Patricia Stathatou is a PhD Civil Engineer
Patricia graduated from the NTUA School of Civil Engineering in 2011. Her dissertation thesis on “Water footprint: a useful tool for optimized agricultural policy setting” was published in the 12th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (CEST 2011). She continued her studies at the post graduate level at the NTUA School of Chemical Engineering. Her PhD thesis (June 2017) in the field of Analysis, Design and Development of Tools and Methods for Water Systems was titled: “Water Reuse & Recycling. Environmental Protection & Performance Metrics”. In 2018 she won the ECOPOLIS young scientist’s research award for the contribution of her PhD research in the field of water resources management. Since 2011, she has been working as a Research Associate in the Environmental & Energy Management Research Unit (EEMRU) of the NTUA, participating in several EU Funded Research Projects mainly focusing on integrated water resources management, water & wastewater treatment & reuse. Patricia won a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from the Bodossaki Foundation for 2018-2019, and is currently a visiting scholar at the Media Lab's Center for Bits and Atoms of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.), conducting postdoctoral research on the development of a small–scale perfusion bioreactor platform for the removal of micropollutants from wastewater.