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• Nannou C.*, Efthymiou C., Boti V*., Albanis T., Unveiling the pharmaceutical footprint in freshwater and seawater: HRMS method optimization, validation, and uncertainty estimation, Microchemical Journal, 2025, 210, 112933, 10.1016/j.microc.2025.112933

• Nannou, C. *, Maroulas, K.N., Tsamtzidou, C., Ladomenou, K., Kyzas, G.Z., Photocatalytic degradation of veterinary antibiotics in wastewaters: A review, Science of the Total Environment, 2025, 966, 178765, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2025.178765
• Nannou C.*, Gkountouras D., Boti V., Albanis T., "AN Efficient LC–HRMS-Based Approach to Evaluate Pesticide Contamination in Water Bodies with Measurement Uncertainty Considerations, Appl. Sci. 2024, 14(22), 10329; https://doi.org/10.3390/app142210329
• Koronaiou L.-A., Nannou C., Evgenidou E., Panagopoulos Abrahamsson D., Lambropoulou D.A., Photo-assisted transformation of furosemide: Exploring transformation pathways, structure database and suspect and non-target workflows for comprehensive screening of unknown transformation products in wastewaters and landfill leachates, (2023) Science of the Total Environment, 904, art. no. 166599, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.166599
• Evgenidou E., Ainali N.M., Rapti A., Bikiaris R.D., Nannou C., Lambropoulou D.A., Photocatalytic performance of buoyant TiO2-immobilized poly(ethylene terephthalate) beads for the removal of the anticonvulsant drug pregabalin from water and leachate (2023), Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 11 (5), art. no. 110697, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2023.110697
• Anagnostopoulou K., Nannou C., Evgenidou E., Lambropoulou D.A., Does climbazole instigate a threat in the environment as persistent, mobile and toxic compound? Unveiling the occurrence and potential ecological risks of its phototransformation products in the water cycle (2023) Journal of Hazardous Materials, 458, art. no. 131854, https://doi.10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131854
• Kovačič A., Modic M., Hojnik N., Štampar M., Gulin M.R., Nannou C., Koronaiou L.-A., Heath, D., Walsh J.L., Žegura B., Lambropoulou D., Cvelbar U., Heath E., Degradation and toxicity of bisphenol A and S during cold atmospheric pressure plasma treatment (2023) Journal of Hazardous Materials, 454, art. no. 131478, https://doi.10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131478
• Kovačič A., Gulin M.R., Nannou C., Koronaiou L.-A., Kosjek T., Heath D., Maier M.S., Lambropoulou D., Heath E., Aerobic degradation of tetramethyl bisphenol F (TMBPF) with activated sludge: Kinetics and biotransformation products (2023) Environmental Research, 227, art. no. 115790, https://doi.10.1016/j.envres.2023.115790
• Papamichail P., Nannou C., Giannakoudakis D.A., Bikiaris N.D., Papoulia C., Pavlidou E., Lambropoulou D., Samanidou V., Deliyanni E., Maximization of the photocatalytic degradation of diclofenac using polymeric g-C3N4 by tuning the precursor and the synthetic protocol (2023) Catalysis Today, 418, art. no. 114075, https://doi.10.1016/j.cattod.2023.114075
• Evgenidou Ε., Vasilopoulou K., Ioannidou E., Koronaiou L.A., Nannou C., Trikkaliotis D.G., Bikiaris D., Kyzas G.Z., Lambropoulou D., Photocatalytic degradation of the antiviral drug abacavir using titania-graphene oxide nanocomposites in landfill leachate (2023) Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 439, art. no. 114628, https://doi.10.1016/j.jphotochem.2023.114628
• Anagnostopoulou K., Nannou C., Aschonitis V.G., Lambropoulou D.A., Screening of pesticides and emerging contaminants in eighteen Greek lakes by using target and non-target HRMS approaches: Occurrence and ecological risk assessment (2022) Science of the Total Environment, 849, art. no. 157887, https://doi.10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157887
• Petromelidou S., Margaritis D., Nannou C., Keramydas C., Lambropoulou D.A., HRMS screening of organophosphate flame retardants and poly-/perfluorinated substances in dust from cars and trucks: Occurrence and human exposure implications (2022) Science of the Total Environment, 848, art. no. 157696, https://doi.10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.157696
• C. Silva, A. Cachada, F. JM Gonçalves, C. Nannou, D. Lambropoulou, C. Patinha, N. Abrantes, J.- L. Pereira, "Chemical characterization of riverine sediments affected by wastewater treatment plant effluent discharge", Science of the Total Environment (2022), Art No 156305, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.156305
• A.Varela Alonso, H. Naranjo, A. Rat, N. Rödic, C. Nannou, D. Lambropoulou, A. Assimopoulou, S. Declerck, P. Rödel, C. Schneider. A.Willems, "Root-associated bacteria modulate the specialised metabolome of Lithospermum officinale L", Frontiers in Plant Science Plant Metabolism and Chemodiversity, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.908669
• Szopińska M., Potapowicz J., Jankowska K., Luczkiewicz A., Svahn O., Björklund E., Nannou C., Lambropoulou D., Polkowska Ż, "Pharmaceuticals and other contaminants of emerging concern in Admiralty Bay as a result of untreated wastewater discharge: Status and possible environmental consequences", Science of the Total Environment (2022), Art No 155400, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.155400
• A. Kontogiannis, E. Evgenidou, C. Nannou, D. Bikiaris, D. Lambropoulou, "MOF-based photocatalytic degradation of the antibiotic lincomycin enhanced by hydrogen peroxide and persulfate: Kinetics, elucidation of transformation products and toxicity assessment", Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering (2022), Vol. 10 (4), 108112, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2022.108112
• Koronaiou L.-A., Nannou C., Xanthopoulou N., Seretoudi G., Bikiaris D., Lambropoulou D. A, "High-resolution mass spectrometry-based strategies for the target analysis and suspect screening of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in aqueous matrices", Microchemical Journal (2022), 179, Art No 107457, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2022.107457
• Nannou C., Kaprara E., Psaltou S., Salapasidou M., Palasantza P.-A., Diamantopoulos P., Lambropoulou D. A, Mitrakas M., Zouboulis A., "Monitoring of a broad set of pharmaceuticals in wastewaters by high-resolution mass spectrometry and evaluation of heterogenous catalytic ozonation for their removal in a pre-industrial level unit", Analytica (2022), 3 (2), pp 195-212, https://doi.org/10.3390/analytica3020014 
• Anagnostopoulou K., Nannou C., Evgenidou E., Lambropoulou D.,"Overarching issues on relevant pesticide transformation products in the aquatic environment: A review (2022) Science of the Total Environment, 815, art. no. 152863, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.152863
• Ofrydopoulou A., Nannou C., Evgenidou E., Lambropoulou D., "Assessment of a wide array of organic micropollutants of emerging concern in wastewater treatment plants in Greece: Occurrence, removals, mass loading and potential risks", (2022) Science of the Total Environment, Art No 149860,  10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149860
• Kalaitzidou, M.P., Nannou, C.I., Lambropoulou, D.A., Papageorgiou, K.V., Theodoridis, A.M., Economou, V.K., Giantsis, I.A., Angelidis, P.G., Kritas, S.K., Petridou, E.J., "First report of detection of microcystins in farmed mediterranean mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis in Thermaikos gulf in Greece", Journal of Biological Research (Greece), (2021), 28 (1), Art No 8, https://doi.org/10.1186/s40709-021-00139-4
• E. Kargioti, E. Vouvoudi, C. Nannou, D. Bikiaris, D. Lambropoulou "Unraveling the origin of aged varnishes for the proper restoration of old paintings using spectroscopic and spectrometric techniques", (2021) Microchemical Journal, Art No 106467, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microc.2021.106467
• Ofrydopoulou A., Nannou C., Evgenidou E., Lambropoulou D., "Sample preparation optimization by central composite design for multi class determination of 172 emerging contaminants in wastewaters and tap water using liquid chromatography high-resolution mass spectrometry", (2021) Journal of Chomatography A, Vol. 1652, Art. No 462369, https://10.1016/j.chroma.2021.462369
• Papadopoulos, L., Zamboulis, A., Kasmi, N., Wahbi, M., Nannou, C., Lambropoulou, D.A., Kostoglou, M., Papageorgiou, G.Z., Bikiaris, D.N., "Investigation of the catalytic activity and reaction kinetic modeling of two antimony catalysts in the synthesis of poly(ethylene furanoate)", Green Chemistry, (2021), 23 (6), p. 2507-2524, https://doi.org/10.1039/d0gc04254d
• Ofrydopoulou A., Evgenidou E., Nannou C., Vasquez M.I. Lambropoulou D., "Exploring the phototransformation and assessing the in vitro and in silico toxicity of a mixture of pharmaceuticals susceptible to photolysis", (2021) Science of the Total Environment, 756, art. no. 144079, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144079
• Evgenidou E., Ofrydopoulou A., Malesic-Eleftheriadou N., Nannou C., Ainali N.M., Christodoulou E., Bikiaris D.N., Kyzas G.Z., Lambropoulou D.A., "New insights into transformation pathways of a mixture of cytostatic drugs using Polyester-TiO2 films: Identification of intermediates and toxicity assessment", (2020) Science of the Total Environment, 741, art. no. 140394,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140394
• Potapowicz J., Lambropoulou D., Nannou C., Kozioł K., Polkowska Z., "Occurrences, sources, and transport of organochlorine pesticides in the aquatic environment of Antarctica, (2020) Science of the Total Environment, 735, art. no. 139475, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139475
• Gómez-Ramos M.D.M., Nannou C., Martínez Bueno M.J., Goday A., Murcia-Morales M, Ferrer C., Fernández-Alba A.R, "Pesticide residues evaluation of organic crops. A critical appraisal", (2020) Food Chemistry: X, 5, art. no. 100079, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fochx.2020.100079
• Nannou C, Ofrydopoulou A., Evgenidou E., Heath D., Heath E., Lambropoulou D., "Antiviral drugs in aquatic environment and wastewater treatment plants: A review on occurrence, fate, removal and ecotoxicity", (2020) Science of the Total Environment, 699, art. no. 134322, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134322
• Nannou C, Ofrydopoulou A., Evgenidou E., Heath D., Heath E., Lambropoulou D., "Analytical strategies for the determination of antiviral drugs in the aquatic environment", (2019) Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 24, art. no.e00071 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.teac.2019.e00071
• Gadelha J.R., Rocha A. C., Camacho C., Eljarrat E., Peris A., Aminot Y., Readman J. W., Boti V., Nannou C., Kapsi M., Albanis T., Rocha F., Machado A., Bordalo A., Valente L., Nunes M. L., Marques A., Almeida C. M. R., "Persistent and emerging pollutants assessment on aquaculture oysters (Crassostrea gigas) from NW Portuguese coast (Ria de Aveiro)", (2019) Science of the Total Environment, 666, pp. 731-742, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.02.280
• Nannou C. I., Kosma C.I., Boti V. I., Albanis T.A, "Psychiatrics and selected metabolites in hospital and urban wastewaters: Occurrence, removal, mass loading, seasonal influence and risk assessment," (2019) Science of the Total Environment, 659, pp. 1473-1483, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.421
• Nannou C. I., Boti V. I., Albanis T.A, "A modified QuEChERS approach for the analysis of pharmaceuticals in sediments by LC-Orbitrap HRMS," (2019) Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 411 (7), pp. 1383-1396, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-018-01570-8
• Nannou C. I., Boti V. I., Albanis T.A, "Trace analysis of pesticide residues in sediments using liquid chromatography-high-resolution Orbitrap mass spectrometry," (2018) Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 410 (7), pp. 1977-1989, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00216-018-0864-6
• Rocha A. C., Camacho C., Eljarrat E., Peris A., Aminot Y., Readman J. W., Boti V., Nannou C., Marques A., Nunes M. L., Almeida C. M., "Bioaccumulation of persistent and emerging pollutants in wild sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus," (2018) Environmental Research, 161, pp. 354-363, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.11.029
• Huerta B., Rodriguez-Mozaz S., Nannou C., Nakis L., Ruhí A., Acuña V., Sabater S., Barceló D., "Determination of a broad spectrum of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors in biofilm from a waste water treatment plant-impacted river," (2016) Science of the Total Environment, 540, pp. 241-249, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.05.049
• Nannou C. I., Kosma C.I. Albanis T.A, "Occurrence of pharmaceuticals in surface waters: analytical method development and environmental risk assessment," (2015) International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 95 (13), pp. 1242-1262, https://doi.org/10.1080/03067319.2015.1085520

Book Chapters

Christina Nannou and Dimitra Lambropoulou, "Chiral pharmaceuticals: Source, Human Risk and Future Studies" (Chapter 10 in Chiral Organic Pollutants. Monitoring and Characterization in Food and the Environment, by Edmond Sanganyado, Basil K. Munjanja, Leo M. L. Nollet), 1st Edition (2020), CRC Press, eBook ISBN: 9781003000167 (invited chapter)

Christina Nannou, Anna Ofrydopoulou, David Heath, Ester Heath, Dimitra Lambropoulou, "QuEChERS - A green alternative approach for the determination of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in environmental and food samples", (Chapter 14 in Green Analytical Chemistry - Past, Present and Perspectives by Justyna Płotka-Wasylka and Jacek Namieśnik), 1st Edition (2019), pp. 395-430, Springer, ISBN 978-981-13-9105-7 (invited chapter)