Angeliki I. Katsafadou is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Public and One Health at the University of Thessaly. Dr. Katsafadou holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine (2011), an M.S. degree from the Agricultural University of Athens (2013), and a Ph.D. in Animal and Veterinary Proteomics from the Proteomics Research Unit of the Biomedical Research Foundation at the Academy of Athens (BRFAA) and the University of Thessaly (2017); hers was the first Ph.D. thesis on veterinary proteomics in Greece. She continued with postdoctoral research in animal proteomics, worked in the animal health industry, and thereafter at the National Organization for Medicines of Greece as a scientific veterinary staff member in regulatory affairs. In 2021, she was appointed as Assistant Professor in ‘Proteomics in One Health’ at the University of Thessaly, which was the first faculty appointment in proteomics at a Greek university. Her research interests focus on the application of proteomic and metaproteomic methodologies in One Health aspects, including control of zoonoses, limiting antimicrobial resistance, food safety and environmental health, with interdisciplinary approaches. Dr. Katsafadou has published over 45 articles in refereed journals and has presented in conferences nationally and internationally - on several occasions as an invited speaker. She has participated in many research projects and currently supervises two Ph.D. students. She is a member of the editorial board of three international scientific journals. Furthermore, she is a member of the Executive Board of the Hellenic Proteomics Society, a member of the Educational Committee of European Proteomics Association, and secretary of European early career researchers in proteomics.

As a 2024-2025 Fulbright Scholar, Angeliki will be hosted at the Yale School of Public Heath, U.S., to conduct research on the assessment of health risks of both human and animal populations through the dietary intake and the food web, within the One Health framework, after a severe flood in Greece, precipitated by climate change. For that purpose, biomarkers of exposure will be searched in soil and wastewater from the previously flooded regions, from villages near farms and from local stream beds and banks, by applying high throughput -omics analysis. All that with the view to assess the aggregate exposures, by monitoring the possible contamination with chemical and/or medicinal residues in environmental matrices in terms of soil health and water quality.