Analytica 2024: An Interview with Elia Psillakis
At Analytica 2024 in Munich, Germany, LCGC International sat down with Elia Psillakis of Technical University of Crete to discuss circular analytical chemistry and the importance of sustainable chemistry.
Elefteria (Elia) Psillakis is a Professor in Water Chemistry at the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Greece. She is Head of the Sample Preparation Network of the EuChemS-Division of Analytical Chemistry and the Founder and Director of ExtraTECH Analytical Solutions, a spin-off company of the Technical University of Crete. From 2014–2016, she was the Vice Rector of Academic Affairs and Research at the Technical University of Crete.
In this interview segment, Psillakis answers the following questions:
- Can you tell us about the session you are speaking at during Analytica?
- What is Circular Analytical Chemistry? Can you give us a brief overview on why it's important?
- How can Circular Analytical Chemistry help improve sustainability?
- Is there any other research of yours that you'd like to highlight?
- What are you looking forward to most at Analytica?
To learn more about Analytica 2024, you can watch more of our team's videos from the festival, where we interview people like Sebastiaan Eeltink of Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Tim Causon of the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU).
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