Water Quality Laboratory
The Water Quality Laboratory of the National Museum of Natural History Goulandris, with premises in Thessaloniki and Kifissia, performs testing for surface waters (inland, transitional, coastal) and groundwater. It specializes in physicochemical and biological parameters of water quality.
The Laboratory operates in accordance with the requirements of the 17025:2017 Standard for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories. It is accredited under this Standard by the National Accreditation Body of Greece (ESYD) for a number of tests, as specified in the Scope of the Accreditation. The Accreditation Certificates of the Water Quality Laboratory are publicly available on the ESYD website. The Laboratory is staffed by a team of biologists, environmental scientists, and an engineer.
The Laboratory equipment includes the following: ion analyzer (Aquion System/AS-DV Autosampler, spectrophotometers UV and UV/VIS (Hitachi U-5100 UV/VIS, Agilent/Cary 60), discrete analyser (Seal Analytical), weighting devices (Kern & Sohn GmbH/ABT100-5NM, A&D), automatic titrator (Hach Lange), centrifuges (Heraeus Labofuge 200, Labwe BT5C), respirometric BOD measuring systems (WTW), autoclaves (RΔΥΡΔ/AES-28, AH-21-N2), production systems for chemically ultrapure water, pipettes, digital thermometers, pH and conductivity meters, glass washer, thermal reactor, electric oven, fume hoods, pumps, etc.
Water Quality Laboratory
Head of the Water Quality Laboratory
Dimitra Kemitzoglou
Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre
14th km Thessaloniki-Mihaniona, GR 57001
+30 2310473320 ext. 141 [email protected]
Dimitra Kemitzoglou is a Biologist holding an MSc in Environmental Biology from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH), with expertise in water quality assessment, nature conservation, and biodiversity.
She has been working at the Greek Biotope/Wetland Centre (EKBY), the department of the National Museum of Natural History Goulandris in Thessaloniki, since 2006. Since 2015, she serves as Head of the Water Quality Laboratory, which operates facilities in both Thessaloniki and Kifissia. She is responsible for the scientific and administrative management of the Laboratory, ensuring the quality and reliability of analytical results, and providing technical support for national reporting obligations.
She has been actively involved in the design, proposal development, and implementation of national and European projects. Her work includes the design and implementation of the National Monitoring Network for the Ecological Quality of Greek Lakes; the intercalibration of methods for assessing the ecological status of Mediterranean lakes (MED-GIG); the preparation and submission of national reports under the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC) and the Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC); the monitoring of marine and transboundary waters; the protection and conservation of wetland habitat types in the South Aegean; and, recently, the development of a digital biodiversity identification system (DNA for Biodiversity) using molecular methods, as well as the assessment of carbon emissions and carbon sequestration in lakes and wetland ecosystems. She has authored and co-authored publications in international peer-reviewed scientific journals and has presented her work at national and international scientific conferences. She has also contributed to numerous technical reports prepared within the framework of national and European projects.
