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Background
Dr Lampros Litos is a Lecturer in Sustainable Manufacturing, supervising more than 10 doctoral researchers, and designing/teaching postgraduate and executive education courses in sustainability, circular economy, innovation and operations management.
He holds a PhD in Industrial Management (Circular Economy) from the University of Cambridge, an MBA from the University of Ioannina, an MSc in Biotechnology from Ulster University, and a Chemical Engineering diploma from the University of Patras. His doctoral research at Cambridge's Institute for Manufacturing examined how manufacturing practices improve environmental and economic performance, working with major international manufacturers.
Before academia, Lampros built over 15 years of industry experience spanning R&D, sustainability and quality management roles, as well as senior roles in research commercialisation and knowledge exchange connecting universities with industry across the chemical and manufacturing sectors.
At Cranfield, he was Co-Investigator and workstream lead on the £5m TransFIRe Hub and continues to lead research bids for EPSRC and Horizon Europe. He is a Fellow of Advance Higher Education (FHEA), a member of the EPSRC Early Career Forum in Manufacturing and the Circular Economy, and mentors innovators through the Future Frontiers Fund, Cambridge Climate Society, and Crete's Innovation Business Observatory. Lampros is fluent in Greek and English, with professional Spanish and working German languages.
Research opportunities
Dr Litos's research centres on sustainability and the circular economy in manufacturing and supply chains, with a consistent focus on translating conceptual frameworks into tools practitioners can actually use. Recurring themes across his publication record include:
- Circular economy and materials recovery – barriers, enablers and system-dynamics modelling for post-consumer aluminium recycling and urban mining, traceability improvement across recycling supply chains, and circular approaches to e-waste and PCB recovery.
- Carbon accounting and Scope 3 emissions – how manufacturers operationalise Scope 3 reduction in supplier and procurement decisions, the role (and limits) of AI-enabled analytics in emissions data, and development of sector-specific GHG accounting tools for SMEs, particularly in agri-food.
- Eco-efficiency and maturity assessment – long-running work (dating back to his PhD) on maturity grids and self-assessment methods for energy and resource efficiency in factories, and organisational models for sharing environmental best practice across multi-site manufacturing operations.
- Sustainability frameworks for foundation industries – conceptual assessment frameworks and knowledge/technology transfer mechanisms to help foundation industries (metals, materials, chemicals) scale sustainable practices, developed through the TransFIRe Hub.
- Lean thinking and resource efficiency beyond manufacturing – applying lean principles to public service design and environmental performance, exploring transferability of manufacturing sustainability practices into the service sector.
- Innovation, sustainability and process optimisation – links between sustainable manufacturing practices and innovation capability, and simulation/optimisation of material recovery facility (MRF) processes using AI-based robotics.
- Food security and resilience – sustainability and security in agri-food systems under crisis conditions, connecting to his earlier industry background in food processing.
Underpinning this is a design research and practitioner-engaged methodology throughout — most projects combine literature synthesis with semi-structured interviews, case studies, or tool/framework development validated with industry.
Current activities
Inviting PhDs for research in sustainable manufacturing operations management.
Clients
Constellium
Siemens
Ministry of Industry and Minerals
BAE Systems
Publications
Articles In Journals
- El Khiam S & Litos L. (2026). Industry perspectives on scope 3 emissions reduction in manufacturing: challenges, opportunities, and the role of AI. Cleaner Manufacturing, 1(2)
- Aljuwaied M, Almanei M, Litos L & Salonitis K. (2024). Lean thinking and resource efficiency in the design of public services. Procedia CIRP, 128
- Liu M, Grimes S, Salonitis K & Litos L. (2024). Modular model and simulation for process optimisation in advanced material recovery facilities (MRFs). Procedia CIRP, 128
- Litos L, Paddea S, Salonitis K & Jolly MR. (2024). A conceptual assessment framework for sustainability in the foundation industries. Procedia CIRP, 128
- Jagtap S, Litos L, Raut R, Gupta S & Grover A. (2023). Ensuring food security and sustainability in the face of crises. International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 58(10)
- Litos L & Evans S. (2015). Maturity grid development for energy and resource efficiency management in factories and early findings from its application. Journal of Industrial and Production Engineering, 32(1)
Conference Papers
- Liu M, Litos L & Salonitis K. (2026). Barriers and Enablers to Traceability Improvement in Aluminium Recycling: From Cross-Industry Insights
- Alromaizan M, Afy-Shararah M, Jagtap S, Litos L & Salonitis K. (2023). Developing a carbon accounting tool for SMEs in the agri-food sector
- Litos L, Patsavellas J, Afy-Shararah M & Salonitis K. (2023). An investigation between the links of sustainable manufacturing practices and innovation
- Litos L, Borzillo F, Patsavellas J, Cockhead D & Salonitis K. (2017). Management tool design for eco-efficiency improvements in manufacturing - a case study
- Yi Y, Salonitis K, Tsoutsanis P, Litos L & Patsavellas J. (2017). Improving the curing cycle time through the numerical modeling of air flow in industrial continuous convection ovens
- Litos L, Gray D, Johnston B, Morgan D & Evans S. (2017). A Maturity-based Improvement Method for Eco-efficiency in Manufacturing Systems
- Despeisse M, Davé A, Litos L, Roberts S, Ball PD, .... (2016). A collection of tools for factory eco-efficiency
- Litos L & Evans S. (2015). Developing sustainable manufacturing strategies through practice maturity assessment
- Litos L & Evans S. (2014). Tool-kit development to facilitate decision making on Eco-efficiency in manufacturing - Insights from its application in production
Books
- Liu M, Schneider K, Litos L & Salonitis K. (2025). Enhancing Secondary Aluminium Supply: Optimising Urban Mining Through a Systems Thinking Approach In The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer Nature Switzerland.
- Liu M, Schneider K, Litos L & Salonitis K. (2025). The challenges and potential for increasing the recycling of post-consumer aluminium scrap in the UK In Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies (112). Springer.
- Ahmadinia M, Setchi R, Evans SL, Baker T, Gregory S, .... (2024). Transforming E-Waste into Value: A Circular Economy Approach to PCB Recycling In Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies (377). Springer Nature Singapore.
- Aljuwaied M, Litos L & Salonitis K. (2023). From manufacturing to public service organisations: lean as an effective approach to achieve sustainable environmental performance In Advances in Transdisciplinary Engineering (44). IOS Press.
- Litos L, Lunt P, Liu W & Evans S. (2017). Organizational Designs for Sharing Environmental Best Practice Between Manufacturing Sites
- Litos L, Lunt P, Liu W & Evans S. (2017). Organizational Designs for Sharing Environmental Best Practice Between Manufacturing Sites In Advances in Production Management Systems. The Path to Intelligent, Collaborative and Sustainable Manufacturing (514). Springer Nature.
- Nikolakis VI & Litos L. (2012). Patent "Process of producing zeolites from rice husk ash (RHA)"