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Athanasios Manouras

Name Athanasios Manouras
University Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly
Country Greece
Position Editorial board member

Biography

Athanasios Manouras is Professor of  the Food Technology Department of University of Thessaly (Formerly : TEI of Thessaly, Faculty of Agricultural Technologies, Food Technology and Nutrition, Department of Food Technology), in the field of "Food Chemistry with an emphasis on Chemistry of Natural Products" and Head of the Food Chemistry Laboratory of the Department of Food Technology of University of Thessaly. He completed his undergraduate course at the Department of Chemistry, University of Patras, in 1984, and continued his Ph.D. thesis on the structure and biological properties of proteoglycans and glycoproteins of extracellular space ( 1992). Finally, in 1998 he obtains a Master degree in Oenology. He then works as a business consultant in the field of Research & Development of New Products, staff training and food quality assurance systems. Since 2010 he has been elected as Associate Professor of the Food Technology Department of TEI of Thessaly (Larissa) he has participated, at least, in  (15) research programs, European or National, Competitive or Self-financed, either as a cordinator or as a member of the research team and has published more than sixty papers at international level scientific journals, scientific conferences, international and Greek, and has participated in the translation team of two foreign books “Biochemistry” and “Clinical Chemistry”. He is Head of the Food Technology Department from 01-09-2010 until today and has participated in numerous committees of teachers, research or administrative staff of TEI of Thessaly. He has participated in the organization (organizing or scientific committee) of international conferences or workshops. He has taken part as a supervisor, leading teams of students, in competitions for innovative, eco-friendly foods, always making a distinction. Ecotrophelia 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018: 3rd prize, 1st prize, Best Presentation Award and 1st prize. http://www.sevt.gr/