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This marks her second PSIPW Specialist Grant underscoring her sustained global leadership in water research.
The Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz International Prize for Water (PSIPW) has approved a Prince Sultan Water Specialist Event Participation Grant to support Professor Despo Fatta-Kassinos, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering, as a plenary speaker at EMEC 2025 (25th European Meeting on Environmental Chemistry, Crete, Greece). This marks the second time Professor Fatta-Kassinos has been selected for this prestigious specialist grant, underscoring her sustained global leadership in water research.
Administered by PSIPW, the Specialist Grant enables scientific event organisers to feature world-leading water scientists to the stage as plenary speakers. Grant recipients are chosen based on criteria that include the innovative nature of the recipient’s water-related work.
Professor Fatta-Kassinos, a Chemical and Environmental Engineer at the University of Cyprus, is internationally recognised for pioneering research on wastewater-borne micropollutants, antimicrobial resistance in engineered and natural systems, and advanced analytical and engineering approaches that explore system-level water-quality outcomes. Her EMEC 2025 plenary will address frontier strategies for mitigating chemical and biological risks across the water cycle, translating cutting-edge science into actionable engineering and policy.
“I am honoured by EMEC’s selection and PSIPW’s approval,” said Professor Fatta-Kassinos. “This Specialist Grant accelerates vital exchanges between disciplines, chemistry, microbiology, analytics, and systems engineering, so we can deliver water solutions that are both innovative and implementable.”
About the Prince Sultan Water Specialist Event Participation Grant
Named in memory of HRH Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, founder of PSIPW, the Specialist Grant extends PSIPW’s vision of encouraging water-related research. By supporting event organisers directly, the programme enables the participation of world-leading scientists as plenary/keynote speakers and instructors at high-impact scientific events.
