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Overview

Despoina Vokou is affiliated with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece. Their research spans multiple interconnected domains within agricultural and biological sciences as well as medicine, reflecting a broad engagement with plant sciences, ecology, immunology, and disease-related studies.

The scientist's work covers key fields of study including:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Medicine

Within these fields, their contributions focus on important subfields such as:

  • Plant Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Immunology and Allergy
  • Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
  • Infectious Diseases

The main topics addressed in their research include:

  • Allergic Rhinitis and Sensitization
  • Lichen and fungal ecology
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change

Despoina Vokou has coauthored studies with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Athanasios Charalampopoulos
  • Athanasios Damialis
  • John M. Halley
  • Κλεοπάτρα Λεοντίδου
  • Katerina Karamanoli

Their research outputs have appeared repeatedly in certain publication venues, notably:

  • Scientific Reports
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Aerobiologia
  • Atmospheric Environment
  • Plants

Representative recent papers by Despoina Vokou reflect a focus on plant ecology, airborne pollen, microbiology, and disease transmission, including:

  • Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria isolated from halophytes and drought-tolerant plants: genomic characterisation and exploration of phyto-beneficial traits (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Plant biodiversity assessment through pollen DNA metabarcoding in Natura 2000 habitats (Italian Alps) (2021, Scientific Reports)
  • Spatiotemporal assessment of airborne pollen in the urban environment: The pollenscape of Thessaloniki as a case study (2021, Atmospheric Environment)
  • SARS-CoV-2 as a Zooanthroponotic Infection: Spillbacks, Secondary Spillovers, and Their Importance (2022, Microorganisms)
  • Co-exposure to highly allergenic airborne pollen and fungal spores in Europe (2023, The Science of The Total Environment)

Best Publications

  • Changes to Airborne Pollen Counts across Europe

    Chiara Ziello;Tim H. Sparks;Nicole Estrella;Jordina Belmonte

  • Temperature-related changes in airborne allergenic pollen abundance and seasonality across the northern hemisphere: a retrospective data analysis

    Lewis H. Ziska;László Makra;Susan K. Harry;Nicolas Bruffaerts

  • Bacterial Colonization of the Phyllosphere of Mediterranean Perennial Species as Influenced by Leaf Structural and Chemical Features

    R. K. P. Yadav;Katerina Karamanoli;Despoina Vokou

  • Carvacrol-rich Plants in Greece

    S. Kokkini;D. Vokou

  • Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria isolated from halophytes and drought-tolerant plants: genomic characterisation and exploration of phyto-beneficial traits.

    Kleopatra Leontidou;Savvas Genitsaris;Anastasia Papadopoulou;Nathalie Kamou

  • Geographic and temporal variations in pollen exposure across Europe.

    M. Smith;S. Jäger;U. Berger;B. Šikoparija

  • Dynamics of extinction debt across five taxonomic groups.

    John M. Halley;Nikolaos Monokrousos;Antonios D. Mazaris;William D. Newmark

  • The onset, course and intensity of the pollen season

    Åslög Dahl;Carmen Galán;Lenka Hajkova;Andreas Pauling

  • Bacterial Colonization of Phyllosphere of Mediterranean Aromatic Plants

    K. Karamanoli;D. Vokou;U. Menkissoglu;H.-I. Constantinidou

  • Airborne pollen in three European cities: Detection of atmospheric circulation pathways by applying three-dimensional clustering of backward trajectories

    Ládszló Makra;Tamás Santa;István Matyasovszky;Athanasios Damialis

  • Mentha spicata (Lamiaceae) chemotypes growing wild in Greece

    S. Kokkini;D. Vokou

  • Exploring Biodiversity in the Bacterial Community of the Mediterranean Phyllosphere and its Relationship with Airborne Bacteria

    Despoina Vokou;Katerina Vareli;Ekaterini Zarali;Katerina Karamanoli

  • Activation of Soil Respiration and Shift of the Microbial Population Balance in Soil as a Response to Lavandula stoechas Essential Oil

    D. Vokou;D. Chalkos;G. Karamanlidou;M. Yiangou

  • Stimulation of soil microbial activity by essential oils

    Despoina Vokou;S. Liotiri

  • Airborne Alternaria and Cladosporium fungal spores in Europe: Forecasting possibilities and relationships with meteorological parameters

    Agnieszka Grinn-Gofroń;Jakub Nowosad;Beata Bosiacka;Irene Camacho

  • Inhibitory and stimulatory effects of essential oils and individual monoterpenoids on growth and sporulation of four soil-borne fungal isolates of Aspergillus terreus , Fusarium oxysporum, Penicillium expansum, and Verticillium dahliae

    Kalliopi Kadoglidou;Anastasia Lagopodi;Katerina Karamanoli;Despoina Vokou

  • Spatial and temporal variations in airborne Ambrosia pollen in Europe

    B. Sikoparija;C. A. Skjøth;S. Celenk;C. Testoni

  • Alternaria spores in the air across Europe: abundance, seasonality and relationships with climate, meteorology and local environment

    C. A. Skjøth;A. Damialis;J. Belmonte;C. De Linares

  • Parietaria judaica flowering phenology, pollen production, viability and atmospheric circulation, and expansive ability in the urban environment: impacts of environmental factors.

    Christina Fotiou;Athanasios Damialis;Nikolaos Krigas;John M. Halley

  • Effects of Grazing Pressure on Succession Process and Productivity of Old Fields on Mediterranean Islands

    H. Giourga;N. S. Margaris;D. Vokou

  • Effects of environmental factors on pollen production in anemophilous woody species

    Athanasios Damialis;Christina Fotiou;John M. Halley;Despoina Vokou

  • Forecasting daily pollen concentrations using data-driven modeling methods in Thessaloniki, Greece

    Dimitris Voukantsis;Harri Niska;Kostas Karatzas;Marina Riga

Frequent Co-Authors

John M. Halley
John M. Halley University of Ioannina
Antonios D. Mazaris
Antonios D. Mazaris Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Carmen Galán
Carmen Galán University of Córdoba
Matt Smith
Matt Smith University of Worcester
Carsten Ambelas Skjøth
Carsten Ambelas Skjøth Aarhus University
John D. Pantis
John D. Pantis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Mikhail Sofiev
Mikhail Sofiev Finnish Meteorological Institute
Arjo Segers
Arjo Segers Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
John R. Healey
John R. Healey Bangor University
Lewis H. Ziska
Lewis H. Ziska Columbia University

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