Anastasia Hiskia received her Diploma in Chemistry (1981) from the University of Athens, Greece and a Doctorate Degree in Chemistry (1989) from the University of Athens in collaboration with NCSR ‘Demokritos’ under the supervision of Dr. E. Papaconstantinou. She worked at the General Chemical State Laboratory, 1983–95, in environmental chemistry. She joined the Catalytic–Photocatalytic Processes Laboratory, Institute of Physical Chemistry, NCSR ‘Demokritos’ in 1995. Since 2005, she has been Director of the Photo-Catalytic Processes and Environmental Chemistry Laboratory, Institute of Nanocsience and Nanotechology, NCSR ‘Demokritos’. Her current research interests include photocatalysis with metal oxides and polyoxometalates, water purification with Advanced Oxidation Processes, evaluation of photocatalysts and environmental analysis. Interests: advanced oxidation processes; reactive oxygen species; environmental analytical chemistry; emerging pollutants; cyanotoxins; transformation products; cyanobacterial bioactive metabolites