Mrs Dimitra Daferera graduated from Department of Agricultural Industries, now Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition of Agricultural University of Athens (A.U.A.), she acquired Ph.D. in Agricultural Sciences, and she is member of the Laboratory Teaching Staff at the Laboratory of General Chemistry of A.U.A. with research activity “Instrumental Analysis of Natural Products”.

She is teaching lab exercises of the courses Instrumental Chemical Analysis, General and Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Natural Products: Chemistry and Bioactivity, and she is supporting undergraduate and postgraduate students to carry out their diploma study and/or their practical exercise. 

Her research interests focus on aromatic and medicinal plants, emphasizing the isolation and study of their secondary metabolites, concerning their chemistry and bioactivity. She has participated in 18 research programs, and her research work comprises 104 publications, 34 to national and international conferences, and 70 in international scientific journals which present a high number of citations (excluding self-citations).