Ioannis Nicolaou

Owner and Director · NIKIFOS · company speakers →

Prof. Dr. Ioannis Nicolaou is currently the president of NIKIFOS , a chemical engineering company founded in 2000 in Cyprus. With 40 years of experience, he specializes in solid-liquid separation, combining extensive research with practical expertise. For the past 25 years, he has provided professional support worldwide to numerous filter users, as well as filter and centrifuge manufacturers, helping them apply practice-oriented theory to solve their projects reliably and with minimal experimental effort. This leads to significant time and cost savings, a deeper understanding of their projects, and the establishment of a shared language. His support includes licensing user-friendly software, offering consultancy, and conducting training sessions (both online and on-site). Born in Cyprus, Prof. Dr. Nicolaou studied chemical engineering at the University of Karlsruhe (now KIT ) in Germany as a DAAD scholar. He graduated with distinction (first class) in 1984 and was honored with the Emil Kirschbaum Award in 1985 for his outstanding diploma thesis. From 1986 to 1996, he worked at the Institute of Mechanical Process Engineering and Mechanics, collaborating with Prof. Stahl, a global leader in applied solid-liquid separation research. In 1991, he earned his Ph.D., graduating with distinction (first class), and in 1996, he completed his professorial thesis (Habilitation) in mechanical process engineering, receiving a teaching authorization in the field. For his exceptional research in filtration, he was awarded the Heinz-Maier-Leibnitz Award by the German government in 1994. From 1997 to 2000, he served as the Head of the Solid-Liquid Separation and Crystallization team at Axiva (formerly Hoechst AG). Since 1997, he has been a professor at the University of Karlsruhe ( KIT ), delivering his own lectures. In 2002, he was a visiting professor at the University of Florida’s Engineering Research Center for Particle Science & Technology, where he was recognized as an eminent scholar. Since 2000, he has owned NIKIFOS , focusing on the development and licensing of practice-oriented and user-friendly software for cake-forming filtration of suspensions ( FILOS , CENTRISTAR , FILASTRA ), as well as for hydrocyclones ( CYCLONPLUS ). In addition to software development and professional support for program users, he offers online training in solid-liquid separation and consultancy services.

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