RETASTE: Rethink Food Resources, Losses, and Waste 6th International Conference, Rethymno, Greece, September 16-18, 2026

Gerasimos Lyberatos

Professor, School of Chemical Engineering National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Gerasimos Lyberatos

Professor, School of Chemical Engineering National Technical University of Athens, Greece
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Biography

Prof. Gerasimos Lyberatos (M) is a Professor in School of Chemical Engineering, obtained his B.S. at M.I.T. and his M.S. and Ph.D. at CALTECH (USA) and served as Assistant and Associate Professor at the University of Florida. In 1990, he joined the University of Patras as an Associate Professor and, in 1993, he became a Full Professor. In 2011 he moved to the National Technical University of Athens. His research interests are focused on Biochemical Engineering and Environmental Technologies. He has over 250 publications in International refereed Journals, and over 320 participations in International Conferences, 9 Chapters in books and two books. He has supervised over 40 PhD theses and 34 M.S. theses. He has organized three International Conferences. Prof. Lyberatos has been Editor of the Journal of Hazardous Materials (Elsevier) and Associate Editor of Waste and Biomass Valorization (Springer). Prof. Lyberatos has a long and successful experience in co-ordination and participation in European as well as in national research projects (Horizon 2020: WASTE4THINK, Eranetmed_nexus: WE-MET, PHOTOREC, Thales: CrEDUCTION, GSTR: NUTRIFUEL, GSRT: BIOREF etc.).