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Spyros Karakitsios
Spyros Karakitsios Exposure Biology Scientist Dr. Spyros Karakitsios is an Exposure Biology Scientist with extensive experience in environmental health, chemical exposure assessment, exposome research, and the management of EU-funded research projects. He studied at the University of Ioannina, graduating first in his class from the Science and Culture Selection Curriculum of the Department of Physics with a grade of 8.5/10, Excellent. He also holds an MSc in Chemical, Environmental and Computational Simulation Technology from the Department of Chemistry, and a PhD from the Department of Bioengineering of the same university. Following his doctoral studies, Dr. Karakitsios worked for three years as a postdoctoral researcher at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre, Institute for Health and Consumer Protection. In 2011, he returned to Greece and joined the Environmental Engineering Laboratory of the Department of Chemical Engineering at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he served as Lab Manager and contributed to the coordination and day-to-day management of several European research projects in environment, exposure science, and human health. He has also been actively involved in the HERACLES Research Center on the Exposome and Health. Since mid-2024, he has held the position of Research Scientist A’ at the National Hellenic Research Foundation, in the thematic area of Foresight on Environmental Health. His work focuses on understanding how environmental factors, particularly chemical exposures, interact with human biology and contribute to health outcomes. His research covers the full exposure continuum, from chemical production and environmental release to human uptake and biological response, integrating experimental data, sensor-based measurements, computational modelling, and exposure reconstruction approaches to support risk assessment and environmental health decision-making. In 2017, he received the CEFIC-LRI Long Range Research Initiative Award from the European Chemical Industry Council, in recognition of the originality and relevance of his work on chemical hazard analysis and mixture risk assessment.

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