Victor
Kouloumpis
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Industrial and Digital Innovations Research Group,
Technical University of Crete, 73100 Chania, Crete, Greece
Victor received a Diploma and a PhD from the department of Production Engineering and Management and MSc from the department of Environmental Engineering of the Technical University of Crete in Greece, in 2002, 2007 and 2004. While finishing his studies he worked as a Consultant and as a Research associate at the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems Laboratory and as a part time Lecturer and Teaching assistant at the Hellenic Mediterranean University and the Technical University of Crete respectively. In the UK, he worked as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Manchester for the projects SPRIng (Sustainability Assessment of Nuclear Power: An Integrated Approach) and CSEF (Centre for Sustainable Energy Use in Food Chains). During the period 2011-2015, he worked as a Lecturer of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering and Senior Lecturer of Environmental Engineering at the University of Cumbria. Before leaving the UK, he worked as a Research Fellow at the University of Exeter in the projects ICE (Intelligent Community Energy), CERES (Co-processing of Coal Mine and Electronic Wastes: Novel Resources for a Sustainable Future), WEFWEB (Mapping the Water-Energy-Food Nexus at Multiple Scales and Across Sectors), EXEMPLAR (Exeter Multidisciplinary Plastics Research hub) and as a Senior Research Fellow in the project CLIP (Developing a carbon impact assessment tool for processes foods). His research interests include sustainable development, life cycle assessment, fuzzy logic, renewable energy sources, energy economics and sustainability assessment. He reviews for a number of journals such as the ‘Journal of Cleaner Production’ and ‘Sustainable Production and Consumption’.
Education
2007: PhD in Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete
Thesis : “ Sensitivity analysis and optimization of sustainability indicators using fuzzy logic ”
Scholarship from Heraclitus Programme
2004: MSc in Quality Control and Environmental Management, Technical University of Crete.
Thesis : “ Biofuels for household heating. Economic and environmental evaluation ”
Scholarship from the School of Environmental Engineering
- 2002: Diploma of Production Engineering and Management, Technical University of Crete.
Thesis : ” Logistics management at Marko wine company “
Excellence award for first year of studies
Teaching Experience
- Current
- “ Life Cycle Analysis ”
Academic years 2019 – Present
Teaching assistance,
College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences
University of Exeter
- “ Life Cycle Analysis ”
- Past
- “ Sustainable Development and Industry ”
Academic years 2009-11 and 2015-17,
Teaching assistance
College of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
University of Manchester - “ Research Methods and Engineering Project Management ”
Academic years 2013-15
Development and delivery of the MSc module
Faculty of Health and Science
University of Cumbria
- “ Sustainable Development and Industry ”
More information about Past Teching Experience can be found here
Research Projects - Grants
- Active
- 2021 – Present:
Smart integration of local energy sources and innovative storage for flexible, secure and cost-efficient energy
supply on industrialized islands (ROBINSON)
EC, LC-SC3-ES-4-2018-2020, Horizon 2020
Role: Post-Doctoral Researcher, Technical University of Crete - 2021 – Present
Energy-aware Factory Analytics for Process industries (FACTLOG)
EC, DT-SPIRE-06-2019, Horizon 2020
Role: Post Doctoral Researcher, Technical University of Crete
- 2021 – Present:
- Past
- 2020 – 2021:
Circular and Low Impact Processed Food (CLIP)- Developing a carbon impact assessment tool for processed foods
UK Research Development and Innovation and European Regional Development Fund
Role: Senior Research Fellow, University of Exeter - 2019 – 2020
Exeter Multidisciplinary Plastics Research Hub (EXEMPLAR)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council 2019-2020
Role: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Exeter - 2018 – 2020
Intelligent Community Energy – smart low carbon energy in isolated communities (ICE)
EU INTERREG 2017-2020
Role: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Exeter - 2018 – 2020
Co-processing of Coal Mine and Electronic Wastes: Novel Resources for a Sustainable Future (CEReS)
EU Research Fund for Coal and Steel
Role: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Exeter
- 2020 – 2021:
More information about Past Projects can be found here
Research Interests
- Life cycle assessment
- Renewable energy
- Circular Economy
- Climate Change
- Fuzzy logic
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus
Publications
Recent
- Kouloumpis, V. and Yan, X., 2021. ” Sustainable energy planning for remote islands and the waste legacy from renewable energy infrastructure deployment “ Journal of Cleaner Production (available online 23 April 2021), 127198
- Kouloumpis, V., Kalogerakis, A., Pavlidou, A., Tsinarakis, G., Arampatzis, G., 2020. ” Should photovoltaics stay at home? Comparative life cycle environmental assessment on roof-mounted and ground-mounted photovoltaics “ Sustainability, 12 (21), 9120
- Kouloumpis, V., Pell, R., Corea-Cano, M. and Yan, X., 2020. ” Potential trade-offs between eliminating plastics and mitigating climate change: An LCA perspective on Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) bottles in Cornwall “ Science of the Total Environment, 727, 138681
- Kouloumpis, V., Sobolewski, R. and Yan, X., 2020. ” Performance and life cycle assessment of a small-scale vertical axis wind turbine “ Journal of Cleaner Production, 247, 119520
Ιn peer-reviewed scientific journals
- Kouloumpis, V. and Azapagic A., 2018. ” Integrated life cycle sustainability assessment using fuzzy inference: a novel FELICITA model “ Sustainable Production and Consumption, 15, pp. 25-34
- Michalena, E., Kouloumpis, V. and Hills, J., 2018. ” Challenges for Pacific Small Island Developing States in achieving their Nationally Determined Contributions “ Energy Policy, 114, pp. 508-518
- Kouloumpis, V., Stamford, L. and Azapagic A., 2015. ” Decarbonising electricity supply: Is climate change mitigation going to be carried out at the expense of other environmental impacts?” Sustainable Production and Consumption, 1,pp.1-21
- Tsoutsos, T., Kouloumpis, V., Fotinis, S. and Zafeiris, T., 2010. ” Life Cycle Assessment for Biodiesel under the Greek climate conditions “ Journal of Cleaner Production, 18 (4) pp. 328-335
- Kouloumpis, V., Kouikoglou, V. and Phillis, Y., 2008. ” Sustainability assessment of nations and related decision making using fuzzy logic “ IEEE Systems Journal, 2(2), pp. 224–236
- E. Sanyé-Mengual, A. Amadei, S. Corrado, C. Caldeira, V. Kouloumpis, X. Yan and S. Sala. “ Modelling the plastic footprint of EU consumption: knowing the flows and stock as the basis for estimating plastic marine litter emissions ” SETAC Europe 30th Annual Meeting online, 7 May 2020
- X. Yan and V. Kouloumpis, “ Life cycle environmental impacts of a novel value-creating method to co-process coal mine and electronic wastes ”, SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting in Helsinki, Finland, 26-30 May 2019
- D. Smith, V. Kouloumpis, I. Convery, A. Ramsey, “ Can’t see the wood for the trees: Renewable energy landscapes assessment beyond monetary valuations ”, International Society for Ecological Economics Conference, Iceland, 13-15 Aug 2014
- V. Kouloumpis, A. Kalogerakis, E.Lees, I. Convery, “ Decentralised Renewable Energy: Alleviating Conflicts at the Expense of the Environment? ”, Second European Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment (ECSEE2014), Brighton, UK, 03-06 July 2014
- V. Kouloumpis, “ Small scale hydro power renaissance in the UK: A life cycle assessment of a water wheel ”, International Exergy, Life Cycle Assessment, and Sustainability Workshop & Symposium (ELCAS3), Nisyros, Greece,07-09 July 2013
Book chapters
- D. Smith, I. Convery, A. Ramsey and V. Kouloumpis, “ Conserving natural heritage; shifting positions of culture and nature ” in Shifting Interpretations of Natural Heritage, International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, Boydell & Brewer Inc, USA, 2016
- V. Kouloumpis, X. Liu and E. Lees, “ Environmental impacts of wind farms. Gone with the wind? “ in Renewable Energy Governance, E. Michalena and J.M. Hills (Editors), Springer, ISBN 978-1-4471-5594-2, 203-216, 2013
- V. Kouloumpis, ” Monitoring Sustainable Development Using Indicators ” in Signposts to Sustainable Development: National sustainable development strategy, Darinka Radojevic (Editor)-Belgrade: Balkan Community Initiatives Fund: Office of Deputy Prime Minister for European Integration, ISBN 978-86-907353-6-5, p.512-523, 2011
- Y. A. Phillis, V. S. Kouikoglou, and V. Kouloumpis, ” Sustainability ranking and critical sustainability factors of nations “ in Ecological Economics Research Trends, C. C. Pertsova (Editor), Nova Science Publishers, ISBN 1-60021-941-1, 149–170, 2008
Additional published work can be found here
Work Experience
- 2020 – 2021
Senior Research Fellow
Environmnet and Sustainability Institute,
University of Exeter - 2018 – 2020
Research Fellow
Environmnet and Sustainability Institute,
University of Exeter - 2015 – 2017:
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Sustainable Industrial Systems group,
University of Manchester - 2014 – 2015
Senior Lecturer
Environmental Engineering,
University of Cumbria - 2011 – 2014
Lecturer
Sustainable and Renewable Energy Engineering,
University of Cumbria - 2009 – 2011
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Sustainable Industrial Systems group,
University of Manchester - 2008 – 2009
Lecturer
Energy Economics,
Hellenic Mediterannean University - 2007 – 2009
Researcher
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Systems Laboratory,
Technical University of Crete
