Prof. Spyridon Κ. Golfinopoulos is a Professor in the Department of Financial and Management Engineering, University of the Aegean, Chios, Greece. He obtained a BSc (1991) and a PhD (1998) in Environmental Sciences from the Department of Environment, University of the Aegean. He is also the head of the Environmental Quality and Technology Laboratory (EQTL), which covers teaching and research needs in environmental science and specializes in the determination of hazardous substances in water, waste, air, and food and in the environmental policy and planning related to sustainable development, with a focus on energy, circular economy, and environmental impact assessment. His teaching disciplines include chemistry, environmental system design and implementation, environmental engineering, and chemical technology, and his interests encompass water resources, water supply management, water technology, wastewater management, disinfection byproducts, volatile organic compounds, pesticides, environmental policy, envi