Alexandri Maria
- Staff Category: Faculty Members
- Rank: Assistant Professor
Dr Maria Alexandri is an Agronomist (diploma in Agriculture with expertise in Food Science and Human Nutrition, 2012), with a PhD in industrial biotechnology (AUA, 2017). During her PhD studies, she carried out research on valorization of industrial by-product streams (spent sulphite liquor and sugar beet pulp) via their fractionation into value-added compounds (phenolic compounds, lignosulphonates, pectins etc) and their biotechnological conversion into succinic acid. She has also investigated different separation and purification techniques for the efficient separation of succinic acid from fermentation broths. She worked for two years (2017-2019) as research scientist at Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB, Potsdam, Germany), where she focused on the biotechnological conversion of defatted rice bran into lactic acid in lab and pilot scales. Aiming to utilize the biotechnologically produced lactic acid into poly(lactic acid), she also worked on downstream separation and purification using modern techniques (ultra- and nano-filtration, biopolar electrodialysis, ion exchange chromatography) in lab and pilot scales. From 2019-2022, she carried out post-doctoral research on the valorization of various byproducts streams for the production of value-added products at the Agricultural University of Athens (Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition) and at Ionian University (Department of Food Science and Technology).
- Scientific Field:
- Agricultural & Microbial Biotechnology
- Courses taught:
- (TΑBO-22-Β2) General Microbiology, (TΑBO-51-E1) Microorganisms and Fermentations, (TΑBO-52-E2) Microbial Biotechnology, (TΑBO-63-ΣΤ3) Enzyme Biotechnology
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- Monday & Tuesday 11:00 - 13:00
- Room:
- Ground floor
- Phone Number:
- +30 25210 60441
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