Rate My Professor Evina Katsou

Evina Katsou is Chair Professor in Water Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering within the Faculty of Engineering at Imperial College London. She earned her BEng, MSc, and PhD from the National Technical University of Athens, with her doctoral thesis titled Wastewater Treatment with the Use of Membranes completed in 2008. A Chartered Engineer (CEng) and Member of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (MIChemE), Katsou joined Imperial College London in 2024. Prior to this, she held positions at Brunel University London, including Reader and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Energy and Resources. At Imperial, she leads the 32-member Resilience and Sustainability Group, a multidisciplinary team pioneering research in sustainable water management, circularity, and environmental engineering. Her research specializations encompass wastewater treatment and resource recovery technologies, green technology innovations, AI-driven sustainable solutions, renewable energy, circular economy principles, and greenhouse gas monitoring and mitigation in water systems. Katsou serves as Theme Lead for Water, Environmental Engineering, and Circularity in the Connected Efficient Cities initiative and is an affiliate of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change and the Environment.

Katsou has authored over 156 peer-reviewed publications, accumulating more than 7,900 citations. Notable contributions include the review 'Membrane bioreactors – A review on recent developments in energy reduction, fouling control, novel configurations, LCA and market prospects' published in the Journal of Membrane Science (2017), 'A review on nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions during biological nutrient removal from municipal wastewater and sludge reject water' in Science of the Total Environment (2017), and 'Municipal solid waste management and waste-to-energy in the context of a circular economy and energy recycling in Europe' in Energy (2017). She leads multiple EU-funded projects, including Horizon Europe Guarantee awards totaling over £700,000 for initiatives like Boosting Circular Systemic Solutions and EARLYWATER. In teaching, she contributes to Environmental Engineering MSc modules as a leader and previously directed the Water Engineering MSc at Brunel. Her work advances evidence-based strategies for water resilience and resource recovery, influencing global sustainable engineering practices.