Eleni Vlassi

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Eleni Vlassi is an emerging researcher specializing in precision agriculture and sustainable weed management, with a particular focus on laser-based technologies as innovative alternatives to conventional herbicide and tillage practices. Her work sits at the intersection of robotics, artificial intelligence, and agricultural science, exploring how autonomous systems can be deployed to identify and eliminate weeds with minimal environmental impact. Vlassi's most notable contributions examine both the practical opportunities and technical challenges of laser weeding systems. Her 2024 paper on couch grass (*Elymus repens*) control — one of the most persistent and economically damaging weeds in European agriculture — has already accumulated 19 citations, demonstrating rapid uptake within the scientific community. Her complementary work on laser weed seed control, with 11 citations, further expands this research agenda by targeting weed propagation at the seed stage, offering a proactive approach to field infestation. By integrating AI-driven plant recognition with laser delivery systems and autonomous vehicles, Vlassi's research points toward a future of herbicide-reduced farming. Her contributions are particularly timely given growing regulatory and environmental pressures to reduce chemical inputs in agriculture, making her work highly relevant to researchers, agronomists, and policymakers alike.