Dr. Katerina Grigoriadou serves as a Principal Researcher at the Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources (IPBGR) of HAO-DEMETER, specializing in plant tissue culture and the propagation of species of Greek flora. She graduated from the Department of Agriculture at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and achieved a PhD in biotechnology from the Department of Biology at the same university. She has over 20 years of experience in the production of elite plant propagation material using biotechnological methods. For 15 years, she worked as a production manager and head of the R&D department at a major private nursery company. She has also worked as an independent research consultant in the agricultural sector and taught at ATHEITh and MAICh (postgraduate level) for many years. Since 2017, she has been the head of the propagation/tissue culture laboratory at IPBGR, and from 2024, she assumed administrative responsibility for the Balkan Botanic Garden of Kroussia (BBGK). She is the author of more than 90 scientific publications, book chapters, and books, and has participated in over 45 research projects (national and European), both as a team member and as a scientific coordinator. She is an active participant in various scientific initiatives promoting the sustainable use of Greek flora. She was president of the non-profit organization Association of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants of Greece (2013–2016) and coordinated the advisory group on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants for the General Secretariat for Research and Technology during the 2014–2020 programming period. She was also a member of the team for the RIS3 strategy for fruit trees.

• ERASMUS-EDU-2024-PI-ALL-INNO-EDU-ENTERP (2024-2027): Carbon Farming Alliance (C-Farming)
• PRIMA (2023-2027): ConVErting marginal lands of the Mediterranean basin into productive and sustainable agro-ecosystems using low water demanding Neglected and Underutilized Species (VENUS) https://www.linkedin.com/company/venus-project-prima/
• Self-funded by HAO-DEMETER (2024): Balkan Botanic Garden of Kroussia: Actions in research, awareness-raising and training, conservation, and utilization of native species in Pontokerasia and Thermi, with a focus on Greek aromatic and ornamental species.
• Privately funded (2023–2025): Study on the reproduction and pilot cultivation of the species Primula veris and Hypericum perforatum.

Sarropoulou, V.; Grigoriadou, K.; Maliogka, V.I.; Sassalou, C.-L.; Ziogas, V. The Elimination of Viroids through In Vitro Thermotherapy and a Meristem Tip Culture from a New Limonime Hybrid (Citrus x limon var. limon (L.) Burm. f. x Citrus latifolia var. latifolia). BioTech 2024, 13, 37. https://doi.org/10.3390/biotech13030037

Sarropoulou V., Sarrou E., Maloupa E. and Grigoriadou K. 2023. Abiotic elicitation of Primula veris subsp. veris in vitro towards the production of antioxidants and saponins in adventitious roots biomass. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) 155, 827-842. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11240-023-02602-7 .

Grigoriadou K., Tanou G., Karapatzak E., Papanastasi K., Koularmanis K., Tsaroucha I., Stavropoulos G. and Maloupa E. 2023. Enhancing the Propagation and Cultivation Framework of Greek Rosa canina L. Germplasm via Sustainable Management Techniques. Agronomy 14, 25. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14010025.

Sarropoulou V., Sarrou E., Angeli A., Martens S., Maloupa E. and Grigoriadou K. 2023. Developing an in vitro elicitation strategy for specialized secondary metabolites production in adventitious root cultures of Primula veris subsp. veris. Industrial Crops and Products 197, 116618. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2023.116618 .

Tsaballa A., Kelesidis G., Krigas N., Sarropoulou V., Bagatzounis P. and Grigoriadou, K. 2023. Taxonomic Identification and Molecular DNA Barcoding of Collected Wild-Growing Orchids Used Traditionally for Salep Production. Plants, 12, 3038. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12173038