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 numerous 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), “Photoprotective mechanisms in plants exposed to abiotic stresses (Joint Research and Technology Programmes between Greece and France, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Greece) and “Evaluation of different plant species for phytoremediation of heavy metal pollution. Mechanisms of tolerance of the photosynthetic apparatus (Joint Research Project between Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Bulgarian Academy of Sciences)”. So far, she has published 52 articles in international peer-reviewed journals (Scopus h-index 28) and has presented her work in international and national conferences. She is a reviewer for international scientific journals and a member of Federation of European Societies for Plant Biologists (FESPB). She serves as an Associate Editor of “Photosynthesis and Photobiology” and “Plant Abiotic Stress” (Frontiers in Plant Science, IF 4.1) and as a Guest Editor of Special Issues in many Journals among which “Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants” (International Journal of Molecular Sciences, IF 4.9) and “Crop Plants and Heavy Metals” (Plants, IF 4). Since June 2018, she is a researcher in Plant Biochemistry, at the Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, HAO (Thessaloniki, Greece).
- Photosynthesis
- Plant responses to biotic and abiotic stress
- Photoprotective and antioxidative mechanisms
- Secondary metabolites
- “Tomato Pest Management by Inorganic-based Nanostructures”, funded by HFRI (Scientific Coordinator)
Sperdouli I., Adamakis I.D.S., Dobrikova A., Apostolova E., Hanć A. and Moustakas M. 2022. Excess zinc supply reduces cadmium uptake and mitigates cadmium toxicity effects on chloroplast structure, oxidative stress and photosystem II photochemical efficiency in Salvia sclarea Toxics 10: 36.
Moustakas M., Moustaka J and Sperdouli I. 2022. Hormesis in photosystem II: a mechanistic understanding. Current Opinion in Toxicology 29: 57-64.
Sperdouli I., Andreadis S., Moustaka J., Panteris E., Tsaballa A. and Moustakas M. Changes in light energy utilization in photosystem II and reactive oxygen species generation in potato leaves by the pinworm Tuta absoluta. Molecules 26: 2984.
Sperdouli I., Mellidou I. and Moustakas M. 2021. Harnessing chlorophyll fluorescence for phenotyping analysis of wild and cultivated tomato for high photochemical efficiency under water deficit for climate change resilience. Climate 9: 154.
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.