Current Affiliation

Teaching Assistant, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Laboratory of Food Quality Control and Hygiene, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, GR-11855, Athens, Greece.

Qualifications

  • B. Sc. (Agricultural Science and Engineering).
  • Ph. D (Food Microbiology).

Experience

 Scientific Personnel, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Laboratory of Food Quality Control and Hygiene from 2003 until today.
  Participation in Research Projects funded by the European Union, the Greek Secretariat of Research and Technology and food industries.
  Editorial Board Member of: International Food Research, International Journal of Clinical and Medical Microbiology, Microbiology-An international Journal, Food Science and Nutrition Studies, Advances in Microbiology Research, IL Journal of Biotechnology and Biomedical Research, Annals of Nutrition and Food Science, Journal of Molecular Microbiology (Editor-in-Chief).
  Advisory board member of: Cambridge Scholars Publishing in the field of Food Science and Technology, International Journal of Nutrition and Health Sciences.
  Invited reviewer in over 50 scientific journals.
  Evaluator of research projects (Greece).

Academic Awards and Activities

  Member of working groups and technical committees as a representative of the Hellenic Organization for Standardization (ELOT) and the Hellenic Geotechnical Chamber (GEOTEE).
  Member of the organizing and technical committees of Conferences related to Biotechnology, Food and Nutritional Sciences.
  Editor of the book entitled ‘Lactic Acid Fermentation of Fruits and Vegetables’ published by CRC Press.
  Co-authored 51 publications in peer-reviewed journals, 28 book chapters and over 100 publications in national and international conference proceedings.

Research Expertise

Food fermentations, with particular emphasis on microbial taxonomy, metabolism, physiology, symbiotic patterns and the underlying molecular mechanisms.