Maria Karnachoriti is a Ph.D. candidate in the Physics Department of the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. She obtained a BSc in physics from the University of Patras, Greece, and a Master’s degree in physics and technological applications from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece. Her main research interests pertain to material science and materials characterization with an emphasis on Raman Spectroscopy. Currently, her Ph.D. research work focuses on the characterization of cancerous and healthy colorectal tissues with Raman spectroscopy.