- Keynote Session (October 28)
Professor Dr Antonis Zorpas is a Chemical Engineer, actively engaged with several Universities, Research Institutes in Europe. He is Professor at Open University of Cyprus (OUC), Director of the Lab of Chemical Engineering & Engineering Sustainability, Director in Sustainable Environmental Engineering Postgraduate Master (MSc) and member of OUC Senate. He has more than 700 publications (books, contribution on books, papers in peer review journals, international conferences). His is editor in 6 scientific Book such as (i) SHAPING THE FUTURE: Energy Transition in the Defense Sector (2024) published by European Defense Agency, European Commission (Co-Editor). (ii) Advances in biofuels production, optimization and applications (2024) published by Elsevier (Co-Editor), etc. His Google h-index now over 67, with more than 15000 citations. He has recognized since 2019 among the worlds to 0.5% in the list of the most influential researchers in the world in the section of Environmental Science and on 0.5% in the section of Chemical Engineering based on bibliometric data from the Stanford University (USA) and Elsevier Report. Hence, the data base from Google, Scholar-GPS places him #4th on the Planet in the era of Waste Management, Circular Economy, and among the 0.5% of the most Influential Scientist in the Planet in the Era of Chemical Engineering. In addition, his acting as Editor on behalf of several Scientific Journals such as the Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier, I.F13.2/Q1), Waste Management and Research (SAGE, I.F 4.2, Q1) and many others. He has supervised more than 100 students in completing their Master Thesis. Overall, he has supervised more than 15 PhD students until now. His research background is in the area of Strategic Panning Development in the Framework of Circular Economy and Bioeconomy, Waste Management, Life Cycle Assessment, End-of Waste Criteria, Material Flow Analysis, Food Waste, Fashion Waste, Micro plastics, Circular Communication etc. He has participated in more than 50 EU research project the last 15 years. For more than 20 years, he was acting as Consulting Engineer on behalf of several industrial activities and governmental authorities. In 2019 he received honorary distinction for his long-standing contribution to the environmental issues of Cyprus from the President of the Republic of Cyprus. He collaborates with European Commission since 2008 (e.g Strategic Advisor for EURASHE 2016-2029, as Technical Expert on behalf of European Defense Agency since 2022-2024, Member of the Steering Scientific Advisory Committee for Circular-Bio Based Europe – Joint Undertaking from 2025-2028, etc).
