Yiota-Victoria Phakoukaki joined KIOS Research and Innovation Center of Excellence in 2025 as a Research Associate. She holds a BEng from the University of Surrey and an MSc and PhD in Chemical Engineering from UCL, where her doctoral research focused on developing intensified solvent extraction systems for pharmaceutical manufacturing. She was awarded the prestigious EPSRC Doctoral Prize Fellowship to collaborate with global science and sustainability leader Johnson Matthey, leading research on advanced metal recovery from e-waste in support of the circular economy. At KIOS, she leads the FINEX project, accelerating Cleantech adoption through world-class experimentation and regulatory innovation.
