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 Priority Pollutants and Emerging Contaminants by GC-EI-MS/MS, GC-APCI-QTOFMS in environmental samples including (biota, sediments, surface water, underground water)
• 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
• Target, suspect and non-target (HRMS) screening of emerging pollutants.
• Metabolomics approaches
• Ecotoxicological risk assessment
• Sample preparation techniques (QuEChERS, Solid Phase Extraction, Liquid-Liquid Extraction)

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: Metabolomics analysis:TSC1 and TSC2 Fly (drosophila heads) samples
• 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”).
• 2020-2021: Imazalil Project: “Assessment of Imazalil degradation by the fungi Mycosphaerella and investigation of its potential biotransformation products”, Collaboration with Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly
• 2021-2023: Collision Cross Section (CCS) value as an additional identification point for chemical characterization: Development of a LC-ESI-TIMS-QTOFMS database for environmental (bio)monitoring studies (In collaboration with Bruker, Department of Application Development – Applied Markets)
• 2022: Acesulfame Project: “Assessment of Acesulfame degradation and investigation of its potential biotransformation products”, Collaboration with Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia
• 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)
• 2022-2023: LUBW project: 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)
• 2022-2023: HUJI project: “Determination of organic pollutants in environmental samples from Israel by LC-QTOFMS” in collaboration with Ruppin Academic Center
• 2023: Losartan Project: “Assessment of Losartan degradation and investigation of its potential biotransformation products”, Collaboration with Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Patras and Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Western Macedonia