Dr. Liana Zoumpouli is an Assistant Professor and Ad Astra Fellow in the School of Chemistry of University College Dublin (Ireland). She studied Chemical Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece), before moving to the University of Bath (UK) to complete an MRes and a PhD at the Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies, including a research internship at the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering of Johns Hopkins University (USA). After her PhD, she held postdoctoral posts at Cranfield University (Research Fellow in Wastewater Treatment), and at the University of Bath (Research Associate in the ‘SynHiSel’ programme grant). Her research focuses on developing novel materials and technologies for water treatment, particularly for the removal of emerging contaminants using advanced oxidation processes and membrane filtration.