Varvara Apostolopoulou KalkavouraPost Doc

About me

I come from Athens, the capital of Greece, and I am leaving in Stockholm since 2012. I have a Diploma in Chemical Engineering (2012) from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and a M.Sc. in Sustainable Technology (2014) from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH).

I speak fluently Greek, English and Swedish and I worked in Hellenic Petroleum S.A. as a trainee, in SYchem -a water purification company in Greece- and IVL- Hammarby Sjöstad before starting the PhD at SU.

I am working with processing and characterization of cellulose nanomaterial-based foams for thermal management applications. I focus on the thermal conductivity measurements under varying climatic conditions.

Research projects

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Tandem development of waste textile recycling process and chemical screening for a non-toxic

Tandem development of waste textile recycling process and chemical screening for a non-toxic- Re:Start. While recycling of textiles is identified as an urgent need, only 1% of textile is recycled globally today.