RESEARCH INTERESTS

Nanoporous materials, Catalysts, sorbents, membranes, Characterisation

ABOUT/BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Fotis Katsaros was born in Athens in 1969. He obtained his Degree in Chemistry from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) in 1991 and subsequently joined the Institute of Physical Chemistry at NCSR “Demokritos” as a PhD fellow. He was awarded a scholarship in 1993 and received his PhD in Chemistry from NKUA in 2000. Following his doctoral studies, he worked as a research fellow in the Materials and Membranes for Environmental Separations Laboratory of the Institute of Physical Chemistry at NCSR “Demokritos.” From 2001 to 2006, he served as a permanent scientist at the same institute. In 2006, he was elected Researcher at the Institute of Physical Chemistry, and since 2015, he has been serving as Research Director in the Materials and Membranes for Environmental Separations Laboratory of the Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, NCSR “Demokritos.”

His current research interests include:

  • Synthesis and characterization of nanoporous materials
  • Design and development of nanoparticles
  • Preparation of adsorbents, catalysts/photocatalysts, and nanofillers for environmental applications, as well as energy storage and conversion
  • Nano-structuring of materials to enhance sensing and catalytic performance
  • Application of laser and plasma techniques for nanomaterial surface functionalization
  • Development of CHADA frameworks and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for nanomaterial characterization

Dr. Katsaros is co-author of 85 peer-reviewed publications (>4,500 citations, h-index: 33), 4 book chapters, and 4 patents. He has delivered more than 20 invited talks and over 120 presentations  at national and international conferences and proceedings.

Over his 25-year research career, he has participated in approximately 18 European and national research projects. He coordinated the NEXT-GEN-CAT project (FP7-NMP-2011-SMALL-5) on the development of novel PGM-free autocatalysts and served as scientific coordinator of the PARTIAL-PGMs project (H2020-NMP-2014-2015). He currently coordinates the EU-funded AEROSOLS project and the HFRI-funded RESILIENCE project.

Dr. Katsaros also serves as an evaluator for scientific projects (EU, Greece, Cyprus) and is a member of the Editorial Board of Materials (MDPI), Catalytic Materials section. Additionally, he participates to the CEN/TC 352 committee on nanotechnologies.

PUBLICATIONS

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]

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]

Theodorakopoulos, George V., Papageorgiou, Sergios K., Katsaros, Fotios K., Beltsios, Konstantinos G. and Romanos, George Em., Copper-Decorated Catalytic Carbon/Ceramic Hollow Fibers for NO Reduction: Enhanced Performance via Tangential Flow Reactor Design and Process Intensification Fibers, Volume 13, 2025 [doi]

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]

Theodorakopoulos, George V., Karousos, Dionysios S., Benra, Jan, Forero-Lenger, Stefan, Hammerstein, Ruben, Sapalidis, Andreas A., Katsaros, Fotios K., Schubert, Tim and Favvas, Evangelos P., Well-established carbon nanomaterials: modification, characterization and dispersion in different solvents Journal of Materials Science, Volume 59, Pages: 3339 - 3362, 2024 [doi]

Tzialla, Ourania, Theodorakopoulos, George V., Beltsios, Konstantinos G., Pilatos, George, Reddy, K. Suresh Kumar, Srinivasakannan, Chandrasekar, Tuci, Giulia, Giambastiani, Giuliano, Karanikolos, Georgios N., Katsaros, Fotios K., Kouvelos, Evangelos and Romanos, George Em., Utilizing Carbonaceous Materials Derived from [BMIM][TCM] Ionic Liquid Precursor: Dual Role as Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Adsorbents for Aromatics and CO2 ChemPlusChem, Volume 89, 2024 [doi]

Theodorakopoulos, George V., Papageorgiou, Sergios K., Katsaros, Fotios K., Romanos, George Em. and Beazi-Katsioti, Margarita, Investigation of MO Adsorption Kinetics and Photocatalytic Degradation Utilizing Hollow Fibers of Cu-CuO/TiO2 Nanocomposite Materials, Volume 17, 2024 [doi]

Loukopoulos, Stelios, Sakellis, Elias, Kostakis, Marios G., Gerokonstantis, Dimitrios-Triantafyllos, Tsipas, Polychronis, Gardelis, Spiros, Kontos, Athanassios G., Katsaros, Fotis K., Sideratou, Zili, Romanos, George Em., Dimoulas, Athanasios, Thomaidis, Nikolaos S. and Likodimos, Vlassis, Co-assembled MoS2-TiO2 Inverse Opal Photocatalysts for Visible Light-Activated Pharmaceutical Photodegradation ACS Omega, Volume 8, Pages: 33639 – 33650, 2023 [doi]

Marazioti, Varvara, Douvas, Antonios M, Katsaros, Fotios, Koralli, Panagiota, Chochos, Christos, Gregoriou, Vasilis G, Boyatzis, Stamatios and Facorellis, Yorgos, Chemical characterisation of artists’ spray-paints: A diagnostic tool for urban art conservation Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, Elsevier, Volume 291, Pages: 122375, 2023 [doi]

Papavasiliou, Aggeliki, Oliani, Benedetta, Scanferla, Mirko, Sakellis, Elias, Glisenti, Antonella, Canu, Paolo and Katsaros, Fotis K., Highly homogeneous multicomponent mesoporous catalysts: Defective amorphous vs. nanocrystalline CeO2 structure towards CO-PROX reaction International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Volume 48, Pages: 25044 – 25064, 2023 [doi]

Van Everbroeck, Tim, Papavasiliou, Aggeliki, Ciocarlan, Radu-George, Poulakis, Evangelos, Philippopoulos, Constantine J., Jardim, Erika O., Silvestre-Albero, Joaquin, Sakellis, Elias, Cool, Pegie and Katsaros, Fotios K., Towards Highly Loaded and Finely Dispersed CuO Catalysts via ADP: Effect of the Alumina Support Catalysts, Volume 12, 2022 [doi]

Ibrahim, Islam, Belessiotis, George V., Antoniadou, Maria, Kaltzoglou, Andreas, Sakellis, Elias, Katsaros, Fotios, Sygellou, Labrini, Arfanis, Michalis K., Salama, Tarek M. and Falaras, Polycarpos, Silver decorated TiO2/g-C3N4 bifunctional nanocomposites for photocatalytic elimination of water pollutants under UV and artificial solar light Results in Engineering, Volume 14, 2022 [doi]

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