!!!Spiros Agathos \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='Agathos_Spiros_small.jpg' alt='Spiros Agathos' height='220'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ *2023 - present Chair Professor, Harbin Engineering University, Qingdao Base, China * 2015 - present Professor Emeritus & Invited Research Professor, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium * 2015 - 2019 Inaugural Dean, School of Biological Sciences & Engineering, and Rector (2019), Yachay Tech University, Ecuador * 2005 - 2015 Full Professor (“Professeur Ordinaire”), Unit of Bioengineering, Université Catholique de Louvain * 1998 - 2010 Head, Unit of Bioengineering, Université Catholique de Louvain * 1993 - 2005 Associate Professor then Professor, Unit of Bioengineering, Université Catholique de Louvain * 1985 - 1993 (a) Assistant Professor, Dept. Chemical & Biochemical Engineering and (b) Principal Investigator, Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers – The State University of New Jersey, U.S.A. * 1982 - 1985 Lecturer then Assistant Professor, Dept. Chemical & Biochemical Engineering, University of Western Ontario, Canada \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ *2023 Corresponding Member, Academy of Athens, Greece *2023 Zhiyuan Master Lecturer, School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China *2021 Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), U.S.A. *2021 Ordinary Member of Academia Europaea *2019 Waksman Outstanding Teaching Award, Society for Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology (SIMB), U.S.A. *2019 Elected Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology (AAM), U.S.A. *2018 Invited Lecturer on Industrial & Environmental Biotechnology, 18th International Biotechnology Symposium (IBS2018), Montreal, Canada *2017 Opening Keynote Lecturer, 5th Belgian Symposium on Tissue Engineering (BSTE), Leuven, Belgium *2015 Elected Fellow, International Water Association (IWA) *2015 Special “Professor S.N. Agathos” Honorary Session, 6th European Bioremediation Conference (EBC-VI), Chania, Crete, Greece *2014 Closing Plenary Lecturer, 16th International Biotechnology Symposium (IBS2014), Fortaleza, Brazil *2014 Elected Fellow, American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering (AIMBE), U.S.A. *2012 Inter-University Attraction Pole (IUAP) - Microbial Resource Management (MRM) in Engineered and Natural Ecosystems (“Micro-Manager”) *2006 Elected Fellow, Society for Industrial Microbiology & Biotechnology, U.S.A. *1987 Career Initiation Award, National Science Foundation (NSF), U.S.A. \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Agathos_Spiros/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Agathos_Spiros/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Agathos_Spiros/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Agathos_Spiros/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW edit sagathos}][{ALLOW upload sagathos}][{ALLOW comment All}]