Email: apexara@vet.uth.gr
Phone: +30 24410 66023

 Contact with students: Monday 12:00 – 14:00

Andreana Pexara

Associate Professor

Hygiene of Foods of Animal Origin

 

Research interests

    • Foodborne pathogens and public health.
    • Presence and characteristics (antibiotic resistance, enterotoxin production) of Staphylococcus aureusin foods of animal origin.
    • Occurrence and characteristics of mycotoxins in foods of animal origin.
    • Antimicrobial resistance and One Health.
    • Foodborne viruses.
    • Effect of modified atmosphere packaging, essential oils and bacteriocins on foodborne pathogens in foods. 

Curriculum vitae

Andreana Pexara graduated and received her PhD degree from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1999 and 2005, respectively. She was appointed as a Lecturer at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Thessaly, in 2008, and currently serves as an Associate Professor of Food Hygiene of Animal Origin.
In addition to undergraduate teaching at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, since the academic year 2007–2008, she has taught in various Postgraduate Programs at the University of Thessaly. She has supervised more than 20 postgraduate theses (MSc) and has served as a member of advisory committees for more than 30 others. She has also supervised one PhD thesis and is currently member of the advisory committee for three PhD theses in progress.

She is co-author of more than 30 peer-reviewed journal articles, 25 papers and 50 abstracts in the proceedings of national and international conferences and her published work have received more than 1,300 citations. She is also the author of 6 chapters in 3 books. Dr. Pexara serves as Section Editor and reviewer for several scientific international journals.

Full curriculum vitae

 

Courses

  • Hygiene and Technology of Milk and Dairy Products and Relevant Legislation
  • Technology of Foods of Animal Origin and Relevant Legislation
  • Hygiene of Foods of Animal Origin and relevant legislation I
  • Hygiene of Foods of Animal Origin II, Certification and Report Composing
  • Practical Training in Hygiene of Foods of Animal Origin I
  • Practical Training in Hygiene of Foods of Animal Origin II

  • Food Quality Control and relevant Legislation

 

Selected Publications

  • Vlachou M, Pexara A, Solomakos N, Govaris A, Palaiogiannis D, Athanasiadis V, Lalas SI. (2024). Presence of Ochratoxin Α Residues in Blood Serum of Slaughtered Pigs in Greece. 16, 421.
  • Vlachou M, Pexara A, Solomakos N, Govaris A. (2023). Occurrence and Contamination Level of Ochratoxin A in Tissues of Slaughtered Pigs in Greece. Acta Veterinaria Eurasia. 49(2), 92-98.
  • Vlachou M, Pexara A, Solomakos N, Govaris A. (2022). Ochratoxin A in Slaughtered Pigs and Pork Products. Toxins, 14, 67.
  • Govaris A, Pexara A. Inactivation of foodborne viruses by high-pressure processing (HPP) (2021). Foods 10(2), 215.

  • Pexara, A., Govaris, A. (2020). Foodborne viruses and Innovative Non-Thermal Food-Processing Technologies. Foods, 9, 1520.

  • Pexara, A., Solomakos, N., Govaris, A. (2020). Occurrence, antibiotic resistance and enteroxigenicity of Staphylococcusspp. in tonsils of slaughtered pigs in Greece Letters in Applied Microbiology, 71, 394—399.

  • Solomakos, N., Govari, M., Botsoglou, E., Pexara, A. (2019). Effect of modified atmosphere packaging on physicochemical and microbiological characteristics of Graviera Agraphon cheese during refrigerated storage. Journal of Dairy Research, 86(4), 483-489.