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Professor in Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly

Director of the Laboratory of Plant and Environmental Biotechnology

His main focus is to study the interactions of pesticides with soil microorganisms (rapid microbial degradation of pesticides; development and implementation of biopurification systems for effluent treatment; evaluation of pesticides ecotoxicity in soil microorganisms, etc)

Associate editor of the Biodegradation and Frontiers in Microbiology Journals and member of the SETAC Pesticide Microbiology Group, the IUPAC Subcommittee on Crop Protection Chemistry, the National Committee on Plant Protection Products and the Hellenic Scientific Society of Microbiocosmos

He coordinated several projects funded by the European Commission, Greek national funding bodies and industrial partners

Author of more than 100 articles, 2 book chapters and 1 book publisher

Since 2006 he is Director of the European Union Reference Laboratory for Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables at the University of Almeria, Spain

Member of the Spanish Association for Standardization and the European Committee for Standardization (CEN)

Vice-president of the Evaluation of Education and Environmental Protection

Member of the Committee of the Spanish Society of Mass Spectrometry

Participant in the coordination of the Analytical Quality Control Guidelines, DG SANTE

Involved in more than 300 scientific publications, 326 posters presentation, 60 oral communications mainly focus in the analysis of pesticide residues by mass spectrometry techniques

Author/co-author of 17 book chapters and editor of 6 books about control of organic contaminants, quality control and environment

Doctor in Analytical Chemistry (University of Almería, Spain)

Since February 2004 works as researcher in the research group “Pesticides Residues”, under direction of Prof. Amadeo Rodríguez Fernández-Alba. Since 2006 the laboratory is appointed as “EU Reference Laboratory for pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables” (EURL-FV)

Main research lines are related to development, validation and implementation of analytical methods based on mass spectrometry for the determination of pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables (with advanced analytical techniques)

Since 2012, she is involved in the organization and evaluation of the EU Proficiency tests on fruits and vegetables (EUPT-FV) and in other activities related to the reference laboratory (organization of training courses and workshops, etc)