Ioannis Dimitriou

My research has been focusing on designing productive systems with food and biomass crops while achieving minimal environmental impact (on soil and water quality, and biodiversity), including recycling of different nutrient-rich wastes.

Lately I am increasingly working with the science-policy interface to support the implementation of smart innovation in agriculture contributing to the sustainable transformation of agri-food systems. 

Organiser of Doctoral Course “Production of non-food- biomass for a bio-based economy (5 HEC)”, SLU’s Research School Sustainable systems for food, energy and biomaterials (SSFEB).

Guest lecturer in several other under- and postgraduate courses at SLU and partner universities

Current important collaborations (selection): 

Agrinatura EEIG - Vice-President

FAO - The Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP) – Steering Committee member

Sustainable Agri-food Systems Intelligence - Science Policy Interface (SASI-SPI) (funded by DG INTPA)  – Steering Committee member

Value Chain Analysis for Development (VCA4D) (funded by DG INTPA) - Steering Committee member

Long-term EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership for Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (LEAP4FNSSA) (funded by DG REA, Horizon Europe - Work Package leader 

Leveraging the DeSIRA Initiative for agri-food systems transformation (DeSIRA-LIFT) (funded by DG INTPA) - Service Area Co-leader. 

Past important collaborations (selection): 

Chairman IEA Bioenergy Task 43 “Biomass feedstocks for energy markets” (2016-2018); Deputy Chairman IEA Bioenergy Task 43 “Biomass feedstocks for energy markets” (2019-2021); Co-ordinator SLU SIDA’s bilateral collaboration Rwanda, Mozambique (2018-2022);  Chairman of the SLU NJ Faculty Committee on Global Issues (2014-2016); Director of PhD studies, Dep. of Crop Production Ecology, SLU (2014-2016); Co-ordinator NJ EU-team (Faculty of Natural Resources and Agricultural Sciences, SLU) (2010-2016)
 

Latest:

Xu, X., Englund, O., Dimitriou, I., Rosenqvist, H., Liu, G., Mola‑Yudego, B., 2023. Landscape Metrics and Land‑Use Patterns of Energy Crops in the Agricultural Landscape. Bioenergy Research, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12155-023-10584-9  

Englund, O., Mola-Yudego, B., Börjesson, P., Cederberg, C., Dimitriou, I., Scarlat, N., Berndes, G. 2022. Large-scale deployment of grass in crop rotations as a multifunctional climate mitigation strategy. GCB Bioenergy https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.13015 

Liu W., Xue, K., Hu, R., Zhou, J., Van Nostrand, J.D., Dimitriou, I., Giagnoni, L., Renella, G., 2022. Long-Term Effects of Soil Remediation with Willow Short Rotation Coppice on Biogeographic Pattern of Microbial Functional Genes. Microorganisms 10(1), 140; https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms10010140. 

Kulisic, B., Gagnon, B., Schweinle, J., Van Holsbeeck, S., Šimurina, J., Brown, M., Dimitriou, I., McDonald, H. 2021. The contributions of biomass supply for bioenergy in the post-COVID-19 recovery. Energies 14(24), 8415; DOI: 10.3390/en14248415. 

Kulisic, B., Dimitriou, I., Mola, B. 2021. Positioning the biofuel policy in the bioeconomy of the BioEast. Biofuels. DOI: 10.1080/17597269.2021.1984165. 

Englund, O., Börjesson, P., Mola-Yudego, B., Berndes, G., Dimitriou, I., Cederberg, C., Scarlat, N. 2021. Strategic deployment of riparian buffers and windbreaks in Europe can co-deliver biomass and environmental benefits. Communications Earth & Environment, 2:1, DOI: 10.1038/s43247-021-00247-y 

Mola-Yudego, B., Xu X., Englund, O., Dimitriou I. 2021. Reed Canary Grass for Energy in Sweden: Yields, Land-Use Patterns, and Climatic Profile. Forests 2021, 12(7), 897; https://doi.org/10.3390/f12070897. 

Kulisic, B., Dimitriou, I., Mola, B. 2021. From preferences on mandated share for renewable energy in transport to concerted policy. Energy Policy 155; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112355 

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