rof. Dr. Anastasia Zabaniotou
Department of Chemical Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessalonik, Greece
Anastasia Zabaniotou is Professor at the Chemical Engineering Department of the Faculty of Engineering, at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. She holds a Ph.D. and a DEA from Ecole Centrale de Paris, France. She has been working at the European Commission, DG for R&I, as an officer and she still works as an expert.
She is the chairperson of Bioresources and Bioenergy at the International Renewable Energy Network and Conference (WREN/WREC, UK) and member of the Chinese Network on Energy and Environment (BEE-RCN, China).
She is member of the International Collaborations Committee at Aristotle University and coordinator of T.I.M.E network at her University (International Network for a double degree, coordinated by Ecole Centrale de Paris) and board member of RMEI (Network of Mediterranean Engineering Schools) that has as mission the engineering education for implementing Sustainable Development Goals and Peace in the Mediterranean region.
She is interested in multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research and education. She is involved in activities concerning science and society, environmental and sustainability awareness and climate change, renewable energy, sustainability, resilience and gender equality.
Her research focuses on cascade use of biomass with materials closing loops and renewable energy, waste to energy, biofuels, and sustainability, by embracing inclusivity and social acceptance. She has been involved and coordinated many national, European and international R&I projects.
Her work was awarded for innovation and excellence 8 times. She is author and co-author of 120 papers in international journals and ~250 conference presentations.
She has visited more than 40 countries/Universities worldwide and invited at many international conferences as keynote speaker. She also organized several conferences, workshops and events.
She organised the Re-Greece International Symposium and Workshops in Greece on 2016 on ‘Circular Economy and Sustainable Use of Bioresources in the context of Climate Change and Social Upheavals’.
On August 2018, she was honoured to be invited by the WORLD ENERGY FORUM as Keynote speaker, at the International Inter Mongolia Energy Conference 2018, China. The same year she was awarded for excellence in her research on Bioenergy by WREC (World Renewable Energy Conference in London).
On January 2019, she awarded by Aristotle University for her International collaborations and activities.
She believes that creative and transformative learning deserves a bigger role in education for an awareness that is interrelated with technological achievements, inventions and innovations. A long-lasting change in any social or environmental system can be brought by understanding the connection between our consciousness, thoughts and actions, and their impact on the world/planet. Thus, she is interested in teaching that brings understanding of the relationships between awareness and actions, in establishing a value-based education through which young scientists could participate to bring sustainable solutions and desired results for peace and wellbeing of the entire world.
