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Greece

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Sampling methods
Gas-particle partitioning sampling with high volume air samplers, particles size distribution sampling with cascade impactor, passive air samplers, indoor dust sampling.
Analytical methods
Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS), Thermal Desorption (TD) Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS), Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS-MS), Ion Chromatography (IC).
Study of organic chemicals
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs); Fine Particulate Matter; Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs); Flame Retardants (FRs); Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs); “novel” BFRs; Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs); nitro-PAHs; Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs); Organochlorine Pesticides (OCPs), Humic-Like Substances (HULIS).
Analytical preconcentration techniques (SPE, SPME), separation and determination of semi-volatile and volatile organic compounds on various substrates (particles, indoor dust, plants, biological samples, sediments and soils):
Implementation of Geographic Information Systems for recording, visualizing and evaluating pollution of wider geographical areas and selecting appropriate management methods
Study of the bioaccessibility of organic compounds in technical pulmonary fluid.
Study of oxidative activity (DTT assay) of airborne particulate matter
Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Analysis; Atmospheric Pollution; Outdoor and indoor air quality; Air Sampling; Health Impact Assessment; Particulate Matter; Atmospheric Aerosols; Indoor Air Pollution; Chemical characterization of airborne particulate matter; Size distribution of particle mass and associated components; Gas-to-particle partitioning of semivolatile organic compounds; Indoor air and dust quality; Multi-residue analysis and monitoring of diverse classes of organic pollutants in complex environmental samples;
Mathematical/statistical and mapping tools
SPPS, XLSTAT, MatLab, Agro – GIS.

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Employment (2)

University of Western Macedonia: FLORINA, GR

2022-10-03 to present | Academic Scholar (AGRICULTURE)
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Athanasios Besis

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki, GR

2014-11 to present | postDoc Position (chemistry )
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Education and qualifications (3)

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki: Thessaloniki, GR

2010 to 2014 | Ph.D. (Thesis in Environmental Chemistry) (Chemistry)
Education
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University of Crete: Heraklion, Crete, GR

2005 to 2008 | Master Degree (Department of Chemistry)
Education
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School of Agricultural Technology: Heraklion, Crete, GR

1999 to 2003 | Degree (Department of Crop Science)
Education
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Works (30)

Volatile Organic Compounds on Rhodes Island, Greece: Implications for Outdoor and Indoor Human Exposure

Toxics
2024-07-02 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/toxics12070486
Contributors: Athanasios Besis; Dimitrios Margaritis; Constantini Samara; Evangelos Bekiaris
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Concentrations of volatile organic compounds in vehicular cabin air – Implications to commuter exposure

Environmental Pollution
2023-08 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121763
Contributors: Athanasios Besis; Theophanis Katsaros; Constantini Samara
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Oxidative potential of ambient PM2.5 from São Paulo, Brazil: Variations, associations with chemical components and source apportionment

Atmospheric Environment
2023-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119593
Contributors: Eleni Serafeim; Athanasios Besis; Athanasios Kouras; Camila N. Farias; Aleinnys B. Yera; Guilherme M. Pereira; Constantini Samara; Pérola de Castro Vasconcellos
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Hazardous organic pollutants in indoor dust from elementary schools and kindergartens in Greece: Implications for children's health

Chemosphere
2023-01 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.136750
Contributors: Athanasios Besis; Anna Avgenikou; Ioanna Pantelaki; Eleni Serafeim; Eleni Georgiadou; Dimitra Voutsa; Constantini Samara
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Size-Resolved Redox Activity and Cytotoxicity of Water-Soluble Urban Atmospheric Particulate Matter: Assessing Contributions from Chemical Components

Toxics
2023-01-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.3390/toxics11010059
Contributors: Athanasios Besis; Maria Pia Romano; Eleni Serafeim; Anna Avgenikou; Athanasios Kouras; Maria Giulia Lionetto; Maria Rachele Guascito; Anna Rita De Bartolomeo; Maria Elena Giordano; Annarosa Mangone et al.
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Size-dependent in vitro inhalation bioaccessibility of PAHs and O/N PAHs - Implications to inhalation risk assessment

Environmental Pollution
2022 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119045
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2-s2.0-85125118805

Part of ISSN: 18736424 02697491
Contributors: Besis, A.; Gallou, D.; Avgenikou, A.; Serafeim, E.; Samara, C.
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Odor-active volatile organic compounds along the seafront of Thessaloniki, Greece. Implications for sources of nuisance odor

Science of the Total Environment
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149388
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2-s2.0-85112106119

Part of ISSN: 18791026 00489697
Contributors: Besis, A.; Georgiadou, E.; Samara, C.
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Spatiotemporal variation of odor-active VOCs in Thessaloniki, Greece: implications for impacts from industrial activities

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2021 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-08573-y
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2-s2.0-85084513741
Contributors: Besis, A.; Latsios, I.; Papakosta, E.; Simeonidis, T.; Kouras, A.; Voliotis, A.; Samara, C.
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Toxic organic pollutants in Greek house dust: Implications for human exposure and health risk

Chemosphere
2021-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.131318
Contributors: Athanasios Besis; Elisavet Botsaropoulou; Dimitra Balla; Dimitra Voutsa; Constantini Samara
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Mass dose rates of particle-bound organic pollutants in the human respiratory tract: Implications for inhalation exposure and risk estimations

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health
2021-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113710
Contributors: Aristeidis Voliotis; Spyridon Bezantakos; Athanasios Besis; Yunqi Shao; Constantini Samara
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Determination of low 137Cs concentration in the atmosphere due to Chernobyl contaminated forest-wood burning

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
2020-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2020.106383
Part of ISSN: 0265-931X
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Oxidative stress, DNA damage, and mutagenicity induced by the extractable organic matter of airborne particulates on bacterial models

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2019.03.004
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2-s2.0-85062809530
Contributors: Velali, E.; Pantazaki, A.; Besis, A.; Choli-Papadopoulou, T.; Samara, C.
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Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in air-conditioner filter dust of indoor microenvironments in Greece: Implications for exposure

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
2019 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2019.109559
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2-s2.0-85070307450
Contributors: Besis, A.; Botsaropoulou, E.; Samara, C.; Katsoyiannis, A.; Hanssen, L.; Huber, S.
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In vitro cellular toxicity induced by extractable organic fractions of particles exhausted from urban combustion sources - Role of PAHs

Environmental Pollution
2018-12 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2018.09.075
Contributors: Ekaterini Velali; Eleni Papachristou; Anastasia Pantazaki; Athanasios Besis; Constantini Samara; Christos Labrianidis; Theodore Lialiaris
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Legacy and emerging organophosphοrus flame retardants in car dust from Greece: Implications for human exposure

Chemosphere
2018-04 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.12.132
Contributors: Christina Christia; Giulia Poma; Athanasios Besis; Constantini Samara; Adrian Covaci
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Toxic organic substances and marker compounds in size-segregated urban particulate matter - Implications for involvement in the in vitro bioactivity of the extractable organic matter

Environmental Pollution
2017 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.06.096
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2-s2.0-85024489077
Contributors: Besis, A.; Tsolakidou, A.; Balla, D.; Samara, C.; Voutsa, D.; Pantazaki, A.; Choli-Papadopoulou, T.; Lialiaris, T.S.
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in background air around the Aegean: implications for phase partitioning and size distribution

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2017-12-09 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-017-0285-7
Contributors: Athanasios Besis; Gerhard Lammel; Petr Kukučka; Constantini Samara; Aysun Sofuoglu; Yetkin Dumanoglu; Kostas Eleftheriadis; Giorgos Kouvarakis; Sait C. Sofuoglu; Vassiliki Vassilatou et al.
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Legacy and novel brominated flame retardants in interior car dust – Implications for human exposure

Environmental Pollution
2017-11 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.07.032
Contributors: Athanasios Besis; Christina Christia; Giulia Poma; Adrian Covaci; Constantini Samara
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New insight into the distribution pattern, levels, and risk diagnosis of FRs in indoor and outdoor air at low- and high-altitude zones of Pakistan: Implications for sources and exposure

Chemosphere
2017-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.06.056
Contributors: Muhammad Usman Khan; Athanasios Besis; Jun Li; Gan Zhang; Riffat Naseem Malik
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Atmospheric occurrence and gas-particle partitioning of PBDEs at industrial, urban and suburban sites of Thessaloniki, northern Greece: Implications for human health

Environmental Pollution
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.04.093
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2-s2.0-84966280544
Contributors: Besis, A.; Voutsa, D.; Samara, C.
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Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity induced in vitro by solvent-extractable organic matter of size-segregated urban particulate matter

Environmental Pollution
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2016.09.001
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2-s2.0-84991609117
Contributors: Velali, E.; Papachristou, E.; Pantazaki, A.; Choli-Papadopoulou, T.; Argyrou, N.; Tsourouktsoglou, T.; Lialiaris, S.; Constantinidis, A.; Lykidis, D.; Lialiaris, T.S. et al.
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Redox activity and in vitro bioactivity of the water-soluble fraction of urban particulate matter in relation to particle size and chemical composition

Environmental Pollution
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.10.058
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2-s2.0-84962741458
Contributors: Velali, E.; Papachristou, E.; Pantazaki, A.; Choli-Papadopoulou, T.; Planou, S.; Kouras, A.; Manoli, E.; Besis, A.; Voutsa, D.; Samara, C.
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Source apportionment of the redox activity of urban quasi-ultrafine particles (PM<inf>0.49</inf>) in Thessaloniki following the increased biomass burning due to the economic crisis in Greece

Science of the Total Environment
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.05.217
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2-s2.0-84989869028
Contributors: Argyropoulos, G.; Besis, A.; Voutsa, D.; Samara, C.; Sowlat, M.H.; Hasheminassab, S.; Sioutas, C.
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Spatial and seasonal variations of the chemical, mineralogical and morphological features of quasi-ultrafine particles (PM<inf>0.49</inf>) at urban sites

Science of the Total Environment
2016 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.080
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2-s2.0-84959377867
Contributors: Samara, C.; Kantiranis, N.; Kollias, P.; Planou, S.; Kouras, A.; Besis, A.; Manoli, E.; Voutsa, D.
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Air and seawater pollution and air–sea gas exchange of persistent toxic substances in the Aegean Sea: spatial trends of PAHs, PCBs, OCPs and PBDEs

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4363-4
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2-s2.0-84937978438
Contributors: Lammel, G.; Audy, O.; Besis, A.; Efstathiou, C.; Eleftheriadis, K.; Kohoutek, J.; Kukučka, P.; Mulder, M.D.; Přibylová, P.; Prokeš, R. et al.
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Particle-size distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the urban agglomeration of Thessaloniki, northern Greece

Atmospheric Environment
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.01.019
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2-s2.0-84920895739
Contributors: Besis, A.; Botsaropoulou, E.; Voutsa, D.; Samara, C.
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Size distribution of total and water-soluble fractions of particle-bound elements—assessment of possible risks via inhalation

Environmental Science and Pollution Research
2015 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4559-7
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2-s2.0-84940451922
Contributors: Voutsa, D.; Anthemidis, A.; Giakisikli, G.; Mitani, K.; Besis, A.; Tsolakidou, A.; Samara, C.
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Concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in central air-conditioner filter dust and relevance of non-dietary exposure in occupational indoor environments in Greece

Environmental Pollution
2014 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.01.021
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2-s2.0-84894383102
Contributors: Besis, A.; Katsoyiannis, A.; Botsaropoulou, E.; Samara, C.
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Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the indoor and outdoor environments - A review on occurrence and human exposure

Environmental Pollution
2012 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.04.009
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2-s2.0-84863809899
Contributors: Besis, A.; Samara, C.
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Particle-size distribution and gas/particle partitioning of atmospheric polybrominated diphenyl ethers in urban areas of Greece

Environmental Pollution
2009 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.12.010
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2-s2.0-60949094059
Contributors: Mandalakis, M.; Besis, A.; Stephanou, E.G.
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