Name
Katerina Theodoridou
Role
Funded Investigator
Dr Katerina Theodoridou’s research focuses on developing nutritional strategies to enhance nutrient use efficiency and animal performance while reducing greenhouse gas emissions from ruminants. Her primary research areas include investigating the mechanisms by which bioactive compounds, such as tannins:
Improve protein use efficiency.
Enhance the quality characteristics of animal products.
Reduce environmental impacts, including greenhouse gases and ammonia emissions.
Her research employs a variety of approaches, including in vitro gas production techniques, in situ and in vivo studies, and spectroscopy methods such as FTIR, NIR, and SRFTIRM. These methodologies are applied to optimise ruminant nutrition and to examine nutrient molecular structures, ruminal fermentation, and digestion processes.
Dr Theodoridou’s current projects explore alternative feed sources for livestock, such as insects, algae, and trees. Her overarching research goal is to identify innovative technologies and nutritional practices that promote the sustainability and productivity of ruminant production systems.
