Nikolaos Koukiasas

• Deliver technical and regulatory knowledge in the area of consumer safety, product metabolism and analytical science. • Provide studies, risk assessments and expert advocacy in support of worldwide registration activities • Maintain an up-to-date regulatory knowledge database for use globally • Create and maintain a strong link with the respective Product Safety and Regulatory platforms • Participate in the Precision Application (PA) Regulatory & Safety Team where I drive the discussions around PA-specif

• Managed a range of residue studies e.g. magnitude of residue, method validation, storage stability, crop rotation, crop processing, operator exposure and dislodgeable foliar residue • Ensured the delivery and content of the field and analytical phases of GLP residue studies • Worked with external research organisations to deliver complex programmes of work • Identified and solved key scientific problems, particularly on field trial data and analytical data

Design and conduct trials to evaluate the performance of an autonomous robotic platform for weed control in cabbage and leek fields - “eyeSpot” project

I worked on proving the concept of leaf-specific weed control by applying a single droplet of broad-spectrum herbicides (glyphosate and glufosinate-ammonium). In glasshouse, dose-response trials have quantified the dose and the number of herbicide droplets required to control different weeds at different growth stages. In the field, efficacy of weed control using droplets of herbicides was tested over three growing seasons in vegetable crops. High levels of weed control were achieved and herbicide usage wa

Design and conduct GEP and GLP trials with herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and plant growth regulators for registration purposes according to E.P.P.O. (European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization) guidelines, sponsor’s instructions and company's SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures).

Developed expertise in pesticide effectiveness and biochemical mechanisms of pesticide activity, fungicide application and mycotoxin production by mycotoxigenic fungal species and pesticide resistance risk assessment of plant pathogens in the field

Worked on chemical assessment and the evaluation of fate and behaviour of plant protection products (PPP) and on the development and validation of multi pesticide methods for determination of PPP residues in soil samples using the techniques of liquid and gas chromatography with mass-spectrometry (LC, GC-MS/MS)

Dual degree offered by FHNW (Switzerland) on Cross Cultural Leadership and Edinburgh Business School

As a part of my master's dissertation I studied the potential of two novel biological control formulations to regulate populations of cyst nematodes.