Maria Maridaki is an associate professor at the Department of Physical Education & Sports Science at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. Her research topics include exercise science, exercise performance, muscle physiology, PCR, molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics, nutrition, exercise physiology, and exercise testing. She has an h-Index of 20, and her papers have been cited more than 1500 times (Scopus, 31 October 2023).