Argyro is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Biotechnology in the Department of Civil
and Environmental Engineering of the University of Cyprus (UCY). She is the Founder and
Head of the Environmental Biotechnology (EmBIOSysTech) Laboratory and is a member of
the academic council of the Nireas International Water Research Center of UCY. Her research
concerns biological systems engineering and the (electro-)biodegradation of (industrial)
wastewater that is converted into value-added products, focusing on the characterization of
the microorganisms involved and the products formed, in the context of the circular
economy. She has >18 publications in peer reviewed journal papers. She has received more
than 600k euros of competitive national and EU grants and is a reviewer for research
agencies and international journals.

Grzegorz is an Associate Professor at Wrocław University of Science and Technology, leading
the Laboratory of Microbial Electrochemical Systems (L-MES). His research focuses on
microbial fuel cells, electrofermentation, and biosensors, aiming to develop sustainable
technologies for waste-to-energy conversion and environmental monitoring. In recent years,
his group has been developing bioelectrochemically stimulated synthesis of biosurfactants
and the degradation of waste cooking oil and petroleum. His work has been supported by
approximately €1.5 million in funding, including support from NCN, NAWA, and international
sources. He has contributed to the COST Action and a COST Innovation Grant focused on
commercialising microbial fuel cell technology. Dr Pasternak has authored over 40 peer-
reviewed publications (h-index of 18). He is an Associate Editor of Energy Nexus, Frontiers in
Microbiology, and Chemical Engineering Journal: Green and Sustainable.
 

Ioannis is the Chair in Environmental Engineering and Head of Department for Civil,
Maritime & Environmental Engineering at the University of Southampton. He specialises in
self-sustainable systems and produced the EcoBot family of robots and PEE POWER®
powered by microbial fuel cells (MFCs) fed on organic/human waste. Yannis brings 23 years
of expertise and has served as a UKRI-EPSRC Career Acceleration Fellow and a Gates
Foundation grantee, advancing Bioelectrochemical Systems for sanitation in LMICs. He is
Chair of the EU COST Innovators Grant looking to commercialise Microbial Fuel Cells, PI on
the EIC Pathfinder project Mi-Hy, and on programmes focusing on autonomous systems &
bioengineering. He is Editor-in-Chief for Sustainable Energy Technologies & Assessments. His
research income in 14 years is >£10M, his h-index is 67 and published >170 peer reviewed
journal articles.