CURRICULUM VITAE
Personal information
SURNAME: NIANIOU-OBEIDAT
NAME: EIRINI
e-mail: nianiou@agro.auth.gr
Current position: Professor, Lab of Genetics and Plant Breeding, School of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Visiting Professor at the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece, and Collaborating Researcher, CERTH-ΙNAB, Thermi, Greece.
Area of expertise: Research covers many areas of biotechnology, including plant genetics and breeding via in vitro techniques, genetic engineering, and the application of genomic technology (CRISPR-Cas) in plant breeding. Plant tolerance to various biotic and abiotic stresses using molecular tools. Study of genetic and epigenetic changes in plant grafting with omics technologies. Plant tissue culture in the production of propagation material. Education: MSc degree (1984), Agricultural University of Prague, Czech Republic, graduation with a general grade (A), Rector’s Award for the best thesis. PhD (1989), Agricultural University of Prague, Czech Republic, graduation with distinction (Top 5%). Post-doctoral fellow: (1989- 1990), Agriculture University of Prague, Dept. of Tropical and Subtropical Plants and Dept. of Physiology and Botany, Czech Republic; (1991-1993) School of Agriculture, Laboratory of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Teaching experience: She teaches in undergraduate courses: Plant Biotechnology (N555E), Molecular Biology (N004E), Plant Breeding (116Y), Seed Production and Clonal Propagation of Plants (N548E) and postgraduate courses: Molecular Biology and Biotechnology (GPP101), Production, technology, management and marketing of seeds and plant propagating material (GPP106), Plant Genetic Resources and Propagation material (GPP103), Master’s Research approach (GPP102). She has supervised 5 doctoral dissertations, 45 master’s theses (the four Master’s theses recognized with honors ‘Christidis Prize’ and ‘Papadaki Prize’), and over 70 undergraduate theses, one as co-supervisor with Dr. Roger Miles, King’s College, University of London. U.K. (first class, 71%). Participation in recent Research Programs: Overall, participated in 35 research projects funded by the FAO, GSRT, EU, and private companies as coordinator (8), partner (15), and postdoc and researcher (12). She is a co-creator of two oriental-type tobacco varieties (National Catalogue of Cultivated Plant Species Varieties, ΦΕΚ 6283- 1/2/2023). She is a reviewer in 15 international scientific journals (in 2020, she was distinguished as an IJMS-excellent reviewer) and holds several academic and professional memberships.
Publications
Scopus ID: 10042732500
ORCID Number: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5838-6370
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=el&user=7lirqVEAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate