
Prof. Antonis Zorpas
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Dr Antonis Zorpas is a Chemical Engineer, actively engaged with several Universities, Research Institutes in Europe. He is Associate Professor at Open University of Cyprus, Director of the Lab of Chemical Engineering & Engineering Sustainability, Director in Sustainable Environmental Engineering Postgraduate Master (MSc). He has more than 650 publications (books, contribution on books, papers in journals, international conferences). His Google h-index now 56, with more than 10000 citations. He has recognized since 2019 among the worlds to 1% in the list of the most influential researchers in the world in the section of Environmental Science and on <1% 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 14th on the Planet in the era of Waste Management and among the 0.05% 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 (belongs to SAGE, Elsevier, Springer, etc), among them is the Chemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier, I.F15.1/Q1), Waste Management and Research (Sage I.F 4.2/Q1). 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 etc. He has participated in more than 30 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. On 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 2020, as technical expert/ethic advisor, moderator etc).