The Evolution of Chromatography in Greece: A Historical Perspective

Chromatography started to grow in Greece in the 1980s and it has expanded from basic primary separation methods to a sophisticated, multidisciplinary scientific infrastructure operated today by various expert groups distributed in universities and research institutes located in several cities. Over time, chromatography has become a fundamental scientific field constituting a substantial portion of Greece’s scientific output. Food authentication, environmental analysis and monitoring, biomedical and pharmaceutical research, archeological science, dentistry, veterinary medicine, etc., are, to a great extent, progressing based on advances and applications of chromatographic techniques. The contribution to the scientific field is profound, well established and globally recognized. The proof of this international recognition is reflected in the fact that Greece has been recently accepted in the Central European Group of Separation Sciences after being invited by the Steering Committee of the Group, during the 29th International Symposium on Separation Sciences (ISSS 2025) that took place in Belgrade, Serbia, in September 2025. Herein, a brief historical overview is provided briefly describing the main institutional and group contributors in chromatography all over Greece.