PROESTOS CHARALAMPOS

Career

- Academic education - Degrees -

• 2000: B.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Greece
• 2001: M.Sc. in Food Science, University of Reading, U.K.:
• 2005: Ph.D. in Food Chemistry, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
• 2006: Post Graduate short course, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, funded by EuroFIR
• 2007: Postdoc research, Agricultural University of Athens, Department of Food science and Technology

- Appointments -

• 2023: Professor, Chemistry Dept., UoA
• 2019: Associate Professor, Chemistry Dept., UoA
• 2009 – 2011: Hellenic Food Authority (EFET), Technical manager of the chemical laboratory in Athens and Food Auditor
• 2007 – 2009: Agripan SA, Sales Director in water treatment systems

- Teaching Activities -

Undergraduate courses

• Food Chemistry
• Food Quality Control and Food Safety
• Food Technology
• Nutrition and Food Chemistry (Pharmacology Dept.)

Postgraduate courses

• Nutrition (Chemistry Dept.)
• New Trends in Food Science (Chemistry Dept.)
• Food Analysis (Chemistry Dept.)
• Quality Control of Food (Chemistry Dept.)

- Research Interests/Activities -

• Plant bioactive compounds extraction and instrumental analysis e.g., phenolic acids, flavonoids
• Determination of antioxidant capacity of constituents from plant derived foods (olive oil, wine, plants, mushrooms etc)
• Food contaminants determination (metals e.g., Sn, Cd, Cu, biogenic amines)
• Food Allergens determination by ELISA (new field)
• GMOs in milk and milk products by PCR (new field)
• Biodegradable, edible active food packaging, micro-nanoencapsulation of bioactive ingredients.

- Scientific Publications/Citations -

• >80 publications in refereed journals
• >2000 citations (H-index = 21)

- Top five publications -

• Analysis of flavonoids and phenolic acids in Greek aromatic plants: Investigation of their antioxidant capacity and antimicrobial activity, C Proestos, IS Boziaris, GJE Nychas, M Komaitis Food chemistry 95 (4), 664-671
• RP-HPLC analysis of the phenolic compounds of plant extracts. Investigation of their antioxidant capacity and antimicrobial activity C Proestos, N Chorianopoulos, GJE Nychas, M Komaitis, Journal of agricultural and food chemistry 53 (4), 1190-1195
• Application of microwave-assisted extraction to the fast extraction of plant phenolic compounds C Proestos, M Komaitis, LWT-food science and technology 41 (4), 652-659
• Determination of phenolic compounds in aromatic plants by RP-HPLC and GC-MS, C Proestos, D Sereli, M Komaitis, Food chemistry 95 (1), 44-52
• Antioxidant capacity of selected plant extracts and their essential oils, C Proestos, K Lytoudi, OK Mavromelanidou, P Zoumpoulakis, Antioxidants 2 (1), 11-22

- Selected Distinctions -

• Scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation of Greece for Post Doctoral research at the Agricultural University of Athens (2006-2008).
• Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 53(4), 1190-1195, (2005) one of the top 20 most read articles
• LWT – Food science and Technology Volume 41, Issue 4, (2008), 652-659, one of the Top 10 most cited article for the period 2008-2010
• Food Chemistry, Volume 95, Issue 4, (2006), Pages 664-671. No 1. of the Top 25 Hottest articles for October to December 2005.

- Projects and Academic Activities -

• Member of European Commission TAIEX, Technical Assistance Information Exchange Instrume, Expert candidature number: EX2014D225678
• Member of Royal Society of Chemistry
• Trainer of Hellenic Food Authority (EFET)
• Certified Evaluator of Hellenic Accreditation System (ESYD)
• Evaluator of European Programs RISE, COST, PRIMA