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Foteini Roumani obtained her MSc in Food Safety by Wageningen University and Research (2018) and her BSc in Chemistry from then National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (2016). She is a Junior Research Fellow in the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory working in the detection of spoilage microorganisms using fast molecular biology based techniques. She has good analytical, reporting and communication skills and she is enthusiastic, results orientated and self-motivated. Her main interests lying in pursuing research in food safety related areas with a special interest in food microbiology and molecular biology specifically in the detection of spoilage fungi.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Foteini Roumani

Citation names

  • Roumani, Foteini

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
9619-7FA4-5BED
ORCID iD
0000-0002-6943-8022

Email addresses

  • foteini.roumani@inl.int (Professional)
  • fei.roumani@gmail.com (Personal)

Knowledge fields

  • Agrarian Sciences - Agrarian and Food Biotechnology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Molecular Biology
  • Natural sciences - Biological Sciences - Microbiology
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Greek (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2)
French Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2)
Education
Degree Classification
2016/09/01 - 2018/09/25
Concluded
 Food Safety (Master)
Major in Food Microbiology
Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands
"Stress resistance of conidia of different Penicillium spp. isolated from fruits, fruit juices and its processing environment" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 7.86/10
2011/09/23 - 2016/02/15
Concluded
 Chemistry (Bachelor)
Ethniko kai Kapodistriako Panepistemio Athenon, Greece
"Electroanalytical detection for 3-hydroxy-4- methoxyphenylacetic acid and hydroxy(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)acetic acid " (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 7.5/10
2015/02/01 - 2015/06/30
Attended
 ERASMUS student in the Analytical Chemistry Faculty (Bachelor)
Major in Analytical chemistry
Univerzita Karlova, Czech Republic
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2019/01/16 - Current Researcher (Research) International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2018/10/01 - 2018/12/31 Research Assistant (Research) Nestlé Research Center, Switzerland
2018/04/01 - 2018/09/30 Research Trainee (Research) Nestlé Research Center, Switzerland

Others

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/01/01 - 2018/01/31 Laboratory Assistant Wageningen Universiteit en Research, Netherlands
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2019/01/16 - Current NanoBioSensor – Development of nanosensors to evaluate the microbiological quality of fruit-based products
POCI-FEDER-033925
Research Fellow
Ongoing
Outputs

Publications

Conference poster
  1. Roumani, Foteini; Garrido-Maestu, Alejandro; Gomez, Saioa; Rodrigues, Cristina; Prado, Marta. "A colorimetric LAMP for the detection of fungi in food preparations". Paper presented in Rapid Methods Europe 2021, 2021.
  2. Azinheiro, Sarah; Roumani, Foteini; Garrido-Maestu, Alejandro; Prado, Marta. "Solving the main challenges in microorganisms detection in food samples". Paper presented in 2nd Annual INL Research Symposium, 2019.
  3. Roumani, Foteini; Garrido-Maestu, Alejandro; Azinheiro, Sarah; Cristina Rodrigues; Prado, Marta. "A DNA-based fast method for the detection of spoilage fungi in fruit preparations". Paper presented in 9th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Food Analysis (RAFA), 2019.
Journal article
  1. Foteini Roumani; Sarah Azinheiro; Joana Carvalho; Marta Prado; Alejandro Garrido-Maestu. "Loop-mediated isothermal amplification combined with immunomagnetic separation and propidium monoazide for the specific detection of viable Listeria monocytogenes in milk products, with an internal amplification control". Food Control (2021): 107975-107975. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.107975.
    10.1016/j.foodcont.2021.107975
  2. Garrido-Maestu, Alejandro; Azinheiro, Sarah; Roumani, Foteini; Prado, Marta; Carvalho, Joana. "Application of Short Pre-enrichment, and Double Chemistry Real-Time PCR, Combining Fluorescent Probes and an Intercalating Dye, for Same-Day Detection and Confirmation of Salmonella spp. and Escherichia coli O157 in Ground Beef and Chicken Samples". Frontiers in Microbiology (2020): http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.591041.
    10.3389/fmicb.2020.591041
  3. Alexandra Teixeira; Juan L. Paris; Foteini Roumani; Lorena Diéguez; Marta Prado; Begoña Espiña; Sara Abalde-Cela; Alejandro Garrido-Maestu; Laura Rodriguez-Lorenzo. "Multifuntional Gold Nanoparticles for the SERS Detection of Pathogens Combined with a LAMP–in–Microdroplets Approach". Materials (2020): https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13081934.
    10.3390/ma13081934
Activities

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event 		Event name
Institution / Organization
2019/11/26 - 2019/11/29 Participation in lectures, laboratory sessions and demonstrations with the aim to broaden and spread the theoretical and practical knowledge about innovative methods for rapid detection, enumeration, isolation and identification of foodborne and waterborne microorganisms and their metabolites.
Workshop
 XVIII RAPID METHODS AND AUTOMATION IN FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
2019/09/27 - 2019/09/27 Member of a group of researchers from the International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) showcasing experiments relevant to the work performed in INL with the overall aim to bring researchers closer to the public and motivate young people to follow a career in science.
Exhibition
 European Researcher's Night
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal
2019/09/06 - 2019/09/08 Pre-event for the European Researchers Night organised during the Noite Branca festival in Braga. During the event a group of researchers demonstrated experiments relevant with the work performed in International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory with the aim of motivating your people to follow a career in science
Festival
 Noite Branca Braga 2019
International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Portugal