QUALIFICATIONS

Year 1999: Ph.D. Degree, Department of Biological Sciences, Wye College, University of London.
Year 1995: BSc in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens.
Year 1995: Degree in Oenology (Wine science), Department of Chemistry, University of Athens.
 
WORK EXPERIENCE

1. Scientific staff, Institute of Kalamata, National Agricultural Research Foundation of Greece (NAGREF) (17/9/2001 - 31/3/2002, 1/6/2002 - 28/2/2005 & 9/3/2005 - 7/1/2009).
 
2. Scientific Fellow, Lecturing in the Technological Institute of Kalamata (Academic year 2001/02 – February 2008).

3. Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace
i) Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology (Announcement-FEK 583/14-8-2007 τ.Γ΄, Employment-FEK 1159/29-12-2008 τΓ΄) (January 2009-August 2013).
ii) Assistant Professor in Environmental Microbiology (FEK 886/16-8-2013 τΓ΄) (August 2013-Present).

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

BSc Degree Dissertation, Laboratory of Food Chemistry-Biochemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of Athens (10/1993 - 11/1994).

Ph.D. Degree, University of London, Wye College, Department of Biological Sciences (Supervisor: Professor N. J. Russell, Imperial College) (10/1995 - 5/1999).

Scientific staff, Institute of Kalamata, National Agricultural Research Foundation of Greece (NAGREF) (17/9/2001 - 31/3/2002, 1/6/2002 - 28/2/2005 & 9/3/2005 - 7/1/2009).

Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology, Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace (January 2009-August 2013) 

Assistant Professor in Environmental Microbiology, Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace (August 2013-Present).

RESEARCH PROGRAMMES/PROJECTS

Participation in the following research programmes:

1) “Integrated production and postharvesting management of figs”, funded by the SIKIKI cooperative, Kalamata, Greece.

2) “Recycling horticultural wastes to produce pathogen suppressant composts for sustainable vegetable crop production-RECOVEG”, funded by the E.U. (3-year research program, 5th framework, Quality of Life and Management of Natural Resources No QLRT-2000-01458).
 
3) “Biological Treatment and Valorization of Olive Mill Wastewaters: Mechanisms and Integrated Applications”, EPAN FP 66, 3-year research program co-funded by the E.U. (75%) and the Greek Ministry of Development Secretariat for Research and Technology (25%), through the Operational Programme Competitiveness.
 
4) “Integrated treatment and remediation of recalcitrant agricultural and industrial wastes with high content in polyphenolics and dyes”, Joint Research and Technology Programme (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic-Greek General Secretariat of Research and Technology, ME686).
 
5) “Technical support to the Municipality of Moudania problem to solve the operational problems of the wastewater treatment plants of the Municipality”, ΚΕ 80028, funded by the Municipality of Moudania.
 
6) Principal Investigator of the research project “Determination of microbial population in municipal and agroindustrial wastewaters”, ΚΕ 1808, funded by the National Technical Chamber of Greece.

7) "Optimization of anaerobic and aerobic wastewater treatment plants of TYR.A.S. S.A. and scientific and technical education of company employees on Biochemical Environmental Engineering", ΚΕ 80696, funded by TYR.A.S. S.A.

8) Principal Investigator of the research project "Characterization of microorganisms isolated from environmental samples", KE 2142, funded by the National Technical Chamber of Greece (ETAA).

9) “Scientific support of the company ‘Analytical Laboratory's of Athens S.A.’ during the drinking water monitoring programme of the municipality of Thasos”, ΚΕ 81194, funded by Analytical Laboratory's of Athens S.A.

10) “Support of the intermunicipal public enterprise for waste management of the 2^nd Administrative Regional Unit Chalkidiki for the treatment optimization of the Anthemounta landfill leachate”, ΚΕ 81167, funded by 2^nd Administrative Regional Unit Chalkidiki

11) “Scientific support of the company "ANALYTICAL LABORATORIES OF ATHENS S.A." during the drinking water monitoring programme of the municipality of Thasos”, KE 81382, funded by Analytical Laboratories of Athens S.A

12) Principal Investigator of the research project “Identification of microbial communities during wastewater treatment of landfill leachates in membrane bioreactors” ΚΕ 81341 funded by the National Technical Chamber of Greece.

13) Principal Investigator of the research project “Optimization of microbial analyses in dairy industry Rodopi S.A.”, KE 81370, funded by RODOPI S.A.

14) “Pilot-scale investigation on coagulation-floculation and ultrafiltration to upgrade leachate treatment of anthemounta landfill” ΚΕ 81288, funded by 2^nd Administrative Regional Unit Chalkidiki, Greece 

ACADEMIC/LECTURING EXPERIENCE
 
BSc Lecturing

1) Scientific demonstrator (for three months), Department of Biological Sciences, Wye College, University of London.
 
2) Scientific Fellow, Lecturing in the Technological Institute of Kalamata (Greece) (Academic year 2001/02 – February 2008).
 
3) Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace
 
A) Lecturing in the Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace (Course Title: “Environmental Microbiology”) (Academic year 2008/09 – Present).

B) Lecturing in the Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace (Course Title: “Industrial Wastewater Treatment”) (Academic year 2009/10 – Present).
 
C) Lecturing in the Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace (Course Title: “Transfer Phenomena”) (Academic year 2009/10 – Academic year 2013/14).

D) Lecturing in the lab practicals of the courses “Water chemistry” and Wastewater Management and Treatment Technologies II”, Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace (Academic year 2013/14-present)

MSc Lecturing

Lecturing in the Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace (Course Titles: “Microbiology” & “Special Issues in Environmental Microbiology”) (Academic year 2009/2010 –Academic year 2012/13)

Lecturing in the Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace (Course Title: “Environmental Microbiology”)  (Academic year 2013/14-present)

Dissertations
 
Ph.D. supervision. Supervision of BSc and MSc theses.
 
Examiner of BSc, MSc and PhD theses.

Participation as Supervisor in the Practical Student Training Program, Department of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace

PATENT

Papadopoulou, K. K., Kavroulakis, N., Ntougias, S., Zervakis, G. I., Ehaliotis, C. (2009). The fungus Fusarium solani strain 'FS-K' and its use in the biological control of plant pathogens and in the enhancement of plant growth and productivity. World Intellectual Property Organization.

Ph.D. THESIS,  CHAPTER BOOKS & BOOKS

Ntougias, S. (1999). Alkaliphilic bacteria from edible olives. PhD thesis. Wye College, University of London.
 
Ntougias, S. and Russell, N. J. (2009). The Firmicutes-Genus II. Alkalibacterium, P. De Vos, G. Garrity, D. Jones, N. R. Krieg, W. Ludwig, F. A. Rainey, K. –H. Schleifer and W. B. Whitman (eds.), editor-in-chief  G. Garrity, vol. 3, 2nd edition. Bergey’s Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Springer, New York, ISBN 0-387-95041-9.
 
Ntougias, S.* and Kavroulakis, N. (2010). Natural antioxidants from olive mill wastes. In Olive Oil and Health, J. D. Corrigan (ed.). Nova publishers, New York, USA, ISBN: 978-1-61761-170-4.

Ntougias, S., Aivasidis, A. and Melidis, P. (2012). Environmental Microbiology. Embryo Publications, Athens, Greece, ISBN 978-960-8002-66-1 (In Greek).

Nikolaou E. I. and Ntougias S. (2013). A framework to assist firms in evaluating environmental and microbiological risks arising from the implementation of environmental policy throughout their supply chain. In: Environmental Policy: Management, Legal Issues and Health Aspects, E. Creighton and P. Danovich (eds). Environmental Research Advances Series, Nova Publishers, New York, ISBN: 978-1-62808-497-9.

REFEREED JOURNALS
 
Ntougias, S. and Russell, N. J. (2000). Bacillus sp. WW3-SN6, a novel facultatively alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from the washwaters of edible olives. Extremophiles 4, 201-208.

Ntougias, S. and Russell, N. J. (2001). Alkalibacterium olivoapovliticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new obligately alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from edible-olive wash-waters. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 51, 1161-1170.

Ntougias, S., Zervakis, G. I., Kavroulakis, N., Ehaliotis, C. and Papadopoulou, K. K. (2004). Bacterial diversity in spent mushroom compost assessed by amplified rDNA restriction analysis and sequencing of cultivated isolates. Systematic and Applied Microbiology 27, 746-754.

Kavroulakis, N., Ehaliotis, C., Ntougias, S., Zervakis, G. I. and Papadopoulou, K. K. (2005). Local and systemic resistance against fungal pathogens of tomato plants elicited by a compost derived from agricultural residues. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 66, 163-174.

Ntougias, S., Ehaliotis, C., Papadopoulou, K. K. and Zervakis, G. I. (2006). Application of respiration and FDA-hydrolysis measurements for estimating microbial activity during composting processes. Biology and Fertility of Soils 42, 330-337.

Ntougias, S.*, Zervakis, G. I., Ehaliotis, C., Kavroulakis, N. and Papadopoulou, K. K. (2006). Ecophysiology and molecular phylogeny of bacteria isolated from alkaline two-phase olive mill wastes. Research in Microbiology 157, 376-385.

Baldrian, P., Zervakis, G. I., Merhautová, V., Ntougias, S., Ehaliotis, C. and Nerud, F. (2006). The use of hydroxyl-radical-generating systems for the treatment of Olive Mill Wastewaters (OMW). Folia Microbiologica 51, 337-341.

Kavroulakis, N., Papadopoulou, K. K., Ntougias, S., Zervakis, G. I. and Ehaliotis, C. (2006). Cytological and other aspects of pathogenesis-related gene expression in tomato plants grown on a suppressive compost. Annals of Botany 98, 555–564.

Ntougias, S., Fasseas, C. and Zervakis, G. I. (2007). Olivibacter sitiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from alkaline olive-oil mill wastes in the region of Sitia, Crete. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57, 398-404.

Ntougias, S.*, Zervakis, G. I. and Fasseas, C. (2007). Halotalea alkalilenta gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel osmotolerant and alkalitolerant bacterium from alkaline olive mill wastes, and emended description of the family Halomonadaceae Franzmann et al. 1989, emend. Dobson & Franzmann 1996. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 57, 1975-1983.

Kavroulakis, N., Ntougias, S., Zervakis, G. I., Ehaliotis, C., Haralampidis, K. and Papadopoulou, K. K. (2007). Role of ethylene in the protection of tomato plants against soil-borne fungal pathogens conferred by an endophytic Fusarium solani strain. Journal of Experimental Botany 58, 3853–3864.

Ntougias, S., Papadopoulou, K. K., Zervakis G. I., Kavroulakis N. and Ehaliotis, C. (2008). Suppression of soil-borne pathogens of tomato by composts derived from agro-industrial wastes abundant in Mediterranean regions. Biology and Fertility of Soils 44, 1081-1090.

Tsiamis, G., Katsaveli, K., Ntougias, S., Kyrpides, N., Andersen, G., Piceno, Y. and Bourtzis, K. (2008). Prokaryotic community profiles at different operational stages of a Greek solar saltern. Research in Microbiology 159, 609-627.

Karpouzas D. G., Ntougias, S., Iskidou, E., Rousidou, C., Papadopoulou, K. K., Zervakis, G. I. and Ehaliotis, C. (2010). Olive mill wastewater affects the structure of soil bacterial communities. Applied Soil Ecology 45, 101-111.

Kavroulakis, N., Ntougias, S., Besi, M. I., Katsou, P., Damaskinou, A., Ehaliotis, C., Zervakis, G. I. and Papadopoulou, K. K. (2010). Antagonistic bacteria of composted agro-industrial residues exhibit antibiosis against soil-borne fungal plant pathogens and protection of tomato plants from Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. radicis-lycopersici. Plant and Soil 333, 233-247.

Ntougias, S., Kavroulakis, N., Papadopoulou, K. K., Ehaliotis, C. and Zervakis G. I. (2010). Characterisation of cultivated fungi isolated from grape marc wastes through the use of amplified rDNA restriction analysis and sequencing. Journal of Microbiology 48, 297-306.

Zafiriadis, I., Ntougias, S., Nikolaidis, C., Kapagiannidis, A.G. and Aivasidis, A. (2011). Denitrifying Polyphosphate Accumulating Organisms population and nitrite reductase gene diversity shift in a DEPHANOX-type activated sludge system fed with municipal wastewater. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering 111, 185-192.

Ntougias, S.*, Tanasidis, S. and Melidis, P. (2011). Microfaunal indicators, Ciliophora phylogeny and protozoan population shifts in an intermittently aerated and fed bioreactor. Journal of Hazardous Materials 186, 1862-1869.

Kavroulakis, N. and Ntougias, S.* (2011). Bacterial and β-proteobacterial diversity in Olea europaea var. mastoidis- and O. europaea var. koroneiki-generated olive mill wastewaters: influence of cultivation and harvesting practice on bacterial community structure. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology 27, 57–66.

Komilis, D., Kontou, I. and Ntougias, S. (2011). A modified static respiration assay and its relationship with an enzymatic test to assess compost stability and maturity. Bioresource Technology 102, 5863-5872.

Ntougias, S.* (2012). Alkaliphilic Lactic Acid Bacteria: Novel Sources for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology. Gene Technology 1, e102. (http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/gnt.1000e102).

 
Ouzounidou G., Ntougias S., Asfi M., Gaitis F. and Zervakis G.I. (2012). Raw and fungal-treated olive-mill wastewater effects on selected parameters of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) growth – The role of proline. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B: Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes 47, 728-735.

Zafiriadis, I., Ntougias, S., Mirelis, P., Kapagiannidis, A.G. and Aivasidis, A. (2012). Molecular characterization of denitrifying bacteria isolated from the anoxic reactor of a modified DEPHANOX plant performing enhanced biological phosphate removal. Water Environment Research 84, 475-484.

Ntougias, S., Baldrian, P., Ehaliotis, C., Nerud, F., Antoniou, T., Merhautová, V. and Zervakis, G. I. (2012). Biodegradation and detoxification of olive mill wastewater by selected strains of the mushroom genera Ganoderma and Pleurotus. Chemosphere 88, 620-626.

Diamantis, V., Khan, A., Ntougias, S., Stamatelatou, K., Kapagiannidis, A.G., Aivasidis, A. (2013). Continuous biohydrogen production from fruit wastewater at low pH conditions. Bioprocess and Biosystems Engineering 36, 965-974.

Diamantis V.I., Anagnostopoulos K., Melidis P., Ntougias S. and Aivasidis A. (2013) Intermittent operation of low pressure UF membranes for sewage reuse at household level. Water Science & Technology 68, 799-806.

Ntougias, S., Gaitis, F., Katsaris, P., Skoulika, S., Iliopoulos, N., Zervakis, G.I. (2013). The effects of olives harvest period and production year on olive mill wastewater properties - Evaluation of Pleurotus strains as bioindicators of the effluent's toxicity. Chemosphere 92, 399-405.

Ntougias, S., Bourtzis, K. and Tsiamis, G. (2013). The microbiology of olive mill wastes. Biomed Research International art. no. 784591.

Zafiriadis, I., Ntougias, S., Kapagiannidis, A.G. and Aivasidis, A. (2013). Metabolic behavior and enzymatic aspects of denitrifying EBPR sludge in a continuous-flow anaerobic–anoxic system. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 171, 939-953.

Diamantis, V.I., Kapagiannidis, A.G., Ntougias, S., Tataki, V., Melidis, P. and Aivasidis, A. (2014). Two-stage CSTR-UASB digestion enables superior and alkali addition-free cheese whey treatment. Biochemical Engineering Journal 84, 45-52.

Ntougias, S., Lapidus, A., Han, J., Mavromatis, K., Pati, A., Chen, A., Klenk, H.-P., Woyke, T., Fasseas, C., Kyrpides, N.C. and Zervakis, G.I. (2014). High quality draft genome sequence of Olivibacter sitiensis type strain (AW-6^T), a diphenol degrader with genes involved in the catechol pathway. Standards in Genomic Sciences 9, 783-793.

Ntougias, S.* (2014). Phylogeny and ecophysiological features of prokaryotes isolated from temporary saline tidal pools. Annals of Microbiology 64, 599-609.

Zervakis, G.I., Ntougias, S., Gargano, M.L., Besi, M.I., Polemis, E., Typas, M.A. and Venturella, G. (2014). A reappraisal of the Pleurotus eryngii complex - New species and taxonomic combinations based on the application of a polyphasic approach, and an identification key to Pleurotus taxa associated with Apiaceae plants. Fungal Biology (accepted).

Melidis, P., Kapagiannidis, A.G., Ntougias, S., Davididou, K. and Aivasidis, A. (2014). Performance and metabolic aspects of a novel enhanced biological phosphorus removal system with intermittent feeding and alternate aeration. Water Science and Technology 69, 1612-1619 (accepted).

Melidis, P., Ntougias, S. and Sertis, C. (2014). On-line monitoring of a BNR process using in situ ammonium and nitrate probes and biomass nitrification-denitrification rates in an intermittently aerated and pulse fed bioreactor. Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology (accepted).

Alexandropoulou, I.G., Ntougias, S., Konstantinidis, T.G., Parasidis, T.A., Panopoulou, M. and Constantinidis, T.C. (2014). Environmental surveillance and molecular epidemiology of waterborne pathogen Legionella pneumophila in health care facilities of Northeastern Greece: a four-year survey. Environmental Science and Pollution Research (accepted).

Papadelli, M. and Ntougias, S.* (2014). Microbial community structure and disposal issues of table olive wastewaters generated from the fermentation of the olive cultivar 'Kalamon'. Annals of Microbiology (accepted).

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES/CONFERENCES ABROAD

Ntougias, S. and Russell, N. J. (1997). Characterization of novel alkaliphilic bacteria isolated from edible-olive wash-waters. In: “5th Meeting of the UK Extremophile Network-UKEN ‘97”, UK Extremophile Network-Centre for Extremophile Research, University of Bath.

Ntougias, S. and Russell, N. J. (1998). Alkaliphiles from edible-olive wash-waters. In: “6th Meeting of the UK Extremophile Network-UKEN ‘98”, UK Extremophile Network, University of Warwick.

Kavroulakis, N., Ntougias, S., Ehaliotis, C., Zervakis, G. I. and Papadopoulou, K. K. (2003). Mechanisms of suppression of crown and root rot in tomato mediated by agricultural residue-derived composts. In “11th International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions”, 18-26 July, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Ntougias, S., Ehaliotis, C., Zervakis, G. I., Katsaris, P. and Papadopoulou, K. (2003). Monitoring the composting process of different agricultural wastes and evaluation of the effects of the final products on plants. In: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology (T. D. Lekkas, ed.), pp. 666-673. University of the Aegean and GlobalNEST, Lemnos, Greece.

Kavroulakis, N., Ntougias, S., Ehaliotis, C., Zervakis, G. I. and Papadopoulou, K. K. (2004). Have agricultural residues-derived composts the capacity to elicit induced systemic resistance in tomato plants?. In “The International Joint Workshop on PR-Proteins and induced Resistance”, 5-9 May, Denmark.

Nerud, F., Zervakis, G., Baldrian, P., Ehaliotis, C., Ntougias, S. and Merhautova, V. (2005). Treatment of olive mill waste waters by white-rot fungi and radical-generating reactions. 3rd European Bioremediation Conference, July 4-7, Chania, Greece.

Zervakis, G., Papadopoulou, K., Ehaliotis, C., Philippoussis, A., Ntougias, S. and Kavroulakis, N., Pavlou, G, Diamantopoulou, P. and Katsaris, P. (2005). Use of composts deriving from Mediterranean agro-industrial wastes in vegetable crops: effects on disease suppression and plant growth, pp. 17-18. In: Use of composted organic wastes in horticulture. Applied Plant Research - Glasshouse Horticulture. November 18th, Wageningen, The Netherlands.

Ntougias, S., Kavroulakis, N., Ehaliotis, C., Papadopoulou, K. K. and Zervakis G. I. (2006). Isolation and screening of indigenous microorganisms capable to detoxify wastes of the olive-oil industry. Olivebioteq - Second International Seminar "Biotechnology and Quality of Olive Tree Products Around the Mediterranean Basin". November 5-10, Marsala-Mazara del Vallo, Italy.

Kavroulakis, N., Ntougias, S., Zervakis, G. I., Ehaliotis, C. and Papadopoulou, K. K. (2007). Non-pathogenic Fusarium solani strain Fs-K, is a promising biological control agent against plant diseases. In “13h International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions”, 21-27 July, Sorrento, Italy.

Kavroulakis, N., Ntougias, S., Zervakis, G. I., Ehaliotis, C. and Papadopoulou, K. K. (2007). A role for ethylene in the protection of tomato plants against fungal pathogens conferred by an endophytic Fusarium solani strain. In “13h International Congress on Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions”, 21-27 July, Sorrento, Italy.

Katsaveli, K., Tsiamis, G., Ntougias, S., Kyrpides, N., Piceno, Y., Andersen, G. and Bourtzis, K. (2008). Microbial community shifts during the annual operation of Messolonghi solar saltern, Greece. 33rd FEBS Congress & 11th IUBMB, June 28-July 3, Athens, Greece.

Ntougias, S., Kavroulakis, N., Zervakis, G. I., Ehaliotis, C. and Papadopoulou, K. K. (2008). Composts deriving from two-phase olive-mill wastes (alpeorujo) may be used in potting media and suppress soil-borne pathogens. In “4rd European Bioremediation Conference”, N. Kalogerakis, F. Fava and S. A. Banwart (eds), 3-6 September, Chania, Greece. (ISBN 978-960-8475-12-0).

Papadelli, M. and Ntougias, S. (2009). Microbiological characterization and disposal issues of table olive wastewaters. III International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (BioMicroWorld2009), 2-4 December, Lisbon, Portugal.

Ntougias, S., Melidis, P. and Aivasidis, A. (2009). Protozoan community dynamics in an intermittent feeding and aeration bioreactor. III International Conference on Environmental, Industrial and Applied Microbiology (BioMicroWorld2009), 2-4 December, Lisbon, Portugal.

Komilis, D., Kontou, I. and Ntougias, S. (2010). Correlation among FDA hydrolysis measurements and other stability and maturity test results in twelve composts. ORBIT 2010 Conference, June 29th to July 3rd, 2010, Heraklion, Greece.

Ntougias, S., Gaitis, F., Katsaris, P., Skoulika, S., Iliopoulos, N. and Zervakis, G.I. (2010). Olives harvesting period and crop production year affect the composition of olive mill wastewater. ORBIT 2010 Conference, June 29th to July 3rd, 2010, Heraklion, Greece.

Zafiriadis, I., Ntougias, S., Kapagiannidis, A.G. and Aivasidis, A. (2011). Non-PAOs true denitrifiers are the major constituents of the microbial diversity in an anaerobic-anoxic EBPR system. 4th FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists, June 26-30, Geneva, Switzerland.

Zervakis, G. I., Ntougias, S., Ouzounidou, G. and Gaitis, F. (2011). Treatment of two-phase olive mill wastes through commercial-scale composting and evaluation of the end-product for agricultural use. 12th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, 8-10 September, Rhodes Island, Greece.

Melidis, P., Mariolaki, I., Ntougias, S. and Diamantis V. (2012). Performance evaluation of an intermittent air sparged membrane bioreactor, p. 88. In: Katsifarakis, K. L., Theodossiou, N., Christodoulatos, C., Koutsospyros, A. and Malios, Z. (eds), Protection and Restoration of the Environment XI. Stevens Institute of Technology & Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 3-6 July, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Diamantis, V., Ntougias, S., Stamatelatou, K., Kapagiannidis, A., Melidis P. and Aivasidis, A. (2012). Simple, rapid and efficient hydrogen production via dark fermentation of fruit wastewater, p. 192. In: Katsifarakis, K. L., Theodossiou, N., Christodoulatos, C., Koutsospyros, A. and Malios, Z. (eds), Protection and Restoration of the Environment XI. Stevens Institute of Technology & Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 3-6 July, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Kapagiannidis, A.G., Ntougias, S., Zafiriadis, I. and Aivasidis, A. (2012). The role of soluble COD on the performance of an external nitrification BNR system treating municipal wastewater. International Young Water Professionals Conference, IWA, 10-13 July, Budapest, Hungary.

Melidis, P., Kapagiannidis, A. G., Ntougias, S., Davididou, K. and Aivasidis, A. (2013). Experimental evaluation of an intermittent feeding and aeration system performing combined C, N and P removal. Asset Management for Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Water and Wastewater Systems, IWA, 24-26 April, Marbella, Spain.

Ntougias, S., Melidis, P., Stamatopoulou, V., Kavroulakis, N. (2013). Anaerobic digestion of thickened sludge and Olea europea var. mastoidis-generated olive mill wastewaters. Asset Management for Enhancing Energy Efficiency in Water and Wastewater Systems, IWA, 24-26 April, Marbella, Spain.

Diamantis, V., Voudrias, E., Melidis, P., Ntougias, S. and Aivasidis, A. (2013). Can we use landfill sites for the disposal of agro-industrial wastewaters? 4^th International Conference on “Small and Decentralized Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants”, 26-27 October, Volos, Greece.

Tataki, V., Diamantis, V., Melidis, P., Ntougias, S. and Aivasidis, A. (2013). Designing anaerobic wastewater treatment plants in small dairy factories. 4^th International Conference on “Small and Decentralized Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants”, 26-27 October, Volos, Greece.

Beziriannidis, A., Plesia, A., Melidis, P., Ntougias, S., Diamantis, V., Aivasidis, A. (2013). Pilot-scale chemically enhanced sewage pre-concentration. 4^th International Conference on “Small and Decentralized Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants”, 26-27 October, Volos, Greece.

Tsiamis G., Ntougias S., Cichala-Kamrowska, K., Nikolaki, S., Dionyssopoulou, E., Sapounas, A., Polkowska, Ż., Ruman, M. and Namieśnik, J. (2014). Revealing prokaryotic communities in snow and surface water of the Svalbard/Spitsbergen islands' complex. ISME 24 - 29 August, Seoul, South Korea.

NATIONAL CONFERENCES

Patiris, M., Bitzilekis, S., Ntougias, S. and Siafaka-Kapadai, A. (1995). Incorporation of (3H)-oleic acid into platelet lipids and mobilization after stimulation with plateled activating factor (PAF) and thrombin. In: 16th  National Conference in Chemistry, December 5-8, Association of Greek Chemists, Athens, Greece
 
Kavroulakis, N., Tripolitsioti, N., Damaskinou, A., Ntougias, S., Ehaliotis, C., Zervakis, G.  and Papadopoulou, K. K. (2004). Microflora of composted agricultural by-products exhibiting suppressive activity against fungal pathogens of tomato. In: 12th Hellenic Phytopathological Congress, 12-15 October, Hellenic Phytopathological Society, Kastoria, Greece.
 
Ntougias, S., Mpoftsi, S., Kavroulakis, N., Ehaliotis, C., Papadopoulou, K. and Zervakis G.. (2005). Degradation of olive mill by-products with the use of indigenous micro-organisms, pp. 305-309. In: 1st National Congress on Biotechnology and Food Technology, 31st of March to 2nd of April, Association of Greek Chemists and Hellenic Association of Chemical Engineers, Athens, Greece.
 
Katsaveli, K., Ntougias, S., Tsiamis, G. and Bourtzis, K. (2006). Detecting the biodiversity of halophilic microorganisms in Messolonghi salterns, p. 98. In: Biosciences in 21st century, 13-15 April, Panhellenic Association of Bioscientists, Athens, Greece.
 
Kavroulakis, N., Papadopoulou, K., Ehaliotis, C., Zervakis G. and Ntougias, S. (2006). Study of pathogenesis-related gene expression in tomato plants grown on organic substrates, p. 93. In: Biosciences in 21st century, 13-15 April, Panhellenic Association of Bioscientists, Athens, Greece.
 
Kavroulakis, N., Papadopoulou, K. K., Ntougias, S., Ehaliotis, C. and Zervakis G. I. (2006). Induction of systemic resistance and colonization of tomato plants by a non-pathogenic Fusarium solani strain. In: 13th Hellenic Phytopathological Congress, 16-19 October, Hellenic Phytopathological Society, Athens, Greece.
 
Katsaveli, K., Ntougias, S., Tsiamis, G. and Bourtzis, K. (2006). Microbial diversity of the Messolonghi salterns. In: 58th National Conference on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Hellenic Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 9 - 11 November, Patra, Greece.
 
Ntougias, S. and Zervakis G.I. (2008). Microbial diversity in olive mill wastes. In: 1st MikroBioKosmos Conference, 12-14 December, MikroBioKosmos, Athens, Greece.
 
Tsiamis, G., Katsaveli, K., Ntougias, S., Kyrpides, N., Andersen, G., Piceno, Y., Bourtzis, K. (2008). Application of a 16S rDNA oligonucleotide microarray (PhyloChip) for profiling prokaryotic diversity and community shifts from the Messolonghi solar saltern. In: 1st MikroBioKosmos Conference, 12-14 December, Athens, Greece.
 
Mparmpopoyloy, E., Ntougias, S., Zervakis, G., Papadakis, I., Psaras, G. and Kavroulakis, N. (2009). Isolation and characterization of a Pythium strain with possible phytopathogenic effects on Avocado trees, p. 127. In: 24th Conference of the Hellenic Society of Horticulture, Hellenic Society of Horticulture, 20-23 October, Veria, Greece.
 
Chatzikamari, M., Melidis, P. and Ntougias, S. (2011). Molecular characterization of fungi isolated from an intermittently aerated and fed activated sludge system. In: 4th MikroBioKosmos Conference, 21-23 October, MikroBioKosmos, Ioannina, Greece.
 
Ntougias, S. (2011). Characteristics and potential uses of olive mill wastes. In: Modern operation of olive mills in terms of quality and environmental sustainability. Geotechnical Chamber of Greece, 4 November, Kalamata, Greece (Invited Speaker).

Ntougias S., Soultani D. and Melidis P. (2012). Microbial community structure in the acidogenic reactor of a two-stage anaerobic digestion system, treating cheese-whey wastewater. In: 5^th MikroBioKosmos Conference, 13-15 December, MikroBioKosmos, Athens, Greece.

Kapagiannidis A., Navrozidou E., Pavlineri N. and Ntougias S. (2012). Revealing bacterial diversity in a continuous-flow EBPR system. In: 5^th MikroBioKosmos Conference, 13-15 December, MikroBioKosmos, Athens, Greece.

SCIENTIFIC MEMBERSHIPS – OTHER ACTIVITIES

Society for General Microbiology.
Association of Greek Chemists.
Hellinic Initiative MikroBioKosmos.

Mandatory military service (September 1999-March 2001): Fulfilled

FOREIGN LANGUAGES-COMPUTING SKILLS

Greek, mother tongue.
English: excellent knowledge of the written and spoken language.
 
Literate in the following packages: Word, Excel, Access, Adobe Photoshop, SPSS, Minitab, EndNote and Power Point. TREECON, TREEVIEW, MEGA, CLUSTAL, RNAstructure, NTSYSpc and PHYLIP programmes for phylogenetic analysis. Use of the Internet and operating systems. ECDL (European Computer Driving License) certification.