E-mail:
talbanis@cc.uoi.gr

Prof. Triantafylos Albanis

Date and place of birth: 03/03/1956 Thessaloniki

Education
  • 1979: First degree in Chemistry
    Aristotles University of Thessaloniki
  • 1982: Associate researcher
    Polytechnical School of Thessaloniki
  • 1983: Diploma in Agricultural Wastewater Treatment
    Centre International De Hautes Etudes Agronomiques Mediterraneenes,
    Zaragoza Spain-Granted by European Council
  • 1983: Associate researcher University of Ioannina
  • 1987:Ph.D. in Chemistry
    Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina
  • 1987: Lecturer Department of Chemistry University of Ioannina
  • 1989: Post-doctoral fellowship
    Health Science Center,
    University of Texas at San Antonio, USA, Prof. D. Hanahan
  • 1989-1990: Post-doctoral fellowship
    Department of Physical Sciences and Engeneering,
    University of Texas at San Antonio, USA, Prof. B. Thyagarajan
  • 1992: Associate professor University of Ioannina
  • 1994: Post-doctoral fellowship - Granted by European Science Foundation- ESF
    University of Kuopio, Finland, Prof. O. Haninen

    • Research Fields

    • Environmental behavior/fate of pesticides and related organic micropollutants
    • Transportation of pesticides in environmental aquatic systems
    • Development of analytical methods for pesticide and related organic micropollutants determination in environmental substrates
    • Adsorption and photodegradation of pesticides in different kind of soils under laboratory and field conditions
    • Removal of organic micropollutants from wastewater, surface and ground waters

    Participation in International Scientific Working-groups
  • The IAEA/FAO/UNEP Meeting on the Assessment of Pollution by Herbicides and Fungicides in Mediterranean Sea, Monaco, Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 1990
  • The FAO /IAEA / UNEP Review Meeting on the Herbicides Pilot Survay, Athens 7-9 April 1992
  • The FAO /IAEA / UNEP Consultation Meeting on the Fungicides Pilot Survey, Ioannina 27-29 May 1993
  • The FAO /IAEA / UNEP Consultation Meeting on the Fungicides Pilot Survey, Milano, 10-13 May 1995
  • The COST Action-66, Management Committee Meeting , Piri (Norway), 2-4 May 1995
  • The COST Action-66, Management Committee Meeting, Ispra (Italy), November 1995
  • The COST Action-66, Management Committee Meeting, Stratford-upon-Avon (U.K.), May 1996
  • The COST Action-66, Management Committee Meeting, Blend (Slovenia), November 1996
  • The COST Action-66, Management Committee Meeting, Thessaloniki, June 1997
  • The COST Action-66, Management Committee Meeting, Budapest, October 1997

    Membership in Professional Sociaties
  • Since 1979: Greek Chemical Society
  • Since 1983: Faculty Association of the University of Ioannina
  • Since 1990: American Chemical Society
  • Since 1990: Division of Agrochemicals, of American Chemical Society
  • Since 1990: Division of Agrochemicals, of American Chemical Society
  • Since 1992: International Association on Water Pollution Research and Control
  • Since 1992: Hellenic Research Group of Pesticides
  • Since 1993: International Association of Environmental Analytical Chemistry
  • 1984-1985 and 1994-1997: President of the Regional Division of Greek Chemical Society in Epirus and North Ionian Islands (Corfu and Leukas)

Role in the project

    Coordinator
Selected Publications
  1. D.A. Lambropoulou, V.A. Sakkas and T.A. Albanis, "Headspace solid phase microextraction for the analysis of new antifouling agents irgarol 1051 and sea-nine 211 in natural waters ". Anal. Chim. Acta, 468, 171-180, (2002).
  2. D. A. Lambropoulou, V. A. Sakkas, D. G. Hela and T. A. Albanis, Application of solid phase microextraction (SPME) in monitoring of priority pesticides in Kalamas River (N. W. Greece), Journal Chromatography A, 963, (2002) 107-116
  3. V.A. Sakkas, D.A. Lambropoulou and T.A. Albanis, "Kinetics of chlorothalonil photodegradation in natural and humic water". Chemosphere, 48, 939-945, (2002)
  4. V.A. Sakkas, I.K. Konstantinou and T.A. Albanis, (2001) "Aquatic Photodegradation of the Antifouling Booster Biocide Sea-Nine 211. Kinetics and the Influence of Organic Matter", J. Chromatography A, 959 (2002) 215-227
  5. V.A. Sakkas, I.K. Konstantinou, D.A. Lambropoulou and T.A. Albanis, ´´Simultaneous Determination of Antifouling Paint Booster Biocides in Greek Ports and Marinas by Means of Solid Phase Extraction and Gas Chromatography´´, Environ. Sci. Pollut. Research 9, 327-332, (2002)