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SUMMARY:"FOOD for BRAIN"| Ομιλία Ομ. Καθηγ. 
 Νικολάου Καλογεράκη
LOCATION:ZOOM Meeting
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 f206792d5e6e283a78c805738c5a73\nΟ Ομ
 . Καθηγητής του Πολυτεχνείου Κρήτης 
 κ. Ευάγγελος Γιδαράκος, συνεχίζει κα
 ι φέτος την υλοποίηση διαδικτυακών δ
 ιαλέξεων σε φλέγοντα θέματα διαχείρι
 σης αποβλήτων, με τίτλο "FOOD for BR
 AIN".\n Την Τετάρτη 25 Σεπτεμβρίου 2
 024 και ώρα 13:00 CET (14:00 ώρα Ελλ
 άδος) ο Ομ. Καθηγητής Νικόλαος Καλογ
 εράκης της Σχολής Χημικών Μηχανικών 
 και Μηχανικών Περιβάλλοντος του Πολυ
 τεχνείου Κρήτης, ως προσκεκλημένος ε
 ισηγητής της δράσης "FOOD for BRAIN"
  για τον Σεπτέμβριο, θα παρουσιάσει 
 τις νέες προκλήσεις που πρέπει να αν
 τιμετωπιστούν για την επιτυχή βιοαπο
 δόμηση των πλαστικών στο θαλάσσιο πε
 ριβάλλον, καθώς και τις σημαντικές π
 ροόδους στο πλαίσιο της κυκλικής οικ
 ονομίας. Επίσης, θα παρουσιαστούν πρ
 όσφατα αποτελέσματα για την τύχη των
  μικροπλαστικών σε γεωργικά εδάφη.\n
  Η ομιλία του έχει τίτλο: «Τύχη και 
 βιοαποδόμηση πλαστικών και μικροπλασ
 τικών στο θαλάσσιο περιβάλλον και στ
 α γεωργικά εδάφη»\n Συμμετοχή μπορεί
  να πραγματοποιηθεί μέσω του ακόλουθ
 ου συνδέσμου: \n ZOOM Meeting\n  \n 
 Τίτλος\n Fate and biodegradation of 
 plastics and microplastics in the ma
 rine environment and in agricultural
  soils\n \n Περίληψη\n Plastic debri
 s represents a significant problem a
 mong the various pollution problems 
 facing the marine environment. Sever
 al studies have been conducted on th
 e fate and weathering of plastics in
  the marine environment including th
 e generation and fate of microplasti
 cs. Sorption of toxic substances pre
 sent in seawater by microplastics re
 presents an additional environmental
  concern. Laboratory results on the 
 biodegradation of plastics show grea
 t variability. An important question
 , which remains unanswered, is what 
 is the level of weathering that make
 s the common plastics, in particular
  those with a C-C backbone, biodegra
 dable at a reasonably fast rate. Is 
 Natural Attenuation a potential biod
 egradation route that allows us to h
 ope for clean oceans? In this presen
 tation, we focus on the determinatio
 n of biodegradation and fragmentatio
 n rates of polystyrene and polyethyl
 ene films naturally weathered on bea
 ch sand as well as polypropylene fil
 ms weathered in seawater mesocosms. 
 Results from 300-day long field expe
 riments in Souda Bay (Crete, Greece)
  are also presented. Our findings ar
 e very encouraging pointing to new c
 hallenges that need to be addressed 
 for a successful biodegradation of p
 lastics in the marine environment as
  well as significant advances in the
  context of circular economy. Finall
 y, recent results on the fate of mic
 roplastics in agricultural soils wil
 l also be presented.\n \n Βιογραφικό
 \n Nicolas Kalogerakis is Professor 
 Emeritus of Biochemical Engineering 
 at the Technical University of Crete
  where he served twice as Department
  Head and as Vice-President of the U
 niversity Council. Prior to that he 
 was a Professor at SUNY-Buffalo (USA
 ) and at the University of Calgary (
 Canada). In 1997 he returned to Gree
 ce as a founding member of the Envir
 onmental Engineering Dept. He holds 
 a Diploma in Chemical Engineering fr
 om NTUA (Athens, Greece), an MEng(A)
  from McGill University (Montreal, C
 anada) and a PhD from the University
  of Toronto (Canada). His area of ex
 pertise includes environmental biote
 chnology focusing on bioremediation 
 and phytoremediation technologies. C
 urrently his group is participating 
 in 3 EU funded research projects. Pr
 ofessor Kalogerakis has a strong pub
 lication record with >19200 citat
 ions and an h-index of 76 (Google sc
 holar).\n
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