Prof. Y. Kourkoutas
Dr. Yiannis Kourkoutas (Associate Professor) is Head of the Laboratory of Applied Microbiology & Biotechnology at the Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics, Democritus University of Thrace, at Alexandroupolis, Greece. He obtained his first degree in Chemistry in 1997 and his PhD in Food Biotechnology in 2002, both from the University of Patras, Greece. He further continued for Post-Doctoral studies at the University of Ulster, UK. His current main research focus is on bioprocesses, novel food product development and nutrition (novel functional foods with potential health benefits, exploitation of agro-industrial wastes, high-added value products, etc). He has been invited as a plenary speaker and has served as chairman in several conferences, as Lead Guest Editor and an editorial board member in many special issues and reputed scientific journals, as member of the steering and organizing committees of 5 international conferences and as evaluator of research proposals in national and European calls. He has also participated in many research projects (totaling more than 4,800,000€), coordinating most of them. His funds derive from EU (7th FP), National Grants (Generally Secretary of Research and Technology, Greece) and the Food/Agriculture Industry.
He has published more than 80 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 14 chapters in books, > 100 conference proceedings (> 10 invited talks) and 4 patents (citations > 1250; h-index: 17).
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