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ROUMANI FOTEINI (FAY)

Chemist, Post-Doctoral Researcher,
National Kapodistrian University of Athens

✉ froumani@chem.uoa.gr

☎ +30 210 7274450 (office)

Web page : ResearchGate - Orcid - Linkedin

  

 

Career

 

- Academic education - Degrees -

  • 2016: B.Sc. in Chemistry, Chemistry Dept., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
  • 2018: M.Sc. in Food Safety, Wageningen University, Holland
  • 2022: Visiting researcher at University of Extremadura (ES)
  • 2022: Ph.D  in Innovation in Food Safety and Technology, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (ES). PhD thesis titled: “Rapid methods for the detection of spoilage and mycotoxigenic fungi in food products B.Sc. in Pharmacy, Pharmacy Dept., National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)

-Working Experience-

  • Oct. 203- today Postdoctoral researcher at Laboratory of Food Chemistry of University of Athens (GR)
  • Jan. 2023-Jul. 2023 Bioscientist-Strain improvement at Solmeyea (GR)
  • Sep. 2022-Dec. 2022 R&D Laboratory Technician at Danagen-Bioted (ES)
  • Jan. 2019-Aug. 2022 Research Fellow at International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (PT)
  • Oct. 2018-Dec. 2018 Junior Research Assistant at Nestlé Research Centre (CH)
  • April 2018-Sep. 2018 R&D trainee at Nestlé Research Centre (CH)
  • January 2018 Lab Assistant in Advanced Food Microbiology course, Wageningen University (NL)

- Teaching Activities -

Undergraduate courses

  • Food Microbiology (Laboratory Exercises)

 

Postgraduate courses

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

- Research Interests/Activities -

  • Molecular Biology
  • Molecular biology based methods (qPCR, LAMP, RPA
  • Mycotoxigenic fungi

- Top five publications -

  • Roumani, F., Rodrigues, C., Barros-Velázquez, J., Garrido-Maestu, A., Prado, M. (2022). Development of a Panfungal Recombinase Polymerase Amplification (RPA) Method Coupled with Lateral Flow Strips for the Detection of Spoilage Fungi. Food Analytical Methods, pp. 1-10.
  • Roumani, F., Gómez, S., Rodrigues, C., Barros-Velázquez, J., Garrido-Maestu, A., Prado, M. (2022). Development and evaluation of a real-time fluorescence, and naked-eye colorimetric, Loop mediated isothermal amplification-based method for the rapid detection of spoilage fungi in fruit preparations. Food control,135, 108784.
  • Roumani, F., Azinheiro, S., Rodrigues, C., Barros-Velázquez, J., Garrido-Maestu, A., Prado, M. (2022). Development of a real-time PCR assay with an internal amplification control for the detection of spoilage fungi in fruit preparations. Food control, 135, 108783.
  • Roumani, F., Barros-Velázquez, J., Garrido-Maestu, A., Prado, M. (2022). Real-time PCR, and Recombinase Polymerase Amplification combined with SYBR Green I for naked-eye detection, along with Propidium Monoazide (PMA) for the detection of viable patulin-producing fungi in apples and by-products. Food Control, 144, 109347.
  • Roumani, F., Azinheiro, S., Sousa, H., Sousa, A., Timóteo, M., Varandas, T., Fonseca-Silva, D., Baldaque, I., Carvalho, J., Prado, M., & Garrido-Maestu, A. (2021). Optimization and Clinical Evaluation of a Multi-Target Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for the Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in Nasopharyngeal Samples. Viruses, 13(5), 940.

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