Aristidis Tsatsakis
Affiliation: Laboratory of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences, Medical School, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Greece
Institution: University of Crete
ORCID: 0000-0003-3824-2462
External IDs: Loop profile: 394275 | ResearcherID: H-2890-2013 | SciProfiles: 451404 | Scopus Author ID: 35596169100
Email: tsatsaka@uoc.gr
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Professor and Academician Aristidis Tsatsakis holds the position of Director at the Department of Toxicology and Forensic Sciences at the Medical School of the University of Crete, and the University Hospital of Heraklion. Additionally, he is the inspirator, founder and chief scientific leader of the University of Crete spin-off Company ToxPlus S.A. and the startup LifePlus. Professor Tsatsakis has authored over 1300 publications (articles in journals, books, and abstract proceedings). Among these, more than 800 have been published in ISI journals and PubMed (715). He has coordinated over 80 scientific research and technology projects as the Principal Investigator and has established worldwide collaborations, which include European, North American and Asian teams well known for their excellence and innovation. He has additionally served as an evaluator in many EU (HORIZON), UK (Public Health England, NHS, UK) and Asian research projects. In 2012, he was elected President of the European Federation of European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX) and served in that position as President and Past-President until 2016. He is a member of several Academies worldwide, including the Academy of Toxicological Sciences, The World Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences of Russia and the Academy of Europe. He is Emeritus Professor for the Federal Institute of Hygiene and Toxicology, Doctor Honorary Causa of the Mendeleev Moscow University, of the Far East Federal University and of the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy. He has also been elected Honorary Member of Bulgarian Toxicology Society, Honorary President of the European Institute of Nutritional Medicine, Honorary Member of EUROTOX, Honorary Member of Slovak Society of Toxicology and the Romanian Society of Toxicology. Professor Tsatsakis has an extensive career in the field of toxicology journal editing, having served as both an Editor in Chief, Managing Editor, and Guest Editor for esteemed Elsevier journals such as Toxicology Reports, Food and Chemical Toxicology, Toxicology and Toxicology Letters. More recently, he assumed the role of Editor-in-Chief for the newly established Public Health and Toxicology journal European Publishing. His book on Toxicological Risk Assessment and Multi-System Health Impacts from Exposure is currently the updated toxicology reference book for academics. He has also edited eminent books on risk assessment in agriculture and genetically modified organisms among others. His upcoming book on Telomeres and successful ageing, to be published by Jenny Stanford Publishing, encompasses and discusses current knowledge on the role of telomeres as metabolic and genetic biomarkers. Professor Tsatsakis' primary research interests include biomonitoring and risk assessment of xenobiotic substances, as well as linking chronic low-dose exposure to health problems and diseases. He is the architect of a novel risk analysis model, which incorporates multiple key factors such as the exposure to various environmental pollutants, at low doses, and their combinations with various everyday products, as well as potential interactions of these pollutants with biological systems. This risk simulation model, known as "Real Life Risk Simulation (RLRS)," studies these multifactorial systems on a long-term basis, and numerous related scientific studies have been conducted worldwide since 2015. He has developed numerous exposure and effect biomarkers for various chemical substances, especially pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and others, revealing the mechanistic understanding of their mode of action and the adverse effects leading to clinical outcomes and chronic diseases (metabolic, autoimmune, cancer, etc.). Recent research has also highlighted telomeres as a genetic and metabolic phenotypic biomarker. The developed telomere measurement procedure realized by Life-Plus is the most informative testing for clinical applications and phenotypic profiling and powerful biomarker of personalized medicine. Professor Tsatsakis' long-term public engagement in promoting science for the safety of health and the environment has received repeated support and significant recognition from universities, as well as national and international authorities. In particular, in 2020 and 2021, he was recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics - Web of Science in the field of Pharmacology and Toxicology of Biomedical Sciences, earning a place on the list of researchers with the greatest global influence. Early in 2001 Dr Tsatsakis received the IRPC Gold Medal. In 2021, he was awarded the commemorative Medal "130 years of the Federal Scientific Center of Hygiene named after F.F. Erisman" and the Academician Shitskova Medal of honours in 2022. In 2022, he was awarded the EUROTOX Merit Award 2022 by the European Federation of European Societies of Toxicology (EUROTOX) for his significant contributions to the field of Toxicology.
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