Nikolaos Nikolaidis is a professor in the School of Environmental Engineering, has served as the Deputy Rector for Financial Planning and Development of TUC and the Director of HersLab. Prior to joining TUC, he was a professor and director of the Environmental Engineering Program at the University of Connecticut, USA. His areas of expertise include: Watershed Scale Studies and Modelling, Heavy Metal Site Assessment and Remediation, and Pollution Prevention and Sustainable Development. He is using a "holistic" approach in solving environmental problems by conducting field studies, laboratory experimentation and mathematical modelling. He has published over 300 peer reviewed journal papers, conference proceedings, books and book chapters, has an h-index of 56 and more than 9700 citations.