Elena Panagopoulou

General research interests:
• Environmental chemistry
• High Resolution Mass Spectrometry (HRMS)
• Trapped Ion Mobility Spectrometry (TIMS)
• Ultra–high Performance Liquid Chromatography (UHPLC)
• Method Development, Determination of priority pollutants and emerging contaminants
• Determination of organic contaminants in biota samples and environmental samples
• Reversed Phase Liquid Chromatography (RPLC) and Hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC)
• Investigation of toxicity, uptake and bioaccumulation of xenobiotics in aquatic organisms
• Biotransformation (Phase I & II) of emerging contaminants in zebrafish embryos
• Suspect and non–target (HRMS) screening of emerging pollutants

Projects:
2017 –2018: EMBLAS II, EU/UNDP Project: Improving environmental monitoring in the Black Sea. Analysis
of water framework priority substances and screening of black sea specific pollutants in water biota and
sediment samples obtained during the National Pilot Monitoring Studies and Joint Open Sea Surveys and
risk assessment of identified pollutants
2018–2019: Asopos River Project: Monitoring of Asopos river basin waters – Assessment of pollution/
contamination and qualitative and quantitative investigation of contamination levels and possible sources of
pollution. (funding: The Region of Attica)
2019 –2022: pHION Project: Analytics and Modelling within the UBA project “Acidity – not always fun: pH effect
on toxicity and bioaccumulation of ionic substances” (“A&M in PHION”).