Sophia A. Tsoumachidou, Chemist - Oenologist A.U.Th.
Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, A.U.Th.
T. 00302310997744, F. 00302310997709
Email: stsoum@gmail.com, stsoumac@chem.auth.gr

Education and Training

Post-doctoral research in Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
«Development and application of a novel system for the photocatalytic inactivation of hazardous medical liquid waste containing toxic pollutants and/or pathogens»

Post-doctoral research in Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
«Decontamination of urban wastewater loaded with psychoactive drugs via photocatalytic processes»

Fellowship of Excellence IKY-Siemens

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
PhD thesis: «Exploitation of photocatalytic processes in purification and reuse of greywater»

Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Physical Chemistry & Electrochemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Master thesis: «A principal component analysis approach for developing retention models in liquid chromatography»

Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Bachelor thesis: «Amperometric biosensors for biomedical applications»

Diploma in Oenology from International Organization of Vine and Wine.

Current Research Activity

Development and application of a novel system for the photocatalytic inactivation of hazardous medical liquid waste containing toxic pollutants and/or pathogens.

Decontamination of urban wastewater loaded with psychoactive drugs via photocatalytic processes.

Homogeneous photocatalytic oxidation of greywater via iron-ligand complexes. Effects of carboxylic acids on photo-Fenton reaction.

Research Interests

• Advanced Oxidation Processes. Heterogeneous and homogeneous photocatalytic oxidation.
• Photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants. Exploitation of solar energy.
• Inactivation of liquid waste under artificial or solar illumination.
• Greywater and urban wastewater mineralization.
• Inactivation of psychoactive drugs.
• Inactivation of hazardous medical liquid waste containing toxic pollutants and/or pathogens.
• Artificial neural networks.

Recent Publications

• Urban wastewater as an alternative water source: Artificial and solar photocatalytic mineralization and phytotoxicity evaluation
  Sophia Tsoumachidou, Ioannis Poulios
  Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 2018; 120; 37-44.


• Photocatalytic oxidation of psychoactive drug Duloxetine: Degradation kinetics, inorganic ions and phytotoxicity evaluation
  Sophia Tsoumachidou, Maria Valari, Ioannis Poulios
  Applied Chemical Engineering, 2018; 2.


• Heterogeneous and homogeneous photocatalytic degradation of psychoactive drug Fluvoxamine: Kinetic study, inorganic ions and phytotoxicity evaluation
  Sophia Tsoumachidou, Athanasios Kouras, Ioannis Poulios
  Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 2017; 93; 1705-1713.


• Greywater as a sustainable water source: A photocatalytic treatment technology under artificial and solar illumination
  Sophia Tsoumachidou, Theodora Velegraki, Apostolos Antoniadis, Ioannis Poulios
  Journal of Environmental Management, 2017; 195: 232-241.


• Homogeneous photocatalytic oxidation of UV filter para-aminobenzoic acid in aqueous solutions
  Sophia Tsoumachidou, Dimitra Lambropoulou, Ioannis Poulios
  Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2017; 24: 1113-1121.


• TiO₂ photocatalytic degradation of UV filter para-aminobenzoic acid under artificial and solar illumination
  Sophia Tsoumachidou, Theodora Velegraki, Ioannis Poulios
  Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology, 2016; 91: 1173-1781.


• A principal component analysis for developing retention models in liquid chromatography
  P. Nikitas, A. Pappa-Louisi, S. Tsoumachidou, A. Joyban
  Journal of Chromatography A, 2012; 1251: 134-140.

Recent Conference Announcements

• Decontamination of urban wastewater loaded with psychoactive drugs via photocatalytic processes
  S. Tsoumachidou, I. Poulios
  International IWA Conference on Sustainable Solutions for Small Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems (S2Small 2017), Nantes, France, 22-26 October 2017.


• Greywater as an alternative water source: Homogeneous photocatalytic mineralization of simulated domestic wastewater
  S. Tsoumachidou, T. Meikopoulos, I. Poulios
  5th European Conference on Environmental Applications of Advanced Oxidation Processes (EAAOP 5), Prague, Czech Republic, 25-29 June 2017.


• Homogeneous photocatalytic degradation of UV filter PABA. Kinetics, degradation pathways and phytotoxicity evaluation
  S. Tsoumachidou, D. Lambropoulou, I. Poulios
  9th European Meeting on Solar Chemistry and Photocatalysis (SPEA 9), Strasbourg, France, 13-17 June 2016


• Photocatalytic degradation of surfactant CAPB by TiO₂ under artificial illumination
  S. Tsoumachidou, I. Poulios
  5th International Conference on Semiconductor Photochemistry (SP5), Saint Petersburg, Russia, 27-31 July 2015.


• Greywater as a sustainable water source: An integrated treatment approach coupling photocatalysis and soil columns
  Theodora Velegraki, Sophia Tsoumachidou, Evan Diamadopoulos, Ioannis Poulios
  SETAC Europe 25th Annual Meeting, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 3-7 May 2015.

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