Konstantina Diamanti

General research interests:

• High resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS)
• Tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS), Ion mobility spectrometry (IMS)
• Liquid and Gas Chromatography (LC & GC)
• Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI)
• Method development and validation, Advanced data treatment of HRMS data
• Target / suspect / non-target screening
• Exposomics
• Human biomonitoring
• Environmental monitoring
• Ecotoxicological risk assessment
• Wastewater-based epidemiology
• Extractables and leachables testing
• In vitro release and in vitro skin permeation studies for topical drug products

Projects:

• 2022: Analysis of metals and organic pollutants in biota samples (livers and bird eggs) (funding: LUBW Landesanstalt für Umwelt, Baden-Württemberg, https://www.lubw.baden-wuerttemberg.de/startseite)
• 2022: Baltic Marine Environment Protection Commission (HELCOM): A pre-emptive study of the inputs of hazardous substances to the Baltic Sea (HELCOM Pre-EMPT) (funding: NEFCO (Nordic Environment Finance Corporation) under the Baltic Sea Action Plan Fund, https://portal.helcom.fi/default.aspx)
• 2021: Determination of chemicals in wastewater and correlation with SARS-Cov-2 (funding: National Public Health Organization, https://eody.gov.gr/dimioyrgia-ethnikoy-diktyoy-epidimiologias-lymaton-gia-tin-parakoloythisi-apotyposi-kai-egkairi-proeidopoiisi-tis-diasporas-toy-ioy-sars-cov-2-stin-koinotita/)
• 2020: European Union Water Initiative Plus for the Eastern Partnership (EUWI+): Dnipro River Basin Management Plan (funding: International Office for Water (IOW), https://euwipluseast.eu/en/)
• 2019: Research on identification of chemical status of surface water bodies of the Dniester river basin (funding: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) – Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, https://www.osce.org/project-coordinator-in-ukraine/environmental-activities)
• 2016-2017: Improving environmental monitoring in the Black Sea, phase 2-EMBLAS-II (Georgia, Ukraine): Analysis of water framework directive 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 (funding: European Union / United Nations Development Programme, http://emblasproject.org/)