Alexandros Stefanakis

GRM 2025 Workshop: Nature-Based Solutions for a Circular Economy Transformation in the GCC Countries

Director, Laboratory of Environmental Engineering and Management, School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Chania, Greece President, International Ecological Engineering Society, Switzerland GCC Environment Technical University of Crete

Prof. Alexandros Stefanakis is an academic in Greece with long professional experience in the field. He has worked in the GCC as a practising engineer in the past and also taught at a local University in Oman. He is the President of the International Ecological Engineering Society, and Regional Coordinator of Africa and Middle East for the ‘Wetlands for Water Pollution Control’ Group of the International Water Association. He is also European Climate Pact Ambassador appointed by the European Commission. He has designed, managed, and nature-based solutions and constructed wetlands across Europe, Middle East, Africa, USA and South America for wastewater treatment and reuse integrated with waste management practices.