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Overview

Georgios D. Gikas is affiliated with the Democritus University of Thrace in Greece. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Environmental Science, with an emphasis on several subfields including Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Pollution, Water Science and Technology, Food Science, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics associated with environmental and water quality issues. Key topics explored in their research include:

  • Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
  • Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
  • Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
  • Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies
  • Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety
  • Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
  • Oil Spill Detection and Mitigation

Georgios D. Gikas has coauthored multiple publications with frequent collaborators, such as Zisis Vryzas, Paraskevas Parlakidis, Vassiliοs A. Tsihrintzis, Georgios Sylaios, and Christos Alexoudis.

The scientist's recent publications span significant environmental science journals and include works published in venues like Environments, Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, Processes, Applied Sciences, and Sustainability. Notable recent papers include:

  • "Particularities of Fungicides and Factors Affecting Their Fate and Removal Efficacy: A Review," published in Sustainability, 2022
  • "Comparative evaluation of river chemical status based on WFD methodology and CCME water quality index," published in The Science of The Total Environment, 2020

Additional papers authored by Georgios D. Gikas and colleagues appear in journals focused on water quality and marine science, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of their work. Publications address the application of water quality indices, environmental pollution monitoring, and modeling aspects related to oil spills and pesticide fate.

Frequent publication outlets for the scientist include:

  • Environments (3 publications)
  • Journal of Marine Science and Engineering (2 publications)
  • Processes (2 publications)
  • Applied Sciences (2 publications)
  • Sustainability (1 publication)

Georgios D. Gikas's contribution to Environmental Science is documented through a consistent output of research focused on improving understanding of pollution impact, water resource management, and environmental remediation methods. This includes evaluating methodologies for water quality assessment and investigating specific environmental contaminants.

Best Publications

  • Assessment of water quality of first-flush roof runoff and harvested rainwater

    Georgios D. Gikas;Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis

  • Oil Spill Modeling: A Critical Review on Current Trends, Perspectives, and Challenges

    Panagiota Keramea;Katerina Spanoudaki;George Zodiatis;Georgios Gikas

  • Hydrological and water quality modeling in a medium-sized basin using the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT)☆

    Vassilios Pisinaras;Christos Petalas;Georgios D. Gikas;Alexandra Gemitzi

  • Modeling of non-point source pollution in a Mediterranean drainage basin

    Georgios D. Gikas;Trisevgeni Yiannakopoulou;Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis

  • A small-size vertical flow constructed wetland for on-site treatment of household wastewater

    Georgios D. Gikas;Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis

  • Effect of operational and design parameters on removal efficiency of pilot-scale FWS constructed wetlands and comparison with HSF systems

    Irini P. Kotti;Georgios D. Gikas;Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis

  • Particularities of Fungicides and Factors Affecting Their Fate and Removal Efficacy: A Review

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  • Performance and cost comparison of a FWS and a VSF constructed wetland system.

    V A Tsihrintzis;C S Akratos;G D Gikas;D Karamouzis

  • Effluent quality improvement of two pilot-scale, horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands using natural zeolite (clinoptilolite)

    Alexandros I. Stefanakis;Christos S. Akratos;Georgios D. Gikas;Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis

  • Water Quality Trends in a Coastal Lagoon Impacted by Non-point Source Pollution after Implementation of Protective Measures

    Georgios D. Gikas;Trisevgeni Yiannakopoulou;Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis

  • Hydrologic and Water Quality Modeling of Lower Nestos River Basin

    I. Boskidis;G. D. Gikas;G. K. Sylaios;V. A. Tsihrintzis

  • Constructed wetlands for wastewater and activated sludge treatment in north Greece: a review.

    Vassilios A Tsihrintzis;G D Gikas

  • Impact of Irrigation Technologies and Strategies on Cotton Water Footprint Using AquaCrop and CROPWAT Models

    Ioannis D. Tsakmakis;Maria Zoidou;Georgios D. Gikas;Georgios K. Sylaios

  • Low-cost approaches for the removal of terbuthylazine from agricultural wastewater: Constructed wetlands and biopurification system

    Georgios D. Gikas;Marta Pérez-Villanueva;Mathaios Tsioras;Christos Alexoudis

  • On-site treatment of domestic wastewater using a small-scale horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland

    G D Gikas;V A Tsihrintzis

  • Suitability of Water Quality Indices for Application in Lakes in the Mediterranean

    Dimitris Alexakis;Vassiliοs A. Tsihrintzis;George Tsakiris;Georgios D. Gikas

  • Chromium removal from wastewater using HSF and VF pilot-scale constructed wetlands: Overall performance, and fate and distribution of this element within the wetland environment

    Vassiliki A. Papaevangelou;Georgios D. Gikas;Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis

  • Removal of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in HSF and VF pilot-scale constructed wetlands

    Vassiliki A. Papaevangelou;Georgios D. Gikas;Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis;Maria Antonopoulou

  • Water quality evaluation of a lacustrine water body in the Mediterranean based on different water quality index (WQI) methodologies.

    Ioanna Zotou;Vassilios A Tsihrintzis;Georgios D Gikas

  • S-metolachlor herbicide removal in pilot-scale horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands

    Georgios D. Gikas;Zisis Vryzas;Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis

  • Performance of Seven Water Quality Indices (WQIs) in a Mediterranean River

    Ioanna Zotou;Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis;Georgios D. Gikas

Frequent Co-Authors

Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis
Vassilios A. Tsihrintzis National Technical University of Athens
Andreas N. Angelakis
Andreas N. Angelakis Vodafone (United Kingdom)
Ioannis Konstantinou
Ioannis Konstantinou University of Ioannina

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