Dr Katerina Grigoriadou is a researcher at the Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Recourses of HAO-DEMETER, specialized in plant tissue culture.  She graduated from the Department of Agriculture of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and received a PhD in biotechnology from the Department of Biology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She is administrating projects related in production problems, new product development and cost reduction. Previously, she worked as an independent research consultant in agriculture sector. She has more than 20 years’ experience in propagation of elite plant material using biotechnological methods (micropropagation, somatic embryogenesis). She was production manager for 15 years in the private company VITRO Hellas S.A (plant propagation material production) and Head of R & D department, maintained external cooperation relationship with HAO-DEMETER and other research institutions and for many years she taught at ATHEITh and MAICh (postgraduate level). She is the author of many scientific publications (31 SCI journals, h index 11), book chapters and books and has participated in over 40 research projects (national and European), 6 of them as a scientific coordinator. She was the president of the non-profit organization AMAP’s of Greece (2013-2016). She coordinated the General’s Secretary of Research and Technology consultative group on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (2014-2020 programming period) and she was a member of the fruit trees’ team for the drafting of RIS3.

• Plant tissue culture
• Plant propagation
• Production of secondary metabolites in vitro
• Native species
• Traditional fruit varieties
• Medicinal and aromatic plants

• Development and optimization of in vitro culture methods in bioreactors to produce repeatable and excellent quality plant material for extracts used in food supplements and cosmetics – BIOREACT.
• Conservation and sustainable utilization of rare-threatened endemic plants of Crete for the development of new products with innovative precision fertilization – PRECISE-M.
• An holistic approach to sustainable use of native medicinal / aromatic plants for the production of innovative bioactive food and feed products for humans and animals – FeedMAP.
• Evaluation – Improvement – Promotion of Important Traditional Greek Fruit Varieties – GrEatFruit.

• Grigoriadou K., Trikka F.A., Tsoktouridis G., Krigas N., Sarropoulou V., Papanastasi K., Maloupa E. and Makris A. 2020. Μicropropagation and cultivation of Salvia sclarea for essential oiland sclareol production in northern Greece. In VitroDev.Biol.-Plant 56: 51–59. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-019-10040
• Grigoriadou K., Krigas N., Sarropoulou V., Papanastasi K, Tsoktouridis G. and Maloupa E. 2019. In vitro propagation of medicinal and aromatic plants: the case of selected Greek species with conservation priority. In VitroDev.Biol.-Plant 55: 635-646. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-019-10014-6
• Tsoktouridis G., Krigas N., Sarropoulou V., Kampouropoulou S., Papanastasi K., Grigoriadou K. Menexes G. and Maloupa E. 2019. Micropropagation and molecular characterization of Thymus sibthorpii (Lamiaceae), an aromatic-medicinal thyme with ornamental value and conservation concern. In Vitro Cell.Dev.Biol.-Plant 55: 647–658. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11627-019-10000-y
• Grigoriadou , Krigas N. and Maloupa E. 2014. GIS-facilitated ex
  situ conservation of the rare Greek endemic Campanula incurva Aucher:
  seed germination requirements and effect of growth regulators on in
  vitro proliferation and rooting. – Plant Biosystems 148:6, 1169-1177. https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2014.980355
• Grigoriadou K., Krigas Ν. and Maloupa E. 2011. GIS-facilitated in
  vitro propagation and ex situ conservation of Achillea occulta. –
  Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 107: 531-540.
• Skiada F.G., Grigoriadou K., Maliogka V.I., Katis N.I. and Eleftheriou E.P. 2009. Elimination of GLRaV-1 and RSPaV-1 in Vitis vinifera cv. ‘AGIORGITIKO’ and development of a micropropagation protocol for massive production of virus-free plantlets. Journal of Plant Pathology 91/1: 177-184.
• Grigoriadou K. and Maloupa E. 2008. Micropropagation and salt tolerance of in vitro grown Crithum maritinum Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture 94: 209-217.