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NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
School of Chemical Engineering
Department of Synthesis & Development of Industrial Processes
Laboratory of Food Chemistry & Technology
Our
Story
The Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology was founded in 1962 and belongs to the Department of Synthesis and Development of Industrial Processes. It is staffed by 2 Professors (Prof. Petros Taoukis, Assoc. Prof. Maria Giannakourou) and supported by 3 members of Technical/Laboratory Personnel (Dr. Efimia Dermesonlouoglou, Dr. Virginia Giannou, and Dr. Dimitrios Tsimogiannis).
The research team also involves 3 Postdoctoral Researchers (Dr. Maria Tsevdou, Dr. Athanasios Limnaios, and Dr. Ioanna Semenoglou) and 4 PhD candidates (Ioanna Thanou, Vasilleios Kousiaris, Stratos Episkopou and, Nikos Spantidos), as well as non-regular postgraduate researchers and up to 10 undergradute students per year.
The chemical laboratory facilities have a total area of 250 sqm and the sensory laboratory a total area of 50 sqm. The sensory laboratory, in particular, was accredited in 2010 according to the ISO 17025 standard. The chemical laboratory is well equipped with basic and specialized infrastructure for food process and analysis.
The Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology is also equipped with two pilot scale units, one High Pressure unit and one Pulsed Electric Fields unit.
MARIA C. GIANNAKOUROU
Associate Professor
Maria C. Giannakourou is an Associate Professor at the School of Chemical Engineering (Director of the Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Technology) of the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). She holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering. She has extensive experience in food science and technology, has worked systematically on numerous research programs, and has served as Principal Investigator in three research projects. In addition, she possesses high-level expertise in analytical and instrumental food analysis techniques, based on eight years of employment in an analytical chemistry laboratory at the General Chemical State Laboratory of Greece.
Her main scientific interests, as documented by her published work, include food processing methods, shelf-life studies and quality evaluation, non-thermal processes, osmotic pretreatment of animal (meat and fish products) and plant tissues for shelf-life extension, “smart” packaging (TTI), application of hurdle technology, development of novel foods, sensory evaluation, etc. She is or has been responsible for and supervised five (5) PhD candidates, fourteen (14) postgraduate students, and more than 40 undergraduate students. She has 59 publications, 1,623 citations (Scopus), an h-index of 19, 12 chapters in scientific books, and more than 70 presentations at Greek and international conferences.
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