Aristidis Tsatsakis

Aristidis Tsatsakis (Greek: Αριστείδης Τσατσάκης) is a Greek toxicologist. He directs the Laboratory of Forensic Science & Toxicology at the University of Crete.

From 2014 to 2016, he served as President of the Federation of European Toxicologists. He also founded a commercial spinoff company, ToxPlus SA.

Research

Tsatsakis's research is based on hormesis, interpreting “real-life human exposure” scenarios based on a long-term, low-dose exposure to chemical mixtures as well as “real-life risk simulation” studies.

He was previously editor-in-chief of Toxicology Reports, and an editor or guest editor for journals including Food and Chemical Toxicology, Toxicology, Toxicology Letters, and Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine. He currently is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Public Health & Toxicology.

He is a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) and of the World Academy of Sciences. He has an honorary degree from the Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Romania. Trivia

Aristidis Tsatsakis, served as an expert witness for the defense in the high-profile first trial of Roula Pispirigou in October 2023. He stated that his aim was "to assist the court with his expert opinion and evaluation." Tsatsakis identified methodological flaws in the toxicology report, resulting in an erroneous determination of the cause of death as a ketamine overdose.

Selected publications

Tsatsakis et al., 2016, New challenges in risk assessment of chemicals when simulating real exposure scenarios; simultaneous multi chemicals' low dose exposure, Food and Chemical Toxicology Tsatsakis et al., 2017, Simulating real-life exposures to uncover possible risks to human health: A proposed consensus for a novel methodological approach. Human & Experimental Toxicology