Dr Ilektra Sperdouli obtained her BSc degree (2005), as well as her PhD degree (2011) from the School of Biology in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Her PhD work concentrated in the study of photosynthetic and metabolic responses of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana under drought stress. She has participated in research programmes among which, “The interaction of drought and acid stress under elevated CO₂ in high value crops (cereals) (Joint Research and Technology Programmes between Greece and China, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Greece)” and “Photoprotective mechanisms in plants exposed to abiotic stresses (Joint Research and Technology Programmes between Greece and France, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Greece)”. So far, she has published 15 articles in international peer-reviewed journals (Scopus h-index 11) and has presented her work in international and national conferences. She is a reviewer for international scientific journals and she is a member of Federation of European Societies for Plant Biologists (FESPB). Since June 2018, she is a researcher in Plant Biochemistry, at the Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, HAO (Thessaloniki, Greece).

• Plant responses to abiotic stress
• Photoprotective and antioxidative mechanisms to abiotic stress
• Photosynthesis
• Secondary metabolites
• Osmotic regulatory mechanisms

• Moustakas M., Hanc A., Dobrikova A., Sperdouli I., Adamakis I.D. and Apostolova E. 2019. Spatial heterogeneity of cadmium effects on Salvia sclarea leaves revealed by chlorophyll fluorescence imaging analysis and laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. Materials 12: 2953-2967.
• Sperdouli I., Moustaka J., Antonoglou O., Adamakis I.D., Dendrinou-Samara C. and Moustakas M. 2019. Leaf age-dependent effects of foliar-sprayed CuZn nanoparticles on photosynthetic efficiency and ROS generation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Materials 12: 2498-2515.
• Antonoglou O., Moustaka J., Adamakis I.D., Sperdouli I., Pantazaki A., Moustakas M. and Dendrinou-Samara C. 2018. Nanobrass CuZn nanoparticles as foliar spray non phytotoxic fungicides. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 10: 4450−4461.
• Sperdouli I. and Moustakas M. 2014. Leaf developmental stage modulates metabolite accumulation and photosynthesis contributing to acclimation of Arabidopsis thaliana to water deficit. Journal of Plant Research, 127: 481-489.
• Sperdouli I. and Moustakas M. 2012. Interaction of proline, sugars and anthocyanins during photosynthetic acclimation of Arabidopsis thaliana to drought stress. Journal of Plant Physiology, 169: 577-585.