A student of the Department of Environment of the Ionian University, Sotirios Douklias, presented the results of his bachelor’s Thesis on “Bioaugmentation of Anaerobic Digestion” in a BSc defence which was held in June 2024. The implementation of this thesis was conducted under the supervision of Professor Ioannis Fotidis, the project coordinator of Micropower. The thesis provided a comprehensive investigation into the process of anaerobic digestion (AD) and bioaugmentation, with a focus on optimizing performance. Central to the study was an exploration of bioaugmentation’s potential to enhance AD dynamics, examining strategies, challenges, and emerging trends in an elaborate review.
The thesis was prepared in the framework of the project “MicroPower-Bioaugmentation of specialized microbial consortia to optimize the overall anaerobic digestion process” funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I.) in the framework of the project “New Researchers – RRF: Basic Research Financing (Horizontal support for all Sciences), SA8. Environment and Energy”, project (No.: 15547). This project is carried out within the framework of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan Greece 2.0, funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU.