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AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition
Laboratory of Food Process Engineering
Our
Story
The Laboratory of Food Process Engineering is one of the 7 Laboratories of the Department of Food Science and Technology of the Agricultural University of Athens. In the teaching staff of the Laboratory there are 3 faculty members and 1 Laboratory Teaching Staff member.
The research activities of the LFPE include the design and optimization of food processing and preservation, food packaging, biorefinery development using food industry waste and by-product streams and sustainability assessment.
THEOFANIA TSIRONI
Associate Professor
Dr. Theofania N. Tsironi is a graduate of the School of Chemical Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens (2005). She completed her PhD thesis at the Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology of the School of Chemical Engineering of the NTUA (2010) and completed the Postgraduate Program in Public Health at the National School of Public Health of the Ministry of Health (2015). In the period 9/2016-12/2017, she was a IKY-Siemens Excellence Scholar for the preparation of postdoctoral research at the Department of Food Technology of the Technological Educational Institute of Athens. Since September 2019 she has been serving as an Assistant and later (2025) as an Associate Professor at the Laboratory of Food Process Engineering of the School of Food Science and Human Nutrition of AUA in the field of "Food Packaging".
Her principal research lies in the fields of food engineering and food packaging. Her research work includes the study of the reactions' kinetics that contribute to spoilage, the loss of quality and nutritional value of food and the effect of packaging conditions (smart and active), processing and preservation. She has developed significant activity in the development and application of alternative packaging materials (edible and non-edible) and innovative surface pretreatment methods to enhance the performance of active packaging, alter biodegradability and polymer properties.
Results of her research have been published in 82 peer reviewed journals, 9 book chapters and more than 180 scientific conference proceedings (h-index 28, Scopus, December 2025).