Professor and Academician Aristidis Tsatsakis1, an esteemed academic
and researcher, holds the position of Director at the Department of
Toxicology and Forensic Sciences2 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.3 and the startup LifePlus.4
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). Currently, his impact factor index stands at 102(GS)5, 84 (Scopus)6 and 78 (Web of Science)7. 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 (FATS, USA), The World Academy of Sciences (WAS), the National Academy of Sciences of Russia (FMRAS) and the Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea). He is Emeritus Professor for the Federal Institute of Hygiene and Toxicology (in Moscow - 2014), Doctor Honorary Causa of the Mendeleev Moscow University (2016), of the Far East Federal University (FEFU 2017) and of the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, (in Bucharest 2017). In 2017 he was elected Honorary Member of Bulgarian Toxicology Society, in 2018 Honorary President of the European Institute of Nutritional Medicine (E.I.Nu.M.), Honorary Member of EUROTOX, in 2019 Honorary Member of Slovak Society of Toxicology (SETOX) and most recently the Romanian Society of Toxicology (2023).
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.