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Dr. George Z. Kyzas is Full Professor at the School of Chemistry at the Democritus University of Thrace (DUTh). He was born in Drama (Greece) and studied Chemistry at the School of Chemistry at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh). He obtained his BSc, MSc, and PhD degrees from the same School expertised in Chemical Technology. He then worked as a PostDoc Researcher at the School of Chemistry (AUTh) in many research projects. He is now working at the School of Chemistry (Democritus University of Thrace, Kavala, Greece), being the Head of the School (since 2019). He is also Director/Chair of the MSc in Cosmetic Chemistry (since 2021) and the Head of Hephaestus Laboratory (Faculty of Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Kavala, Greece). His research interests include the synthesis and characterization of various (majorly adsorbent) materials (inorganic, aluminates, polymers, graphenes, activated carbons, agro-food residues, nanomaterials, CNTs, etc.) for environmental applications (wastewaters treatment).
His scientific work has been published in more than 360 Papers in international journals with a high impact factor (IF,ave 6.5), while he published 8 Books, 42 Chapters in scientific Books and holds 3 Patents. He was also 11 times Guest Editor at Special issues of journals and has more than 240 Announcements (Invited) in International Conferences. His work is widely recognized with 29,000 Citations (h-index 90). He is the Editor of the journal "Environmental Science and Pollution Research" (Springer, IF 5.8).
His name is included in the list of Highly Cited Researchers for 2022 (Thomson Reuters - Clarivate WoS)
His name is included in the list of World Top 2% Scientists for 2019-2024 which is compiled by the Stanford University (USA) based on standardized citation indicators.
He has been awarded with scholarships from the Research Committee of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2009, 2013), the Greek State Scholarship Foundation (2013) and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (2016). He has also participated in about 25 research projects.
He is a Reviewer in more than 200 scientific journals (ACS, Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, etc) and participates as Chair of Expert Panelists and Assessor/Evaluator/Reviewer in National, European and International research proposals/calls/projects.
