Dr Georgios Ntinas holds a PhD degree from the School of Agriculture (Dept. of Hydraulics, Soil Science and Agricultural Engineering) of Aristotle University Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece (2012). His PhD research focused on experimental and numerical study of a hybrid solar energy-saving system acting as a hydroponic grow gutter in a greenhouse with tomato cultivation and included greenhouse experiments and the development and validation of a dynamic mathematical model to simulate the thermal behaviour of the solar system. He has worked as a postdoc researcher at the University of Aarhus (AU, Denmark) where he studied airflows around agricultural structures, at National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA, France) where he parameterized heat and mass transfer coefficients for experiments in flux chambers, at AUTh for the production of energy from organic wastes, at Hellenic Agricultural Organization-Demeter (HAO, Greece), where he carried out the research project AgroETAK “Optimized Management of Tomato Crop Nutrition-Fertilizers: Investigating Energy-Agrochemicals Input and Determining Carbon and Water Footprint for the Production of High Added Value Products” and at Technical University of Munich (TUM, Germany), where he received funding to determine the carbon footprint in a semi-closed greenhouse. From 2014 until 2019, he has worked as a lecturer with teaching assignments of the courses “Systems Analysis as a Research Method” (6 academic semesters) and “Ecophysiology: Technical Procedures and Principles of Protected Cultivation” (2 academic semesters) at TUM. He has published 55 papers in international scientific journals, he is a reviewer in 15 international journals, and he has presented his work in many scientific conferences, seminars and workshops. He has participated as a coordinator, work package leader and partner in 3 European and 8 national programs, while he is a member of scientific associations, societies and unions.

• Utilization of renewable energy sources (solar energy, wind energy, biomass, geothermal energy) in protected cultivation crops and energy saving
• Microclimate control in greenhouses and growth chambers with hydroponic or non-hydroponic crops
• Production of high-quality products and calculation-documentation of CO2 emissions during the production process
• Determination of indicators such as carbon footprint and water use efficiency
• Field experiments in greenhouses, growth chambers, wind tunnels and controlled air flow chambers (sub-scale)
• Computational experiments using mathematical models of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) as well as confirmation of these with laboratory experiments to predict the effect of external weather conditions on the heating and ventilation needs of greenhouses and other agricultural structures/equipment.

• “AGRITECH: Alliance for Innovative Learning Environment in Advanced Agriculture through Technology and Management” (101187399) «Topic: ERASMUS-EDU-2024-PI-ALL-INNO-EDU-ENTERP - Alliances for Education and Enterprises, Type of action: ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants, Role: Coordinator
• “AlgaeRevive: Harnessing Algae Power for Eutrophication Reduction and Blue Growth” (Project Code – BSB00091) INTERREG NEXT – Black Sea Basin, Role: Scientific Responsible
• “ToCO2MATO: DETERMINATION OF CARBON FOOTPRINT IN INDUSTRIAL TOMATO AND TOMATO OAK TYPE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF HIGH ADDED VALUE PRODUCTS». Greek Ministry of Agriculture, Role: Scientific Responsible
• “SUSTDEV: calculation of carbon footprint per unit product in greenhouse crop production to promote renewable energy sources (RES) and sustainable agricultural production” C. Macedonia Prefecture. Role: Scientific Responsible
• “ENVITOOL: Development of an electronic platform for environmental and economic impact assessment of bio-energy production systems in C. Macedonia for sustainable and competitive management by companies in agri-chain”, Role: Scientific Responsible

• 04/2015-09/2015 Postdoctoral Research “STIBET’’, Technische Universität München (TUM) “STIBET Funds of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)”
• 02/2015–02/2015–11/2015: Postdoctoral Researcher in the research project entitled “Rational Management of Fertilization and Nutrient Supply in Tomato Cultivation: Assessment of Energy and Agrochemical Inputs and Determination of Carbon and Water Footprints for the Production of High-Value-Added Products,” Hellenic Agricultural Organization “DEMETER” (ELGO-DIMITRA), Greece. Duration: 10 months.

Ravani, M., Chatzigeorgiou, I., Monokrousos, N., Giantsis, I. A., & Ntinas, G. K. (2024). Life cycle assessment of a high-tech vertical decoupled aquaponic system for sustainable greenhouse production. Frontiers in Sustainability, 5, 1422200.

Chatzigeorgiou, I., Ravani, M., Papadopoulos, D. K., Kelesidis, G., Giantsis, I. A., Tsaballa, A., … & Ntinas, G. K. (2024). Greenhouse production of baby leaf vegetables using rainbow trout wastewater in a high-tech vertical decoupled aquaponic system. Frontiers in Horticulture, 3, 1418447.

Ravani, M., Georgiou, K., Tselempi, S., Monokrousos, N., & Ntinas, G. K. (2023). Carbon Footprint of Greenhouse Production in EU—How Close Are We to Green Deal Goals?. Sustainability, 16(1), 191.

Ntinas, G. K., Dannehl, D., Schuch, I., Rocksch, T., & Schmidt, U. (2020). Sustainable greenhouse production with minimised carbon footprint by energy export. Biosystems Engineering, 189, 164-178.

Ntinas, G. K., Neumair, M., Tsadilas, C. D., & Meyer, J. (2017). Carbon footprint and cumulative energy demand of greenhouse and open-field tomato cultivation systems under Southern and Central European climatic conditions. Journal of cleaner production, 142, 3617-3626.