A Full Professor in Water Chemistry at the School of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Technical University of Crete, Elia Psillakis received her degree in Chemistry in 1995 from Universitè Montpellier II, France with Summa Cum Laude, and in 1997 her PhD from the University of Bristol, U.K. In 2007, she received a Fulbright Award and used it at California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA. Her research activities focus on (i) understanding the fundamentals and developing sample preparation methods used for the detection of emerging and persistent organic pollutants in a variety of matrices, (ii) studying the fate of organic contaminants in natural and engineered systems and (iii) greening analytical processes. Professor Elia Psillakis was featured in the Power List 2021 of the magazine “The Analytical Scientist” as one of the Top 100 most influential people in analytical science. To date, her investigations have resulted in six book chapters and 100 publications in ISI Journals that have received more than 7500 citations (h-index=45) and three “Top cited article” awards. She is Editor-in-Chief of “Advances in Sample Preparation” (Elsevier), Specialty Chief Editor of “Environmental Analysis” for Frontiers in Analytical Science (Frontiers), Associate Editor of the “Journal of Separation Science” (Wiley) and an Editorial Advisory Board member in another six journals. Professor Elia Psillakis is also Head of the Sample Preparation Study Group and Network of the European Chemical Society-Division of Analytical Chemistry. She is the Founder of a Spin-Off Company of the Technical University of Crete and has two active patents. Professor Elia Psillakis has acted as an expert evaluator in several national and European evaluation panels, and in 2012 and 2013, she was vice-chair of the Chemistry evaluation panel for the EU Marie-Curie excellence fellowships. From 2014-2016, Professor Elia Psillakis was the Deputy Rector of Academic Affairs and Research at the Technical University of Crete and has served twice as the Director of postgraduate studies. During her service she established all large-scale STEM and outreach activities.