Brunel University, LOndon, United Kingdom
Dr Evina Katsou is Professor and Course Director of the Water Engineering MSc at Brunel University London. She has extensive teaching experience and leads the Water and Environmental Engineering group with 16 postdoctoral researchers and PhD students. She has authored 108 publications (h-index: 31 – scopus), has 12 book chapters, has made 100 presentations in International Conferences, has been the editor in 2 books, and has made 23 invited talks in conferences, renowned Universities and Research centres.
Over the last eight years, Prof Katsou has developed in Brunel University a new research line, on the deployment of data analytics methods and mechanistic models to identify and reconstruct complex relationships between observed and latent process variables in wastewater/water treatment plants. Her research is leading to measurement, control and mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions of treatment processes, and is being adopted to set strategies and plans for developing the AI-Based Water Engineering Solutions.
Her research also focuses on the development and implementation of frameworks for sustainability and circularity measurement and assessment. Prof Katsou has articipated in 40 research projects, being the coordinator and PI for 27 projects (research & industrial), focusing on wastewater treatment, resource recovery and on the development and implementation of methodologies and customized tools to support decision making in the water industry. Examples of these projects include SMART-Plant H2020; DEEP-Purple H2020; HYDROUSA H2020; C-FOOT-
CTRL H2020; INTCATCH H2020; BL2F H2020; i-WAYS H2020; WATERMINING H2020, RESILEX Horizon Europe (HE), SYMBIOREM HE, BIORECER HE, CRONUS HE, EARLY WATER MSCA, BLOW HE, CARDIMED HE, OFWAT-Triple Carbon Reduction, OFWAT- CHP exhaust carbon capture and utilisation (CECCU); NITROUS.
Prof. Katsou (co-)leads the Action Group Intelligent and Smart Systems of the ICT4Water Cluster, two working groups in Cost Actions, the Circular Economy VLT of the Water Europe, an IWA Specialist Group, and she is member of the drafting team of the new ISO standards on Circular Economy
(ISO59020).
At ICEEM12 prof.Katsou will deliver a keynote lecture in the field of Sustainability assessment and eco-innovations, entitled:
Circularity measurement and assessment in water towards standardised approaches