I grew up in a town around 100 km from Athens, where I lived until the age of 18. Then, I started my Bachelor in Chemistry at the University of Ioannina. My next stop was the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where I earned my Master's degree in Chemistry and Environmental Technology.
My MSc thesis was completed at the Environmental Radioactivity & Aerosol technology for atmospheric and Climate impacT Lab (EnRACT) (former Environmental Radioactivity Laboratory) and was titled: “Cesium–137 horizontal dispersion and vertical distribution in the water column of Corinthiakos and Patraikos Gulf: Determination of activity concentrations using two methods, in comparison” – pdf.
I then started a PhD in Chemistry under the same collaboration between the University of Athens and NCSR “Demokritos”, supported by a 4-year scholarship. My doctoral thesis, “Study on the distribution of radioisotopes and trace elements in the marine environment” – pdf, was related to the fields of Isotopic Geochemistry and Marine Radiochemistry and was completed in 2010.
I worked at the same laboratory for one more year as a postdoctoral researcher and in January 2012, I moved to Paris, France, to begin another postdoctoral position at the Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement (LSCE). LSCE is affiliated with the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), and the University of Versailles Saint-Quentin (UVSQ).
My work at LSCE, under the supervision of Dr. Yves Balkanski and Dr. Anders Moller, focused on atmospheric modelling of radionuclides and black carbon emitted from biomass burning.
Since October 2014, I have moved in Oslo, Norway, where I worked with the FLEXPART group of Dr. Andreas Stohl until his appointment as Professor at the University of Vienna in 2020. I am currently a senior researcher at NILU's FLEXPART group.
My main research interests include atmospheric dispersion modelling, inverse modelling of aerosols and gases, and improving current knowledge of radionuclide source inventories after accidental releases. More recently, I have also started exploring the role of microplastics in the global atmosphere and their potential importance as climate forcers.
