Dr. Paraskevi Karka is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Sustainable Process Design at the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Groningen. Her research interests include modelling, process design and sustainability assessment (life cycle assessment, technoeconomic analysis, technology assessment and scale-up aspects) of chemical processes. Also, the development of models for supporting decisions at the early stages of process design using machine learning. The areas of applications focus on biorefineries, biofuel production processes and circular economy/industrial symbiosis systems. She has authored several papers in scientific journals among of which in the International Journal of LCA, Energy Strategy Reviews, Chemical Engineering Science, etc. and she has participated in a variety of conferences in Europe and the USA such as the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) Annual Meeting, European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, etc. She has participated in various EU and national research projects in the National Technical University of Athens, Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Groningen. 

Education profile, Process design, Life Cycle Assessment, Circular Economy. Development of sustainable process design learning lines in the tracks of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Engineering and Management programmes at the University of Groningen enriching them with sustainability assessment approaches and appropriate pedagogical perspectives..