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I am a PhD researcher working on a project to investigate the role of wastewater treatment plants as sources of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) pollution in surface waters and their burden on river and estuarine environments. A combination of environmental modelling (GIS and riverine chemical fate models) and lab work is used to achieve the goals of the project.

My interests include environmental chemistry, industrial chemicals, persistent organic pollutants, analytical chemistry and chemical fate in the environment.

Some of the key knowledge attained from my studies are wastewater management, fluid mechanics, mathematical modelling, risk assessments of chemicals, environmental chemistry, research skills, programming, ecotoxicology, and spatial modelling. I worked in various roles, including being a technical and environmental audits engineer and a research assistant intern at the University of Cyprus. Most notably, I worked as an associate researcher at the University of Aegean in Greece. While in Greece, I worked under the ZeroPM program, on a project for the HPLC analyses of micropollutants in wastewater and sewage sludge samples.