Dr. Kleanthi Kourtaki

Universität Tübingen
Zentrum für Angewandte Geowissenschaften (ZAG)
Schnarrenbergstr. 94-96
72076 Tübingen
Office: Room 4U20
Phone: +49-(0)7071-29-73124

kleanthi.kourtakispam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de

Research interests

Environmental fate, transport and transformation of organic pollutants in water, soil and sediments 
Environmental microbiology and biodegradation of contaminants 
Water quality, water protection, environmental remediation and monitoring 
Wastewater treatment and pollutant removal processes 
Since 2025
Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Tübingen 
Biotic and abiotic processes influencing the biodegradation of amino(poly)phosphonates. 

2025
PhD

Environmental Science, Expertise in Environmental Chemistry and Microbiology, University of Tübingen 
Dissertation: Bacterial Transformation of Glyphosate and Related Organophosphates.

2021
MSc.

Applied and Environmental Geosciences, University of Tübingen
Thesis: Glyphosate degradation by four microbial strains under phosphorus-limiting conditions and application of molecularly imprinted polymers as an enrichment technique.

2018
BSc.

Environmental Engineering, Technical university of Crete, Greece
Thesis: Investigation of the effect of quarz sand and nanoparticles in bacteria.

Publications

Kleanthi Kourtaki, Philipp R Martin, Stefan B Haderlein (2025). The overlooked role of manganese in biodegradation studies of higher aminopolyphosphonates. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26602-26610. Read

Kleanthi Kourtaki, Daniel Buchner, Philipp R Martin, Katharine J Thompson, Stefan B Haderlein (2025). Influence of organophosphonates as alternative P-sources on bacterial transformation of glyphosate. Environmental Pollution, 125872. Read

Vasiliki I Syngouna, Kleanthi I Kourtaki, Maria P Georgopoulou, Constantinos V Chrysikopoulos (2022). The role of nanoparticles (titanium dioxide, graphene oxide) on the inactivation of co-existing bacteria in the presence and absence of quartz sand. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International, 19199. Read

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