Assistant Professor
nmaragkou@uniwa.gr
2105385532
Κ11.101
Monday 11.00 – 13.00, Wednesday 13.00 – 15.00
Niki Maragou is a chemist, she received a MSc degree in Chemical Analysis – Quality Control, with distinction (2005), and a PhD degree in Chemistry, from the Department of Chemistry of National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) in 2010. She was appointed Assistant Professor at the Department of Wine, Vine and Beverage Sciences of the University of West Attica in 2025 in the field of “Instrumental Chemical Analysis of Food, Beverages and Environment”.
She has previously worked at the Benaki Phytopathological Institute (BPI) on the risk assessment of pesticides and biocides according to European Regulations, participating also as member in the relevant working groups of European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA). She held a research position at the Laboratory of Chemical Control of Pesticides (BPI, 2016 – 2021).
She has also worked as a postdoctoral fellow in research programs of the Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry (Department of Chemistry, NKUA) and as external associate / teaching staff at the Department of Food Science and Technology (University of West Attica), the Department of Agricultural Development, Agrofood and Management of Natural Resources (NKUA), the Department of Chemistry (NKUA) and at New York College.
Niki’s research interests include the development, validation and application of analytical methods (chromatography, mass spectrometry, etc) for the determination of contaminants and natural occurring compounds in food, environmental and biological samples by targeted, wide-scope targeted and suspect analysis for the evaluation of food quality and chemical safety, dietary exposure and environmental risk assessment. Her research work has been published in international scientific journals and conferences with more than 900 citations. She is a reviewer in international scientific journals on analytical chemistry, food analysis and environmental analysis.
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