Ioanna Mintsouli has graduated from the Department of Chemistry, AUTh (2006) and holds a MSc degree in “Physical Chemistry of Materials and Electrochemistry” (2008). She received her PhD (2014) from the Physical Chemistry Laboratory, AUTh (Thesis title: “Novel bimetallic catalysts for fuel cells electrocatalytic applications”). After PhD graduation, she worked as a post-doctoral researcher in the research program “Biocide management for long term water storage” (2014-2015) and then (2015-2018) as an analytical chemist at the Regional Association of Solid Waste Management Agencies of Central Macedonia.