Nikolaos S. Thomaidis

• Post-Doctoral Researcher (1999), Chemistry laboratory, Agricultural University of Athens
• Post Doctoral Researcher (1998), Micro and Trace Analysis Center (MiTAC), Universitaire Instelling
  Antwerpen, U.I.A.
• Ph.D. in Chemistry (1996), Chemistry Dept., University of Athens (UoA)
• B.Sc. in Chemistry (1991), Chemistry Dept., UoA

Undergraduate courses

• Laboratory exercises of Instrumental Analysis Ι / Compulsory / Department of Chemistry / NKUA
• Instrumental Analysis ΙΙ / Compulsory / Department of Chemistry / NKUA
• Laboratory exercises of Instrumental Analysis ΙΙ / Compulsory / Department of Chemistry / NKUA
• Modern Analytical Techniques / Elective / Department of Chemistry / NKUA
• Quality Control and Quality Assurance – Accreditation / Elective / Department of Chemistry / NKUA

Completed: >100 Diploma Theses

Postgraduate courses

• Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry / Department of Chemistry / Master’s degree program ¨Analytical Chemistry – Quality Assurance¨ / Spectrochemical techniques (Atomic spectrometry, Mass spectrometry)
• Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry / Department of Chemistry / Master’s degree program ¨Analytical Chemistry – Quality Assurance¨ / Separation Techniques: LC-MS
• Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry / Department of Chemistry / Master’s degree program ¨Analytical Chemistry – Quality Assurance¨ / Quality Assurance Systems
• Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry / Department of Chemistry / Master’s degree program ¨Analytical Chemistry – Quality Assurance¨ / Food and Beverage Quality Control
• Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry / Department of Chemistry / Master’s degree program ¨Analytical Chemistry – Quality Assurance¨ / Materials Quality Control
• Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry / Department of Chemistry / Master’s degree program ¨Analytical Chemistry – Quality Assurance¨ / Environmental Quality Control
• Department of Biology / Interdepartmental Postgraduate Program “Clinical Biochemistry – Molecular Diagnostics” / Modern Methods of Analysis (Chromatographic Techniques – Mass Spectrometry)
• Department of Biology / Interdepartmental Postgraduate Program “Clinical Biochemistry – Molecular Diagnostics” / Clinical Chemistry (Trace Elements)
• Yale University / Yale School of Public Health / Master in Public Health (MPH) / Wastewater Based Epidemiology
• East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai (ECUST) / School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering / Master Programme on Environmental Engineering / Emerging Contaminants: Advanced Monitoring, Fate and Effects

Completed: >120 M.Sc. theses
Completed: 26 Ph.D. theses – 16 Post-Doctoral researchers

Mass spectrometry (high and low resolution), development of omic technologies workflows, target, suspect and non-target screening workflows, non-target analysis and use of advanced chemometric techniques and software for the identification of (bio)indicators, development of structure-property relationship (QSPR) models, hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC), determination of emerging pollutants in the environment and emerging chemical hazards in food, food authenticity documentation, sewage biomarker analysis for community health assessment through wastewater epidemiology.

• >320 publications in refereed journals
• >60 invited talks in national and international conferences
• 7 invited review papers in international journals
• 17 invited book chapters in collective volumes
• >17000 citations (H-index >71)

1. Varvara Nikolopoulou, Akinranti Ajibola, Reza Aalizadeh and Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, “Wide-scope target and suspect screening of emerging contaminants in sewage sludge from Nigerian WWTPs by UPLC-qToF-MS”, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 857, Part 3, 20 January 2023, 159529 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.159529)
2. Reza Aalizadeh, Varvara Nikolopoulou and Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, “Development of Liquid Chromatographic Retention Index Based on Cocamide Diethanolamine Homologous Series (C(n)-DEA)”, Analytical Chemistry, 94, 46, 15987–15996, 2022, (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.2c02893)
3. Nikiforos Alygizakis, Theodoros Giannakopoulos, Nikolaos S. Τhomaidis, Jaroslav Slobodnik, Detecting the sources of chemicals in the Black Sea using non-target screening and deep learning convolutional neural networks, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 847, 2022,157554, ISSN 0048-9697, (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157554)
4. Reza Aalizadeh, Varvara Nikolopoulou, Nikiforos Α. Alygizakis, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, “First Novel Workflow for Semiquantification of Emerging Contaminants in Environmental Samples Analyzed by Gas Chromatography–Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization–Quadrupole Time of Flight–Mass Spectrometry”, Analytical Chemistry, 2022, 94, 27, 9766–9774 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.2c01432)
5. Anastasia S. Kritikou, Reza Aalizadeh, Dimitrios E. Damalas, Ioanna V. Barla, Carsten Baessmann, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis “MALDI-TOF-MS integrated workflow for food authenticity investigations: An untargeted protein-based approach for rapid detection of PDO feta cheese adulteration» Food Chemistry, 2022, 370, 131057 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131057).
6. Aikaterini Galani, Reza Aalizadeh, Marios Kostakis, Athina Markou, Nikiforos Alygizakis, Theodore Lytras, Panagiotis G Adamopoulos, Jordan Peccia, David C. Thompson, Aikaterini Kontou, Apostolos Karagiannidis, Evi S. Lianidou, Margaritis Avgeris, Dimitrios Paraskevis, Sotirios Tsiodras, Andreas Scorilas, Vasilis Vasiliou, Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis “ SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance data can predict hospitalizations and ICU admissions” Science of the Total Environment, 2022, 804, 150151 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150151).
7. Sofia K. Drakopoulou, Dimitrios E. Damalas, Carsten Baessmann, and Nikolaos S. Thomaidis, “Trapped Ion Mobility incorporated in LC-HRMS workflows as an integral analytical platform of high sensitivity: Targeted and untargeted 4D-metabolomics in extra virgin olive oil” Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2021, 69(51), 15728–15737 (https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jafc.1c04789).
8. D. Paraskevis, E-G. Kostaki, N. Alygizakis, N.S. Thomaidis, C. Cartalis, S. Tsiodras, M.-A. Dimopoulos “A review of the impact of climatologic and urban factors to COVID-19: In the absence of public health measures high temperatures cannot probably mitigate outbreaks” Science of the Total Environment, 2021, 768, 144578 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144578).
9. Nikiforos Alygizakis, Athina N. Markou, Nikolaos I. Rousis, Aikaterini Galani, Margaritis Avgeris, Panagiotis G. Adamopoulos, Andreas Scorilas, Evi S. Lianidou, Dimitrios Paraskevis, Soritios Tsiodras, Athanassios Tsakris, Meletios-Athanasios Dimopoulos and Nikolaos S. Thomaidis “Analytical methodologies for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater: Protocols and future perspectives” Trends in Analytical Chemistry-TrAC, 2021, 134, 116125 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trac.2020.116125).
10. Pablo Gago-Ferrero, Anna A Bletsou, Dimitrios E Damalas, Reza Aalizadeh, Nikiforos A Alygizakis, Heinz P Singer; Juliane Hollender, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis “Wide-scope target screening of >2000 emerging contaminants in wastewater samples with UPLC-Q-ToF-HRMS/MS and smart evaluation of its performance through the validation of 195 selected representative analytes” Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020, 387, 121712 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121712).

• “Vostanio” Foundation of Lesvos – for undergraduate studies
• National Foundation for Government Scholarships – for postgraduate studies
• Student bursary during the 7th Biennial National Atomic Spectroscopy Symposium, 20-22/07/1994, University of Hull, United Kingdom
• Student bursary during the SAC’95, 11-15/07/1995, University of Hull, United Kingdom
• Student bursary during the 1st Mediterranean Basin Conference on Analytical Chemistry, 5-11/11/1995, Cordoba, Spain
• National Foundation for Government Scholarships – for post-doctoral studies
• Fellowship during the 3rd Euroconference on Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 9-15/10/1999, Chalkidiki, Greece
• Best Poster award during the 4th Aegean Analytical Chemistry Days (AACD), 29/09-03/10/2004, Kusadaci, Turkey
• Top-50 cited paper in Journal of Chromatography A, 2007-2009
• Reviewer award from the Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier
• Best Oral Presentation during the Halting Antimicrobial Resistance Dissemination in Aquatic Environments (HEARD), 16-19/09/2018, Ascona, Switzerland, ¨The impact of on-site hospital wastewater treatment on the downstream communal wastewater system in terms of antibiotics and antibiotic resistant genes¨
• Elsevier Atlas Award, ¨The impact of on-site hospital wastewater treatment on the downstream communal wastewater system in terms of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes, International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 2019, 222, 635-644 (doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2019.01.004)¨
• Top Downloaded Paper in Addiction, 2018-2019, ¨Spatial differences and temporal changes in illicit drug use in Europe quantified by wastewater analysis, Addiction, 2014, 109, 1338–1352 (doi: 10.1111/add.12570)¨

• BIGDATA 4RIVERS / Improving the quality of European rivers through smart water management policies / Scientific Officer NKUA / ΕΕ / 2019-2023
• 3D Printed Wearable Sensors Based on Metal-Organic Structures for the Electrochemical Determination of Glucose in Sweat / Scientific Officer / ΓΓΕΤ, ΕΥΔΕ-ΕΤΑΚ, ΕΔΚ B PART Τ2ΕΔΚ-00028 / 2020-2022
• Research and development of anti-inflammatory functional foods, of high nutritional value, enriched with ω-3 fatty acids, utilizing by-products of Greek fishing and aquaculture / Scientific Officer NKUA / ΓΓΕΤ, ΕΥΔΕ-ΕΤΑΚ, ΕΔΚ B PART Τ2ΕΔΚ-02465 / 2020-2023
• Agricultural composted products as growth regulators and plant protection / Subcontractor / ΓΓΕΤ, ΕΥΔΕ-ΕΤΑΚ, ΕΔΚ B PART Τ2ΕΔΚ-00965 / 2020-2023
• Use of -omic technologies for the enrichment of infant milk / Subcontractor / ΓΓΕΤ, ΕΥΔΕ-ΕΤΑΚ,  ΕΔΚ B PART Τ2ΕΔΚ-02222 / 2020-2023
• Rapid detection of contaminants and adulteration in raw milk with submersible nanophotonic sensors / ΓΓΕΤ, ΕΥΔΕ-ΕΤΑΚ, ΕΔΚ B PART Τ2ΕΔΚ-01934 / 2020-2023
• Safe Food for Infants in China and the EU / Subcontractor / EU Horizon 2020 SFS-37-2019 861917 / 2020-2024
• NTS-EXPOSURE «The innovative wastewater-based epidemiology approach with the advances of high-resolution mass spectrometry as a complementary biomonitoring tool for assessing the health status of a population / Scientific Officer NKUA / EU Horizon 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships GA 896141 / 2020-2023
• Development of innovative pomegranate-based juices / Subcontractor / ESPA, RIS3 Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace / ΑΜΘΡ7-0072324 / 2020-2023
• Determination of chemical compounds in wastewater and correlation with SARS-CoV-2 / Scientific Officer NKUA / Ε.Ο.D.Υ. / 2021-2022
• On-site Integrated Hospital Liquid Waste Management / Subcontractor / ΕLΚΕ-University of Aegean / 2020-2022
• Research and Innovation Strategy for the CIVIS Alliance / Scientific Officer NKUA / EU Horizon 2020 Science with and for Society Programme (SWAFS) GA 101016691 / 2021-2023
• Cardioprotective properties of sea bream reared with a polar lipid fraction isolated from oil production by-products / Subcontractor / ΓΓΕΤ Τ1 ΕΔΚ-00687 / ΕLΚΕ Harokopio University / 2021-2022
• Innovative Methodological Tools for Olive Oil and Olive Oil Traceability, Certification and Authenticity Control / Scientific Officer NKUA / ΓΓΕΤ, ΕΥΔΕ-ΕΤΑΚ, ΕΔΚ B PART Τ2ΕΔΚ-02637 / 2021-2023
• Systematic use of contaminant data from apex predators and their prey in chemicals management – National Participation / Scientific Officer NKUA / General Secretariat of Research and Innovation / 2021-2022
• Development of an Intelligent Epidemiological Surveillance and Environmental Health Monitoring System based on wastewater epidemiology / Scientific Officer NKUA / PEP Attica, Attica Region / 2021-2023
• Amplification of research to identify new mutations of SARS-CoV 2 in wastewater and development of a sensitive dPCR method for their determination in wastewater / Scientific Officer NKUA / ΕLΚΕ-NKUA / 2021
• Rendering of services for the determination of organic pollutants (conventional and priority) and investigation of the possible detection of emerging pollutants in the water of EYDAP S.A. before and after processing / Scientific Officer / ΕΥDΑP / 2022
• Partnership for the assessment of risks from chemicals / Scientific Officer NKUA / EU Horizon Europe / 2022-2029
• Rendering of services from the Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry to DPAN-DEI / Scientific Officer / DEI / 2022-2023
• Determination of organic pollutants in environmental samples from Israel by LC-QTOFMS / Scientific Officer / Ruppin Academic Center / 2022
• Novel polymer based MALDI matrices and next generation analytical platforms for the investigation of biologically relevant low molecular weight compounds / Scientific Officer / ΕL.ΙD.ΕΚ. / 2022-
• Action 2 of Sub-measure 16.1-2 of Measure 16 “SYNERGASIA” / “Standard integrated olive juice extraction complex with maximum bioactive load, for use in pharmaceutical applications and Superfood production”/ Scientific Officer NKUA / AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF GREECE 2014 – 2020 / 2022-
• Production of olive oil and by-products with high added value by pitting the olive fruit before pressing / Scientific Officer NKUA / AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF GREECE 2014 – 2020 / 2022-
• Increasing the competitiveness and supporting sustainability of Greek livestock and feta production through authentic documentation of Greek sheep and goat milk / Scientific Officer NKUA / AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF GREECE 2014 – 2020 / 2022-
• Production of a new olive oil product based on olives of the “Kolobi” variety from the mountain estates of the Palaiokipos region of Lesvos / Scientific Officer NKUA / AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF GREECE 2014 – 2020 / 2022-
• Certification of the accumulation of antioxidant factors of high nutritional value in the fruit and olive oil of the “Koroneiki” variety / Scientific Officer NKUA / AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM OF GREECE 2014 – 2020 / 2022-
• Research to determine the profile of fatty acids (o-3) in fish samples / Scientific Officer / AVRAMAR S.A. / 2022