Dr. Charis M. Galanakis
RESUME:
CEO of Galanakis Laboratories
Food and Bioproducts Processing (Elsevier) since 2015
Deputy National Representative of Greece of ISEKI Food Association (Vienna, Austria) since 2015
Review editor in Nutrition Food Science and Technology (Frontiers) since 2016
Associate editor in Waste Management in Agrosystems (Frontiers) since 2017
EXPERTISE: FOOD WASTE RECOVERY & INNOVATIONS
Dr. Galanakis is an interdisciplinary scientist with experience in food and environmental science and technology, innovation and sustainability, industry and academia. He has defined for the first time the new term and discipline of "Food Waste Recovery", and established the biggest open innovation network (www.foodwasterecovery.group of ISEKI Food Association, Vienna, Austria) worldwide in the particular field with an ultimate goal to inspire related professionals to extract natural, high added-value compounds from wasted by-products in all stages of food production (from agriculture to the consumer) and re-utilize them in the food chain.
He is the executive director of Galanakis Laboratories, a chemical analysis and innovation centre that was founded in 1925. Dr. Galanakis has over 15 years of experience in analyzing wine, food, beverages and environmental samples as well as at the consulting for related industries and local producers. Since 2014, he works as an expert evaluator of funded projects and proposals for different bodies including European Commission, Innovation Fund Denmark/EUREKA, National Center of Science and Technology of Kazakhstan, Australian Research Council, and Swiss National Science Foundation.
He has published >100 scientific documents, including 35 research articles, reviews and monographs in ISI Scientific Journals, book chapters and conference presentations. He has edited 12 multi-author contributing books in the broad fields of food and bioresource science and technology. His scientific work has raised interest, as reflected by several nominations and >30 invited speeches in scientific events.
