Alexandra Spyrou
PhD candidate
Alexandra Spyrou is a Ph.D. candidate under the supervision of Associate Professor Maria Antonopoulou.
She holds an integrated Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the same institution. Her doctoral research, funded by a scholarship from E.Y.D.A.P. under the IKY-EYDAP program, focuses on developing sustainable water treatment technologies.
Her research experience includes: a) Development and application of Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs) for water treatment, b) Application of instrumental analytical techniques (HPLC, UHPLC, IC) and advanced mass spectrometric techniques (LC-MS, UHPLC-TOF-MS) for the identification of organic contaminants and structural elucidation of their metabolites and degradation products, c) Ecotoxicity study of environmental pollutants with the use of bioindicators (microalgae), and d) Investigation of cytotoxic effects of pollutants and their transformation products in human lymphocytes, using the Trypan Blue Exclusion Test, and their cytotoxic and genotoxic effects in human lymphocytes using the micronucleus (CBMN) assay.
She has authored 10 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and has presented her work at 21 national and international conferences.
She has served as a teaching assistant for the “Environmental Pollution Control” laboratory course during the 2021-2022 academic year.
She has also gained valuable international experience through her participation in the Horizon 2020 project “Integrated Process and product design for sustainable Biorefineries,” which included a research period at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Federal University of Paraná in Brazil.
