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Athanasios Katsoyiannis is affiliated with the Norwegian Institute for Air Research in Norway. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a particular focus on pollution, soil science, ecology, and areas related to management, monitoring, policy, and law.

Their recent publications demonstrate engagement with topics involving the environmental impact and behavior of pollutants as well as soil and sediment processes. Notable works include:

  • Occurrence and dissipation mechanism of organic pollutants during the composting of sewage sludge: A critical review, 2021, Bioresource Technology
  • How the EU Soil Observatory contributes to a stronger soil erosion community, 2024, Environmental Research
  • Innovative aspects of environmental chemistry and technology regarding air, water, and soil pollution, 2021, Environmental Science and Pollution Research

The scientist frequently publishes in journals such as Bioresource Technology, Environmental Research, and Environmental Science and Pollution Research, underscoring a consistent focus on environmental studies concerning pollution and soil-related research.

Athanasios Katsoyiannis collaborates regularly with other researchers including Huixiong Lü, Xiaohong Chen, Ce-Hui Mo, Yuhong Huang, and Min-Ying He. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary work in the environmental sciences.

The central themes of their research cover:

  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution
  • Microbial bioremediation and biosurfactants
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Soil erosion and sediment transport
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
  • Landslides and related hazards

These topics position their work at the intersection of environmental pollution, soil health, and hydrological processes, indicating a broad but interconnected range of research interests.

Best Publications

  • Microplastic in the surface waters of the Ross Sea (Antarctica): Occurrence, distribution and characterization by FTIR.

    Alessandra Cincinelli;Costanza Scopetani;David Chelazzi;Emilia Lombardini

  • Exposure to major volatile organic compounds and carbonyls in European indoor environments and associated health risk

    Dimosthenis A. Sarigiannis;Spyros P. Karakitsios;Alberto Gotti;Ioannis L. Liakos

  • Occurrence and fate of heavy metals in the wastewater treatment process

    Michalis Karvelas;Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Constantini Samara

  • Occurrence of organic microcontaminants in the wastewater treatment process. A mini review.

    Nuno Ratola;Alessandra Cincinelli;Alessandra Cincinelli;Arminda Alves;Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Athanasios Katsoyiannis

  • The status of soil contamination by semivolatile organic chemicals (SVOCs) in China: a review.

    Quan-Ying Cai;Ce-Hui Mo;Qi-Tang Wu;Athanasios Katsoyiannis

  • PAH molecular diagnostic ratios applied to atmospheric sources: a critical evaluation using two decades of source inventory and air concentration data from the UK.

    Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Andrew J. Sweetman;Kevin C. Jones

  • Soil contamination and sources of phthalates and its health risk in China: A review.

    Huixiong Lü;Ce-Hui Mo;Hai-Ming Zhao;Lei Xiang

  • Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in South Asian region: a review.

    Usman Ali;Jabir Hussain Syed;Riffat Naseem Malik;Athanasios Katsoyiannis

  • Occurrence of organic contaminants in sewage sludges from eleven wastewater treatment plants, China.

    Quan-Ying Cai;Ce-Hui Mo;Qi-Tang Wu;Qiao-Yun Zeng

  • On the use of PAH molecular diagnostic ratios in sewage sludge for the understanding of the PAH sources. Is this use appropriate

    Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Eleni Terzi;Quan-Ying Cai

  • Concentration and speciation of heavy metals in six different sewage sludge-composts.

    Quan-Ying Cai;Ce-Hui Mo;Qi-Tang Wu;Qiao-Yun Zeng

  • Occurrence and risk assessment of organophosphorus and brominated flame retardants in the River Aire (UK)

    Joyce Cristale;Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Andrew J. Sweetman;Kevin C. Jones

  • Temporal trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in arctic air: 20 years of monitoring under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP).

    Hayley Hung;Athanasios A. Katsoyiannis;Eva Brorström-Lundén;Kristin Olafsdottir

  • Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the sewage treatment plant of Thessaloniki, northern Greece: occurrence and removal.

    Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Constantini Samara

  • Short- and Medium-Chain Chlorinated Paraffins in Air and Soil of Subtropical Terrestrial Environment in the Pearl River Delta, South China: Distribution, Composition, Atmospheric Deposition Fluxes, and Environmental Fate

    Yan Wang;Jun Li;Zhineng Cheng;Qilu Li

  • Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the conventional activated sludge treatment process: fate and mass balance.

    Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Constantini Samara

  • Model-based evaluation of the use of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons molecular diagnostic ratios as a source identification tool.

    Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Knut Breivik;Knut Breivik

  • Occurrence and assessment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils from vegetable fields of the Pearl River Delta, South China.

    Quan-Ying Cai;Ce-Hui Mo;Yun-Hui Li;Qiao-Yun Zeng

  • Legacy and emerging flame retardants (FRs) in the freshwater ecosystem: A review

    Mehreen Iqbal;Jabir Hussain Syed;Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Riffat Naseem Malik

  • Uptake of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by river water fish: The case of River Chenab

    Syed Ali-Musstjab-Akber-Shah Eqani;Riffat Naseem Malik;Alessandra Cincinelli;Gan Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Alessandra Cincinelli
Alessandra Cincinelli University of Florence
Kevin C. Jones
Kevin C. Jones Lancaster University
Constantini Samara
Constantini Samara Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Gan Zhang
Gan Zhang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Riffat Naseem Malik
Riffat Naseem Malik Quaid-i-Azam University
Ce-Hui Mo
Ce-Hui Mo Jinan University
Tania Martellini
Tania Martellini University of Florence
Jabir Hussain Syed
Jabir Hussain Syed COMSATS University Islamabad
Andrew J. Sweetman
Andrew J. Sweetman Lancaster University
Hayley Hung
Hayley Hung Environment and Climate Change Canada

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