In Situ Synthesis, Characterization and Evaluation Nanomaterials, Volume 15, 2025 [doi]

Panagiotaki, Katerina N., Lyra, Kyriaki-Marina, Papavasiliou, Aggeliki, Tsiourvas, Dimitris and Sideratou, Zili, Alkyltriphenylphosphonium-Functionalized Hyperbranched Polyethyleneimine Nanoparticles for Safe and Efficient Bacterial Eradication: A Structure–Property Relationship Study International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Volume 26, 2025 [doi]

Heliopoulos, Nikolaos S., Lyra, Kyriaki-Marina, Papavasiliou, Aggeliki, Katsaros, Fotios K., Stamatakis, Kostas, Papageorgiou, Sergios K. and Sideratou, Zili, Fabrication of Antibacterial and Ultraviolet Protective Wool Fabric Using Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Functionalized with Guanidinylated Hyperbranched Polyethyleneimine Derivative Materials, Volume 18, 2025 [doi]

Lyra, Kyriaki-Marina, Tournis, Ioannis, Subrati, Mohammed, Spyrou, Konstantinos, Papavasiliou, Aggeliki, Athanasekou, Chrysoula, Papageorgiou, Sergios, Sakellis, Elias, Karakassides, Michael A. and Sideratou, Zili, Carbon Nanodisks Decorated with Guanidinylated Hyperbranched Polyethyleneimine Derivatives as Efficient Antibacterial Agents Nanomaterials, Volume 14, 2024 [doi]

Tournis, Ioannis, Tsiourvas, Dimitris, Sideratou, Zili, Boutsika, Lamprini G., Papavasiliou, Aggeliki, Boukos, Nikos K. and Sapalidis, Andreas A., Superhydrophobic nanoparticle-coated PVDF-HFP membranes with enhanced flux, anti-fouling and anti-wetting performance for direct contact membrane distillation-based desalination Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, Volume 8, Pages: 2373 – 2380, 2022 [doi]

Papavasiliou, A., Van Everbroeck, T., Blonda, C., Oliani, B., Sakellis, E., Cool, P., Canu, P. and Katsaros, F.K., Mesoporous CuO/TiO2 catalysts prepared by the ammonia driven deposition precipitation method for CO preferential oxidation: Effect of metal loading Fuel, Article Number: 122491, 2021 [doi]

Heliopoulos, N.S., Kythreoti, G., Lyra, K.M., Panagiotaki, K.N., Papavasiliou, A., Sakellis, E., Papageorgiou, S., Kouloumpis, A., Gournis, D., Katsaros, F.K., Stamatakis, K. and Sideratou, Z., Cytotoxicity effects of water-soluble multi-walled carbon nanotubes decorated with quaternized hyperbranched poly(Ethyleneimine) derivatives on autotrophic and heterotrophic gram-negative bacteria Pharmaceuticals, Volume 13, Pages: 1-25, Article Number: 293, 2020 [doi]

Xin, Q., Papavasilou, A., Boukos, N., Glisenti, A., Li, J.P.H., Yang, Y., Philippopoulos, C.J., Poulakis, E., Katsaros, F.K., Meynen, V. and Cool, P., Preparation of CuO/SBA-15 catalyst by the modified ammonia driven deposition precipitation method with a high thermal stability and an efficient automotive CO and hydrocarbons conversion Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, Volume 223, Pages: 103-115, 2018 [doi]

Tsiourvas, D., Papavasiliou, A., Deze, E.G., Papageorgiou, S.K., Katsaros, F.K., Romanos, G.E., Poulakis, E., Philippopoulos, C.J., Xin, Q. and Cool, P., A green route to copper loaded silica nanoparticles using hyperbranched poly(Ethylene imine) as a biomimetic template: Application in heterogeneous catalysis Catalysts, Volume 7, Article Number: 390, 2017 [doi]

Deze, E.G., Papavasiliou, A., Papageorgiou, S.K., Katsaros, F.K., Kouvelos, E.P., Romanos, G.E., Boukos, N., Xin, Q., Nyalosaso, J.L. and Cool, P., Metal loaded nanoporous silicas with tailor-made properties through hyperbranched polymer assisted templating approaches Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, Volume 235, Pages: 107-119, 2016 [doi]

Papavasiliou, A., Tsiourvas, D., Deze, E.G., Papageorgiou, S.K., Katsaros, F.K., Poulakis, E., Philippopoulos, C.J., Boukos, N., Xin, Q. and Cool, P., Hyperbranched polyethyleneimine towards the development of homogeneous and highly porous CuO-CeO2-SiO2 catalytic materials Chemical Engineering Journal, Volume 300, Pages: 343-357, 2016 [doi]

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