Dr. Christos A. Aggelopoulos is a Principal Researcher at the Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences, Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas (FORTH/ICE-HT) in Patras, Greece, where he also leads the Cold Plasma and Advanced Techniques for Improving Environmental Systems Lab (PlaNET). He earned his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Physics from the University of Patras, Greece, in 2002 and 2004, respectively, and completed his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering at FORTH/ICE-HT and the Department of Physics, University of Patras, in 2007. He has worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the French Institute of Petroleum (Institut Français du Pétrole Énergies Nouvelles, IFPEN), France (2009-2010), and as an Associate Researcher at Pierre et Marie Curie University – Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Paris, France (2012-2014). His research focuses on soil and wastewater remediation using non-thermal plasma, plasma-catalysis, the electrical and optical characterization of plasma, and plasma-activated water. Dr. Aggelopoulos received the 2nd Prize for Applied Research in the 3rd "Greece Innovates!" Applied Research & Innovation Competition (2016).