Dr. Georgios Karanikolos holds a Diploma in Chemical Engineering from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece (2000), and a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA (2005). Before his appointment at Khalifa University (2013), he was Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Minnesota, and then a Marie Curie fellow at the Demokritos National Research Center in Athens, Greece. He is recipient of the Abu Dhabi Department of Education and Knowledge (ADEK) Award for Research Excellence (2018) and the recipient of the 2019 Khalifa University Research Excellence Award. Prof. Georgios Karanikolos’ research is focused on separation and purification processes, catalysis, carbon capture and conversion, hydrogen storage, water treatment, porous materials and membranes including zeolites, metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), and carbon/graphitic nanostructures. He has (co)authored more than 80 peer-reviewed articles and contributed in >120 conferences. Other professional activities include: expert evaluator of national and international proposals, journal editorship, conference committees, chairing conferences sessions, etc. He has also been invited in the Task force for setting the first-ever UAE R&D Priorities and Policies by the Ministry of Industry and Advanced Technology (MoIAT).
Highly Sensitive Nanostructured Adsorbents for Capture of CO2 from Low Concentration Sources – Toward Zero-Carbon Oil & Gas Processing (CAPCO2)
Khalifa University - CIRA 2020 program (Competitive Internal Research Awards) (PI)
Development and Optimization of Novel Battery System: Na Ion
Khalifa University - CIRA 2022 program (Competitive Internal Research Awards) (Co-I)