TAGARIS EFTHYMIOS

Associate Professor “Solid and Gaseous Waste Process Engineering”

Head of Chemical Engineering Department

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Office: CP2_15 ZEP
Telephone: 0030 2461056620
Email: etagaris@uowm.gr

Education

Degree:1989 – Department of Physics, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

Master Degree:
PhD: 2002 – Environmental Engineering, Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, Greece

Summary

Dr. Efthimios Tagaris is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Western Macedonia (Engineering process of solid waste and atmospheric pollution). He holds a degree in Physics (Department of Physics at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 1989) and a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering (Department of Environment at the University of the Aegean, Greece, 2002). His appointments and professional activities include Research Scientist and Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Environment at the University of the Aegean, Greece (2002-2005), Postdoctoral Fellow and Research Engineer at CEE at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA (2005-2009), Research Scientist at the Environmental Research Lab. at the NCRC “Demokritos”, Greece (2009-2016), Research Scientist and Adjunct Instructor at the Departments of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering at the University of Western Macedonia, Greece (2016 – 2018). He was the principal researcher in 11 projects (National, EU, USA) and he has participated in other 8 projects since 2002. His publications record counts 27 publications in peer review journals (average I.F 5,63 (JCR), h index 14, citations without self-citationsations 795, based on Scopus 24/1/2023), 91 publications in conference proceedings και 4 book chapters. His scientific work has been cited by IPCC and the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and has been included in newsletters in the USA (American Association for Aerosol Research (AAAR) and U.S. EPA) as well as in Greece (Hellenic Center for Disease Control & Prevention (HCDCP) and the Modern Techincal Review). His research interests include solid waste management, biogas, air pollution, air quality modeling, air pollution health effects, climate change impact on air quality, numerical weather prediction models, and regional climate models. In 2006 he was selected and participated in the UCAR/NCAR Early Career Scientists Assembly (ECSA) Junior Faculty Forum on Future Scientific Directions (JFF) while in 2009 he was awarded the Outstanding Research Faculty/ Postdoc Award, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.

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Courses 2023-2024

Atmospheric pollution

Solid waste management

Physics II

Toxic and hazardous waste management

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