Expertise

She has more than 15 years of experience working with postharvest handling of fresh fruits and vegetables in Florida, Greece, Spain and Texas.

Her research program is focused on postharvest technology for local and urban food systems. She is studying the effects of various storage methods on shelf life, flavor and nutritional quality of fresh produce.

Additionally, she is examining the preharvest effects on postharvest quality of strawberries grown in high tunnels. She is also working on examining the impact of light on yield and nutritional quality of tomato and lettuce growing in high tunnels.

Also, she is interested in best storage and packaging conditions for sweet potato slips as well as transportation conditions of grafted vegetable seedlings.


Subject areas:

  • Vegetable, Fruit, & Nut Specialty Crops
    • Urban Food Production

Expertise:

  • Urban Food Production and Post-harvest Handling
Communities
Horticulture, Forestry
Degrees
PhD, University of Thessaly, Greece, Agricultural Sciences, 2010
MS, University of Crete, Greece, Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, 2003
BS, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Agriculture, 2001
MS, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Agriculture, 2001