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Greece
2023

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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
65
Citations
16095
World Ranking
2191
National Ranking
12

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Greece Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Greece Leader Award

Overview

Constantini Samara is affiliated with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. Their research mainly focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with specific attention to subfields including Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Atmospheric Science, Environmental Engineering, Process Chemistry and Technology, and Automotive Engineering.

Their work addresses several main topics such as Air Quality and Health Impacts, Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Air Quality Monitoring and Forecasting, Odor and Emission Control Technologies, Vehicle emissions and performance, and Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment.

Some of their recent publications include:

  • "Composition and mass size distribution of nitrated and oxygenated aromatic compounds in ambient particulate matter from southern and central Europe - implications for the origin" (2020), published in Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • "Oxidative potential of ambient PM2.5 from São Paulo, Brazil: Variations, associations with chemical components and source apportionment" (2023), published in Atmospheric Environment
  • "Toxic organic pollutants in Greek house dust: Implications for human exposure and health risk" (2021), published in Chemosphere
  • "Size-dependent in vitro inhalation bioaccessibility of PAHs and O/N PAHs - Implications to inhalation risk assessment" (2022), published in Environmental Pollution
  • "Hazardous organic pollutants in indoor dust from elementary schools and kindergartens in Greece: Implications for children's health" (2022), published in Chemosphere

Frequent co-authors include:

  • Athanasios Besis
  • Αθανάσιος Κούρας
  • Eleni Serafeim
  • Dimitra Voutsa
  • Anna Avgenikou

Samara has published multiple papers in several journals with notable frequency, including:

  • Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Atmospheric chemistry and physics
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Environmental Pollution

Best Publications

  • Assessment of the surface water quality in Northern Greece.

    V. Simeonov;J. A. Stratis;C. J. Samara;G. J. Zachariadis

  • Bioconcentration of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in vegetables grown in an industrial area.

    A.M. Kipopoulou;E. Manoli;C. Samara

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in natural waters: sources, occurrence and analysis

    E Manoli;C Samara

  • Chemical characterization and source identification/apportionment of fine and coarse air particles in Thessaloniki, Greece

    E. Manoli;D. Voutsa;C. Samara

  • Occurrence and fate of heavy metals in the wastewater treatment process

    Michalis Karvelas;Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Constantini Samara

  • Phosphorus fractionation in lake sediments - Lakes Volvi and Koronia, N. Greece

    A Kaiserli;D Voutsa;C Samara

  • Trace elements in vegetables grown in an industrial area in relation to soil and air particulate matter.

    D. Voutsa;A. Grimanis;C. Samara

  • Profile analysis of ambient and source emitted particle-bound polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from three sites in northern Greece.

    E Manoli;A Kouras;C Samara

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the indoor and outdoor environments--a review on occurrence and human exposure

    Athanasios Besis;Constantini Samara

  • Size distribution of airborne particulate matter and associated heavy metals in the roadside environment.

    Constantini Samara;Demetra Voutsa

  • Labile and bioaccessible fractions of heavy metals in the airborne particulate matter from urban and industrial areas

    D Voutsa;C Samara

  • Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the bulk precipitation and surface waters of Northern Greece.

    E Manoli;C Samara;I Konstantinou;T Albanis

  • Levels of total suspended particulate matter and major trace elements in Kosovo: a source identification and apportionment study.

    Anastasia Arditsoglou;Constantini Samara

  • PM10-BOUND POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS (PAHS) IN THE GREATER AREA OF ATHENS, GREECE

    J. Mantis;A. Chaloulakou;C. Samara

  • Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the sewage treatment plant of Thessaloniki, northern Greece: occurrence and removal.

    Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Constantini Samara

  • Chemical composition and mass closure of ambient PM10 at urban sites

    Eleni Terzi;George Argyropoulos;Aikaterini Bougatioti;Nikolaos Mihalopoulos

  • Assessment of the environmental hazard from municipal and industrial wastewater treatment sludge by employing chemical and biological methods.

    I. Mantis;D. Voutsa;C. Samara

  • Chemical mass balance source apportionment of PM10 in an industrialized urban area of Northern Greece

    C Samara;Th Kouimtzis;R Tsitouridou;G Kanias

  • Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the conventional activated sludge treatment process: fate and mass balance.

    Athanasios Katsoyiannis;Constantini Samara

  • Increased biomass burning due to the economic crisis in Greece and its adverse impact on wintertime air quality in Thessaloniki.

    Arian Saffari;Nancy Daher;Constantini Samara;Dimitra Voutsa

Frequent Co-Authors

Dimitra Voutsa
Dimitra Voutsa Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Athanasios Katsoyiannis
Athanasios Katsoyiannis Norwegian Institute for Air Research
Gerhard Lammel
Gerhard Lammel Masaryk University
Konstantinos Eleftheriadis
Konstantinos Eleftheriadis National Centre of Scientific Research Demokritos
Anastasios I. Zouboulis
Anastasios I. Zouboulis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Zissis Samaras
Zissis Samaras Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Leonidas Ntziachristos
Leonidas Ntziachristos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Evangelia Diapouli
Evangelia Diapouli National Centre of Scientific Research Demokritos
Constantinos Sioutas
Constantinos Sioutas University of Southern California
Adrian Covaci
Adrian Covaci University of Antwerp

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