Prof. Andreas Tsakalof
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Biography
Professor Andreas K. Tsakalof School of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Greece Professor Andreas Tsakalof has long-term experience in teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels of medical/clinical chemistry, environmental chemistry and toxicology, and biochemistry, as well as in the supervision of postgraduate and PhD theses and postdoctoral research, research projects. He is the author of manuals and textbooks on these subjects. His research experiences and interests comprise • Application of chromatography and chromatography-mass spectrometry in clinical chemistry, toxicology, and human biomonitoring. • GC-MS analysis of VOC in exhaled air for clinical diagnosis. • Vitamin D in human health and disease. •Fabrication of molecularly imprinted polymers and their application for identifying and isolating bioactive molecules. His scientific output includes 64 research articles, 6 review papers, and 1 editorial, which have collectively received 3,218 citations, corresponding to an h index of 31 (Scopus, May 2026). Professor Tsakalof has a long-standing presence in scientific publishing. He serves as a Section Editor-in-Chief ,member of editorial boards, academic editor, and peer reviewer for more than 16 international journals. His contributions to peer review have been recognized with distinctions, including the “Best Reviewer” award from Toxicology Letters and an Outstanding Contribution to Peer Review Award from Food and Chemical Toxicology.
Affiliations
University of Thessaly
Larissa, Greece
Department of Medicine
Honors and Awards
Award for Best Poster
3rd Hellenic Congress of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, 2002, Heraklion, Crete.
"High performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization mass spectrometry as a sensitive method for determination of mycotoxin zearalenone in food" by Tsakalof, A., Limberopoulos, A., Dobrota, M
Award for Best Poster
5th National Conference of Free Radicals and Oxidative Stress, 2006, Kardamili Messinia.
"Regulation of Hypoxia Inducible Factor first (HIF-first) induction and HIF-1 transcriptional activity by flavonoids" by Triantafyllou, A., Tsakalof, A., Liakos, P., Bonanou, S.
Award for oral presentation
10th PanHellenic Congress on Epilepsy, 2016, Athens, Greece
“Development of the HPLC method for the monitoring of licarbazepine in serum of patients under oxcarbazepine treatment”, Begas Ε., Tsakalof Α., Dardiotis Ε., Vatidis G. E., Kouvaras E.
Award for oral presentation
5th International Workshop on Nanosciences &Nanotechnologies (NN08), Thessaloniki, July 14-16, 2008.
“Superhydrophobic Composite Polymer/Particle Films”, P.N. Manoudis, I.Karapanagiotis, A. Tsakalof
Top reviewer award 2011
journal Toxicology Letters (IF = 3,6)
For exceptional contribution to the quality of Toxicology Letters.
2015 Award for Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing
journal Food and Chemical Toxicology (IF=4,68)
Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing
Award for Best Poster
47th Panhellenic Internet Congress on Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes. 18-20 October 2020
"Molecular Mechanism of 1,25-dihyroxyvitamin D3 impact on HIFs signalling pathways” Ioanna-Maria Gkotinakou, Eleni Kechagia, Kalliopi Pazaitou-Panayiotou, Panagiotis Liakos and Andreas Tsakalof
"Training and mobility of researchers" research fellow training grant for experienced researchers
European Community, Training Grant No ERB4001GT973029
Advanced training in Molecular Toxicology in the Laboratory of Molecular Toxicology, University of Surrey, School of Biological Sciences, 1998-1999
Experience
Senior Research Consultant/advisor
University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
01 May 2026 - present
University Lecturer
University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
01 Mar 2003 - 01 Sep 2021
Senior Scientist or Principal Investigator
Ormylia Foundation, Ormylia, Greece
01 Mar 2000 - 01 Mar 2003
Senior Scientist or Principal Investigator
University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
01 Mar 1998 - 01 Mar 1999
University Lecturer
University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece
01 Jan 1993 - 01 Mar 1998
University Lecturer
University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece
01 Jan 1991 - 01 Mar 1993
Research Interests
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