Dr Paschalina Chatzopoulou holds a degree in Pharmacy, and a PhD from the Department of Pharmacy at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, specialising in the technology of aromatic medicinal plants and the analysis of bioactive compounds.

She received training in ‘green’ technologies for obtaining extracts from natural products at the Centre for Bio-Pharmaceutical Science, Gorlaeus Laboratoria, University of Leiden and at the Department of Applied Technological Chemistry, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands.

She worked as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Pharmacy at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1992–1994) and subsequently at the pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk S.A. as Clinical research Associate. She joined NAGREF as researcher in 1997, and currently is Research Director at ELGO-DEMETRA IPGRB. Her research work focuses on the evaluation, conservation and utilization of plant genetic resources of aromatic and medicinal plants, the development of conventional and innovative ‘green’ technologies for the isolation of bioactive compounds, as well as their chemical analysis and characterization. She has significant experience in participating in, and coordinating European, national and privately funded research projects. Her research work includes original publications in international scientific journals (h-index > 30), numerous presentations at national and international conferences, and the authorship of a scientific book.

She participates in national and international scientific committees and networks relating to aromatic and medicinal plants. She is a member of the EFET Working Group of the Codex Alimentarius ‘Committee on Spices and Culinary Herbs’, as well as the Working Group of the European Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR – Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Working Group).

• Evaluation of agrotechnological parameters on cultivated Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAPs).
• Evaluation of breeding research towards improved marker compounds in MAPs .
• Τεχνολογίες επεξεργασίας και την επίδρασή τους στην ποιότητα αρωματικών φαρμακευτικών φυτών.
• Processing and extraction of secondary metabolites by conventional and green technologies.
• Evaluation of MAPs genetic resources for breeding purposes.
• Evaluation of MAPs genetic resources for breeding purposes.

"Strengthening the added value of the agri-food sector of the Region of Central Macedonia - innovative products and applications based on oregano and oregano essential oil" GR_OREGANO_INNOTECH””- OPERATIONAL PROGRAMME OF THE REGION OF CENTRAL MACEDONIA 2014-2020 'INNOVATION RESEARCH PROJECTS' (2022-2025)

"Optimization and standardization of agrotechnologi cal parameters in the cultivation of aromatic medicinal plants" - M16SYNN2-00057 MEASURE 16 - Sub-measure 16.1-2 CREATION AND OPERATION OF BUSINESS GROUPS OF THE EUROPEAN INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP FOR PRODUCTIVITY AND AGRICULTURAL SUSTAINABILITY EUD OF THE REGION OF CENTRAL MACEDONIA

"Protection of Sideritis species wild grown in Peloponnese and Central Greece, through their pilot cultivation and development of Propagating Material for the production of sustainable products" Measure 16, Sub-measure 16.1-16.5 "COOPERATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS, ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICES AND ACTIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE", ACTION II -NATIONAL

“Bioactive plants of Leros. Reinforcing Capacities and Opportunities” MEASURE 16 - Sub-measure 16.1-2 CREATION AND FUNCTION OF BUSINESS GROUPS OF THE EUROPEAN INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP FOR PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY IN AGRICULTURE ACTION II. EUD OF THE SOUTH AEGEAN REGION

MEDICINAL PLANTS FOR ANIMAL HEALTH CARE: TRANSLATING TRADITION INTO MODERN VETERINARY MEDICINE (MedPlants4Vet) COST Action CA22109: 2023-2027

Panagiotidou, C., Bouloumpasi, E., Irakli, M., Chatzopoulou, P. (2024) Characterization of Natural Bioactive Compounds from Greek Oregano Accessions Subjected to Advanced Extraction Techniques. Plants, 2024, 13, 3087. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/plants13213087

Petroula Tsitlakidou, Nikolaos Tasopoulos, Paschalina Chatzopoulou, and Ioannis Mourtzinos (2023) Current status, technology, regulation, and future perspectives of essential oils usage in the food and drink industry, Journal of The Science of Food and Agriculture, DOI 10.1002/jsfa.12695

Tsivelika N., Sarrou E., Gusheva K., Pankou C., Koutsos T., Chatzopoulou P., Mavromatis A. (2018) Phenotypic variation of wild Chamomile (Matricaria chamomilla L.) populations and their evaluation for medicinally important essential oil, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 80, 21-28

Maria Irakli, Kortessa Tsifodimou, Eirini Sarrou, Paschalina Chatzopoulou (2018) Optimization infusions conditions for improving phenolic content and antioxidant activity in Sideritis scardica Tea using response surface methodology, of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, 8, 67-74

Adriana Skendi, Maria Irakli, Paschalina Chatzopoulou (2017) Analysis of phenolic compounds in Greek plants of Lamiaceae family by HPLC, J of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, 6, 62-69.

Book in Greek

Stavros Katsiotis and Paschalina Chatzopoulou

"AROMATIC MEDICINAL PLANTS AND ESSENTIAL OILS”

Production, Processing, Exploitation, International Markets,

Aromatherapy, Perfumery"

ISBN 978 960 467 186 1

4th Edition KYRIAKIDI, Thessaloniki, 2019