Summary
Theo is a Honorary Research Fellow at Imperial College's Centre for Environmental Policy.
He was a research associate in the NERC funded project Defining the AMR Burden of Antimicrobial Manufacturing Waste in Puducherry and Chennai (2019 - 2023) and several Anglian Water funded projects (2018 - 2023) that aimed to understand the drivers behind the combined sewer overflows and risks associated with their discharges at receiving waters.
Theo worked for four years as a researcher at the GLOBAQUA project (EU 7th FP) and investigated how to adapt EU water policy and management to minimise the ecological and socio-economic consequences of water scarcity and ongoing global change. Prior to this Theo has worked in various projects including the application of ESA models for the definition of environmental sensitive areas to desertification in rural areas of Greece (EU 7th FP), as well as laboratory projects assessing water and soil quality.
Theo holds a PhD in Environmental Policy and Management (Imperial College London), an MSc in Environmental Technology (Imperial College London) and MSc/BSc in Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering (Agricultural University of Athens).
International COnferences
Giakoumis T., The role of Antibiotics manufacturing as a source of Antimicrobial Resistance in the environment – The AMRWATCH project, International Conference on Combating Antimicrobial Resistance (CAMR - 2022), 13-14 October 2022, Puducherry, India.
Giakoumis T., The occurrence and risk of antibiotics in the environment from manufacturing waste, Wonders of The Small 3.0, An International Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance & Microbiome Under Changing Climate (AMRMIC 2022), 11-12 October 2022, Puducherry, India.
Voulvoulis N. and Giakoumis T., Systems thinking for delivering the Sustainable Development Goals: What can we learn from the implementation of the EU Water Framework Directive, CEMEPE 2019 and SECOTOX Conference, May 19- 24, 2019, Mykonos, Greece.
Giakoumis T. and Voulvoulis N., Progress with the WFD implementation in five European basins: Significant differences but similar problems. 15th International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology, 31 August - 2 September 2017, Rhodes, Greece.
Giakoumis T. and Arpon K.D., Anglian region case study: The Broadland Rivers Catchment. MARS WP4 Workshop, 7-10 December 2015, Lisbon, Portugal.
Voulvoulis N., Arpon K.D. and Giakoumis T., Water Framework Directive: A reductionist implementation of a systems directive 13th IWA Specialised Conference on Small Water and Wastewater systems / 5th IWA Specialised Conference on Resources-Oriented Sanitation, 13-17 September 2016, Athens, Greece.
Voulvoulis N., Giakoumis T, and Arpon K.D., The Water Framework Directive: a systems approach to sustainability challenges. 13th International Conference on Protection and Restoration of the Environment, 04-08 July 2016, Mykonos, Greece.
Publications
Journals
Giakoumis T, Voulvoulis N, 2023, Combined sewer overflows: relating event duration monitoring data to wastewater systems' capacity in England, Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology, Vol:9, ISSN:2053-1400, Pages:707-722
Voulvoulis N, Giakoumis T, Hunt C, et al., 2022, Systems thinking as a paradigm shift for sustainability transformation, Global Environmental Change, Vol:75, ISSN:0959-3780, Pages:102544-102544
Seethalakshmi PS, Charity OJ, Giakoumis T, et al., 2022, Delineating the impact of COVID-19 on antimicrobial resistance: An Indian perspective, Science of the Total Environment, Vol:818, ISSN:0048-9697
Gerassimidou S, Lovat E, Ebner N, et al., 2022, Unpacking the complexity of the UK plastic packaging value chain: A stakeholder perspective, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Vol:30, ISSN:2352-5509, Pages:657-673