KOLLIA ELENI

Career

- Academic education - Degrees -

• 2012: B.Sc. in Chemistry, Chemistry Dept., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
• 2014: M.Sc. in Food Chemistry, Chemistry Dept., (NKUA)
• 2019: Ph.D. in Food Chemistry, Chemistry Dept., (NKUA)
• 2022 B.Sc. in Pharmacy, Pharmacy Dept., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)

- Teaching Activities -

Undergraduate courses

• Food Microbiology (Chemistry Dept.)
• Food Microbiology (Laboratory Exercises)
• Chemistry of wine and other alcoholic beverages
• Chemistry of wine and other alc. beverages  (Lab Exercises)

Postgraduate courses

• Food Microbiology (Chemistry Dept.)
• Food Microbiology (Laboratory  Exercises)

- Research Interests/Activities -

• Determination of antioxidant capacity of plant derived foods
• Mycotoxigenic fungi/ Antifungal agents
• Mycotoxins determination in food matrices
• Risk assessment
• Antimicrobial food packages
• Applied food microbiology/mycology

- Top five publications -

• E. Kollia,  P Markaki, P Zoumpoulakis, C Proestos (2017). Αntioxidant activity of Cynara scolymus L. and Cynara cardunculus L. extracts obtained by different extraction techniques, Natural Product Research, 31(10),1163-1167.
• E. Kollia, C Proestos, P Zoumpoulakis, P Markaki (2019), Capsaicin, an inhibitor of Ochratoxin A production by Aspergillus section Nigri strains in grapes (Vitis Vinifera L.), Food Additives and Contaminants Part A, 36 (11), 1709–1721.
• E. Lioli, E. Kollia, P. Markaki, C.A. Mitsopoulou, (2020), Anti-fungal and antiaflatoxigenic assessment of new Cu(II)-pq complexes against Aspergillus parasiticus, in dark conditions and under visible irradiation, Volume 368, Issue 19, October 2021, fnab136
• A. E Giannakas, C.E Salmas, A. Leontiou, D. Moschovas, M. Baikousi, E. Kollia, V. Tsigkou, A. Karakassides, A. Avgeropoulos, C. Proestos., Performance of Thyme Oil@Na-Montmorillonite and Thyme Oil@Organo-Modified Montmorillonite Nanostructures on the Development of Melt-Extruded Poly-L-lactic Acid Antioxidant Active Packaging Films. Molecules. 2022; 27 (4):1231.
• C.E. Salmas, A.E. Giannakas, M. Baikousi, E. Kollia, V. Tsigkou, C. Proestos. Effect of Copper and Titanium-Exchanged Montmorillonite Nanostructures on the Packaging Performance of Chitosan/Poly-Vinyl-Alcohol-Based Active Packaging Nanocomposite Films. Foods. 2021; 10 (12):3038.

- Selected Distinctions -

• University Scholarshipunder the program entitled "Acquisition of Academic Teaching Experience in Young Scientists PhD Holders (2019-2022)
• PhD Research Scholarship from the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) and the General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT) (2018-2019)
• Best poster award, poster presentationat 7th European Food Safety & Standards Conference, Theme: Addressing Current Issues & Fostering Advances in Food Safety", 13-14 November 2017, Athens.
• Selected poster between the 8 most interested (from 150) to be presented also orally. Oral and poster presentation at 8th conference of the World Mycotoxin Forum, 10-12 November 2014, Vienna Austria

- Projects and Academic Activities -

• Member of the Association of Greek Chemists
• Level 3 Award in HACCP for Food Manufacturing (Non UK). NUK HFM3, Royal Society for Public Health
• Reviewer of international journals: Journal of food safety, Natural product research
• IRCA certified Auditor/Lead Auditor, ISO 22000: 2005, Food Safety Management Systems