Dr Apostolis Koutinas, BSc, PhD

Lecturer: Department of Food Science and Technology, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
Research Group: Laboratory of Engineering, Processing and Preservation of Agricultural Products
Date of birth: 10/08/1974

Tel: +30 210 5294729 (office), +30 697 6590779 (mobile)

Fax: +30 210 5294729

Email: akoutinas@aua.gr

RESEARCH INTERESTS
From 2002 until 2008, I worked as Research Associate at the Satake Centre for Grain Process
Engineering (School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science, University of Manchester, UK;
formerly UMIST). During that time, my main research focus was the development of viable cerealbased biorefineries for the production of food and non-food (biofuels, platform chemicals and
biodegradable plastics) products. I have employed fundamental principles of biochemical engineering
for the development of sustainable biorefining strategies that combined physical and biological
processing. I have developed expertise in cereal bioprocessing, microbiology, fermentation technology,
enzymatic biocatalysis, modelling and process design/costing. I have used various microorganisms
including bacteria, fungi and yeasts used for the production of lactic acid (Lactobacillus plantarum,
Rhizopus oryzae), ethanol (Saccharomyces sereviciae), succinic acid (Actinobacillus succinogenes),
polyhydroxybutyric acid (Cupriavidus necator) and enzymes (Aspergillus awamori and Aspergillus
oryzae for the production of amylase and protease). My research focussed on the optimisation and
design of processing systems as well as individual unit operations.
Since January 2009, I am working as Lecturer at the Department of Food Science and Technology in
the Agricultural University of Athens. My current research focus on the development of sustainable and
viable biorefineries utilising food processing and agro-industrial wastes as well as other renewable raw
materials for the production of biofuels, chemicals, biodegradable polymers (e.g. polyhydroxyalkanoates)
and various value-added products. I exploit modeling, process design and costing tools to develop novel
sustainable biorefineries or restructure current industrial processes by integrating physical, chemical and
biological processing of renewable raw materials.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Jan 2009 present

Lecturer in the Department of Food Science and Technology at the Agricultural

University of Athens

Mar Dec 2008

Employed as part-time lecturer at the Department of Food Science and

Technology at the Agricultural University of Athens to teach the modules Unit
Operations and Design in the Food Industry (8th semester) and Computer Aided
Modelling and Optimisation of Food Processes (9th semester)

Mar 2006 Feb 2008 Postdoctoral research (Research Associate) at the School of Chemical
Engineering and Analytical Science (Satake Centre for Grain Process
Engineering (SCGPE), University of Manchester) Continuation of previous
post.
Apr Jul 2007

Employed as part-time lecturer at the Department of Food Science and

Technology at the Agricultural University of Athens to teach the module Unit
Operations and Design in the Food Industry (8th semester)

Aug 2005 Feb 2006 I fulfilled a 6-month compulsory military service to the Greek army
Sep 2003 Jul 2005

Postdoctoral research (Research Associate) at the School of Chemical

Engineering and Analytical Science (SCGPE, University of Manchester)
Funded by an EPSRC supported Crystal Faraday research project entitled
Biodegradable microbial plastics from cereals. This project aimed to develop a
viable biorefinery for the microbial production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate), a
biodegradable plastic and a potential substitute for petroleum-derived plastics
such as polypropylene, polyethylene and polystyrene. Research involved wheat
bioprocessing, fermentation technology using bacteria and fungi, modelling and
costing.

Jan - Aug 2003

Postdoctoral research (Research Associate) at the Chemical Engineering

department (SCGPE, UMIST)
Funded by an EPSRC (LINK) project entitled Antioxidants-based industrial
products from oats (ABIPO). My main responsibilities were to conduct research
and literature review on cereal fractionation processes with particular emphasis
on biorefinery development from oats for the production of food and non-food
products. Research involved optimisation of the separation of the outer layers of
oat groats by a novel cereal fractionation equipment (pearling technology) for the
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production of antioxidant-rich oil bodies. The remaining pearled oat groats were
bioconverted to lactic acid through fungal fermentation.
Jul - Dec 2002

Postdoctoral research at the Chemical Engineering department (SCGPE,

UMIST)
Responsibilities: (1) Assistance to the editor (Prof Colin Webb) of the
Biochemical Engineering Journal; (2) Preparation of seven scientific articles for
publication in international journals; (3) Write research proposals; (4)
Demonstrate in the Distillation and Absorption course for 2nd year undergraduate
students.

EDUCATION
Jun 1998 - Jun 2002

PhD in Biochemical Engineering Evaluation of a process to produce a generic

fermentation feedstock from wheat
Main

Subjects:

Fermentation

technology,

Wheat

chemistry,

Feedstock

preparation, Bioprocessing, Fungi, Enzymes, Lactic acid production, Modelling

and Costing.
1992 1997

Diploma of the Chemical Engineer (73.2%), University of Patras, Greece

Total of subjects: 69, including Mathematics (4 courses), Numerical Methods,
Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Unit Operations, Chemical Processing and
Technology,

Transfer

Phenomena,

Fluid

Flow,

Biochemistry,

Biology,

Biochemical Engineering, Economics and Final Year Project led to the

submission of dissertation in Wastewater Treatment.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
1.

Wang R., Shaarani SM, Godoy LC, Melikoglu M, Vergara CS, Koutinas A, Webb C. 2010.
Bioconversion of rapeseed meal for the production of a generic microbial feedstock. Enzyme and
Microbial Technology 47:77-83.

2.

Xu Y, Wang R-H, Koutinas AA (corresponding author), Webb C. 2010. Microbial biodegradable

plastic production from a wheat-based biorefining strategy. Process Biochemistry 45:153-163

3.

Dorado MP, Lin SKC, Koutinas A, Du C, Wang R, Webb C. 2009. Cereal-based biorefinery
development: Utilisation of wheat milling by-products for the production of succinic acid. Journal
of Biotechnology 143:51-59

4.

Botella C, Diaz AB, Wang R, Koutinas A, Webb C. 2009. Particulate bioprocessing: A novel
process strategy for biorefineries. Process Biochemistry 44:546-555

5.

Luque R, Lin CSK, Du CY, Macquarrie DJ, Koutinas A, Wang RH, Webbb C, Clark JH. 2009.
Chemical transformations of succinic acid recovered from fermentation broths by a novel direct
vacuum distillation-crystallisation method. Green Chemistry 11:193-200

6.

Wang R, Godoy LC, Shaarani SM, Melikoglu M, Koutinas A, Webb C. 2009. Improving wheat
flour hydrolysis by an enzyme mixture from solid state fungal fermentation. Enzyme and Microbial
Technology 44:223-228

7.

Satakarni M, Koutinas AA, Webb C, Curtis R. 2009. Enrichment of fermentation media and
optimization of expression conditions for the production of EAK16 peptide as fusions with SUMO.
Biotechnology and Bioengineering 102:725-735

8.

Arifeen N, Kookos IK, Wang R, Koutinas AA (corresponding author), Webb C. 2009.

Development of novel wheat biorefining: Effect of gluten extraction from wheat on bioethanol
production. Biochemical Engineering Journal 43:113-121

9.

Du C, Lin SKC, Koutinas A, Wang R, Dorado P, Webb C. 2008. A wheat biorefining strategy based
on solid-state fermentation for fermentative production of succinic acid. Bioresource Technology
99:8310-8315

10.

Lin SKC, Du C, Koutinas A, Wang R-H, Webb C. 2008. Substrate and product inhibition kinetics in
succinic acid production by Actinobacillus succinogenes. Biochemical Engineering Journal 41:128135

11.

Arifeen N, Wang R-H, Kookos IK, Webb C, Koutinas AA. (corresponding author) 2007. Process
design and optimization of novel wheat-based continuous bioethanol production system.
Biotechnology Progress 23:1394-1403

12.

Wang R-H, Ji Y, Melikoglu M, Koutinas AA, Webb C. 2007. Optimisation of innovative ethanol
production from wheat by response surface methodology. Process Safety and Environmental
Protection 85(5B):404-412

13.

Wang R-H, Koutinas AA, Campbell GM. 2007. Dry processing of oats Application of dry
milling. Journal of Food Engineering 82:559-567

14.

Wang R-H, Koutinas AA, Campbell GM. 2007. Effect of pearling on dry processing of oats.
Journal of Food Engineering 82:369-376

15.

Du C, Lin SKC, Koutinas A, Wang R-H, Webb C. 2007. Succinic acid production from wheat using
a biorefining strategy. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 76:1263-1270

16.

Koutinas AA (corresponding author), Wang R, Webb C. 2007. The biochemurgist Bioconversion

of agricultural raw materials for chemical production. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining 1:24-38

17.

Budarin VL, Clark JH, Luque R, Macquarrie DJ, Koutinas A, Webb C. 2007. Tunable mesoporous
materials optimised for aqueous phase esterifications. Green Chemistry 9:992-995

18.

Arifeen N, Wang R-H, Kookos IK, Webb C, Koutinas AA. (corresponding author)

2007.

Optimisation and cost estimation of novel wheat biorefining for continuous production of
fermentation feedstock. Biotechnology Progress 23:872-880
19.

Koutinas AA, Arifeen N, Wang R, Webb C. 2007. Cereal-based biorefinery development:

Integrated enzyme production for cereal flour hydrolysis. Biotechnology and Bioengineering 97:6172

20.

Koutinas AA (corresponding author), Xu Y, Wang R, Webb C. 2007. Polyhydroxybutyrate

production from a novel feedstock derived from a wheat-based biorefinery. Enzyme and Microbial
Technology 40:1035-1044

21.

Koutinas AA (corresponding author), Malbranque F, Wang R-, Campbell GM, Webb C. 2007.
Development of an oat-based biorefinery for the production of lactic acid by Rhizopus oryzae and
various value-added co-products. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 55:1755-1761

22.

Belafi-Bako K, Koutinas A, Nemestothy N, Gubicza L, Webb C. 2006. Continuous enzymatic

cellulose hydrolysis in a tubular membrane bioreactor. Enzyme and Microbial Technology 38:155
161

23.

Campbell G, Koutinas AA, Wang R-H, Sadhukhan J, Webb C (July 2006) Biofuels Cereal
potential. The Chemical Engineer. Issue 781, 26-28. (for this article it was awarded the Hanson
Medal for 2006 from the Institution of Chemical Engineers, IChemE)

24.

Koutinas AA (corresponding author), Wang RH, Webb C. 2005. Development of a process for the
production of nutrient supplements for fermentations based on fungal autolysis. Enzyme and
Microbial Technology 36:629-638

25.

Webb C, Koutinas AA, Wang RH. 2004. Developing a sustainable bioprocessing strategy based on
a generic feedstock. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology 87:196-268

26.

Koutinas AA, Wang RH, Webb C. 2004. Evaluation of wheat as generic feedstock for chemical
production. Industrial Crops and Products 20:75-88

27.

Koutinas AA, Wang RH, Webb C. 2004. Restructuring upstream bioprocessing: Technological and
economical aspects for the production of a generic microbial feedstock from wheat. Biotechnology
and Bioengineering 85:524-538

28.

Koutinas AA, Wang RH, Webb C. 2003. Modelling studies of a process to produce a generic
fermentation feedstock from wheat. Food and Bioproducts Processing 81:239-249

29.

Koutinas AA, Wang RH, Kookos IK, Webb C. 2003. Kinetic parameters of Aspergillus awamori
in submerged cultivations on whole wheat flour under oxygen limiting conditions. Biochemical
Engineering Journal 16:23-34

30.

Koutinas AA, Wang R, Webb C. 2003. Estimation of fungal growth in complex, heterogeneous
culture. Biochemical Engineering Journal 14:93-100

31.

Wang R, Dominguez-Espinosa RM, Leonard K, Koutinas A, Webb C. 2002. The application of a

generic feedstock from wheat for microbial fermentations. Biotechnology Progress 18:1033-1038

32.

Koutinas A, Belafi-Bako K, Kabiri-Badr A, Toth A, Gubicza L, Webb C. 2001. Enzymatic

hydrolysis of polysaccharides: hydrolysis of starch by an enzyme complex from fermentation by
Aspergillus awamori. Food and Bioproducts Processing 79:41-45

BOOK CHAPTERS
1.

Koutinas AA, Papanikolaou S. (invited publication). Biodiesel production from microbial oil. In:
Handbook of biofuels production - Processes and technologies. Luque R, Campelo J, Clark JH
(Editors), Woodhead Publishing Limited. In press

2.

Koutinas AA, Kookos IK. (invited publication). Section 145 Process optimisation. In:
Comprehensive biotechnology. Murray M-Y (Editor-in-Chief). Elsevier. In press

3.

Apostolakou AA, Kookos IK, Koutinas AA. 2009. Capital and manufacturing cost estimation of
a bioprocess converting raw glycerol to 1,3-propanediol. In: Microbial conversions of raw glycerol,
Aggelis G (editor). Nova Science Publishers Inc.

4.

Koutinas AA, Du C, Wang RH, Webb C. 2008. Production of chemicals from biomass. In:
Wiley series in renewable resources, Stevens CV (Series editor), Introduction to chemicals from
biomass. Clark JH, Fabien EID (Book editors) Wiley-VCH. pp.77-101

5.

Koutinas AA, Wang R-H, Campbell GM, Webb C. 2006. A whole crop biorefinery system: A
closed system for the manufacture of non-food products from cereals. In: Biorefineries Industrial
Processes and Products. vol 1. Kamm B, Gruber PR, Kamm M (editors). Wiley-VCH. pp165-191.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
1.

Garcia IL, Pinzi S, Ruiz JJ, Lopez FJ, Koutinas A, Dorado MP. 2009 (oral presentation by Miss
Garcia). Ralstonia Eutropha - PHAs production from waste streams. VI International Scientific
Conference XXI Century Environment (MAS XXI 2009), Santa Clara, Cuba, 3-6 November.

2.

Koutinas AA, Du C, Wang R-H, Webb C. 2009. (oral presentation). Biorefinery development
for the production of food and chemicals. 7th Hellenic Research Congress on Chemical Engineering,
Patras, Greece, 3-5 June.

3.

Xu Y, Koutinas A, Wang R-H, Webb C. 2007 (poster presentation) Polyhydroxybutyrate

production from wheat, 13th European Congress on Biotechnology, Barcelona, Spain, 15-19
September.

4.

Botella C, Wang R-H, Koutinas A, Webb C. 2007 (oral presentation by Miss Botella) Novel
strategy for the production of a generic fermentation feedstock based on particulate bioprocessing,
European Congress of Chemical Engineering 6, Copenhagen, 16-21 September.

5.

Botella C, Wang R, Koutinas A, Webb C. 2007 (poster presentation Poster session 1: 4-08)
Novel strategy for the production of a generic fermentation feedstock based on particulate
bioprocessing, 29th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, hosted by the National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, Colorado, USA, April 29 May 2.

6.

Wang R-H, Melikoglu M, Ji Y, Koutinas A, Webb C. 2007 (poster presentation Poster session
2: 5B-08) Enzymatic hydrolysis of wheat flour and soybean flour within a biorefinery concept, 29th
Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, hosted by the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory, Denver, Colorado, USA, April 29 May 2.

7.

Wang R-H, Koutinas A, Webb C, Campbell G. 2007 (poster presentation Poster session 2:
5B-09) Novel dry fractionation of oats and subsequent bioconversion, 29th Symposium on
Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, hosted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
Denver, Colorado, USA, April 29 May 2.

8.

Webb C, Koutinas AA, Du C, Wang R-H, Xu Y, Lin SKC, Luque R, Clark JH. 2006 (oral
presentation) Development of cereal-based biorefineries for the production of biodegradable
plastics and platform chemicals, The 2006 AIChE Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, USA,
12 17 November.
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9.

Webb C, Koutinas AA, Du C, Lin SKC, Wang R-H. 2006 (oral presentation by Prof Webb)
Platform molecules and green chemistry Platform chemicals from renewable raw materials.
Renewable Resources & Biorefineries Conference, York, UK, 6 8 September.

10.

Wang R-H, Koutinas AA, Campbell G. 2005 (poster presentation) Pearling and roller milling of
oats. 2005 AACC Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, USA, 11 14 September.

11.

Koutinas AA, Wang R, Campbell GM, Webb C. 2005 (poster presentation). Developing viable
biorefineries for the production of biodegradable microbial plastics and various added-value
products, 7th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Glasgow, Scotland, 10 14 July

12.

Koutinas AA, Wang R, Campbell GM, Webb C. 2005 (poster presentation). Developing viable
cereal-based biorefineries, 27th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, hosted by
the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, Colorado, USA, 1 4 May

13.

Koutinas AA, Wang R, Campbell GM, Webb C. 2005 (poster presentation). Value-added
products from cereals: Technological and economic evaluation of a generic microbial feedstock
from wheat, International Symposium on Renewable Resources for the Chemical Industry in
cooperation with the 4th International Conference and Trade Show on Renewable Raw Materials:
Green-Tech 2005, Potsdam, Germany, 2 3 February

14.

Koutinas AA, Wang R, Webb C. 2002 (oral presentation). Evaluation of wheat as generic
fermentation feedstock for chemical production, 3rd International Congress & Trade Show GreenTech 2002 with 5th European Symposium Industrial Crops and Products, Floriade (Amsterdam), The
Netherlands, 24 26 April

15.

Webb C, Wang R, Koutinas A. 2002 (oral presentation). Evaluation of wheat as a green

fermentation feedstock for chemical production, Green Chemistry Symposium, Department of
Chemistry, The University of York, York, UK, 4 April

16.

Webb C, Wang R, Koutinas A. 2001 (oral presentation). Design and economic evaluation of a
process producing a generic fermentation feedstock, Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress
on Materials from Renewable Natural Resources, Erfurt, Germany, September, paper 312

17.

Wang RH, Koutinas A., Webb C. 2001 (keynote paper by Prof Webb). Cereals and sustainable
chemicals production, Proceedings of the 6th World Congress of Chemical Engineering, Melbourne,
Australia, September

18.

Belafi-Bako K, Koutinas A, Kabiri-Badr A, Keoves E, Gubicza L, Webb C. 2000 (oral

presentation by Dr Belafi-Bako). Membrane bioreactors for utilisation of polysaccharides,
Proceedings of the 8th World Filtration Congress, EFCE607, Brighton, UK, 3-7 April, pp.725-728

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2009 present

Computer Aided Design of Food Industries (MSc course, Department of Food

Science and Technology, Agricultural University of Athens)

2008 present

Computer Aided Modelling and Optimisation of Food Processes (9th Semester,

undergraduate course, Department of Food Science and Technology,
Agricultural University of Athens)

2007 present

Unit Operations and Design in the Food Industry (8th Semester,

undergraduate course, Department of Food Science and Technology,
Agricultural University of Athens)

2004 - 2007

Appointed as Honorary Lecturer at the School of Chemical Engineering and

Analytical Science (University of Manchester), formerly Chemical Engineering
Department (UMIST)

2003 - 2007

Independent lectures in Chemical Engineering (University of Manchester)

Four lectures in the postgraduate course Cereal Biotechnology on the
following topics: (1) Cereal chemistry (2 hours), (2) Cereals and
sustainability and (3) Starch hydrolysis.
Four lectures in the postgraduate course Biochemical Engineering II on the
following topics: (1) Fermentation media formulation, (2) Case study on
bioethanol production, (3) Flowcharts and (4) Economic analysis of
bioprocesses.

2003 2004

Provided assistance to the postgraduate course Applications of Biotechnology by

supervising eleven students on their assigned projects focussed on Food
Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering.

1998 - 2003

Demonstrator in the following undergraduate and postgraduate courses in

Chemical Engineering (UMIST)
Mathematics/numerical methods (undergraduate level 1st and 2nd year)
Distillation and Absorption (undergraduate level 2nd year)
Lab experiments/Pilot-plant Absorption Column (undergraduate level 3rd
year)
Bioreactor Design (postgraduate level, M.Sc. in Biochemical Engineering)

SUPERVISION OF POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS

As Lecturer at the Agricultural University of Athens
Jan 2009 present

I currently collaborate with Dr Athanasios Mantalaris (Imperial College London,

UK) in the supervision of a PhD student (Mr Saiful Irwan Zubairi) who is
conducting his postgraduate study at the Imperial College London.

Jan 2008 present

I currently collaborate with Dr Pilar Dorado (University of Cordoba, Spain) in

the supervision of a PhD student (Miss Isabel Lopez) who is conducting her
postgraduate study at the University of Cordoba and the Agricultural University
of Athens.

Jan Sept 2010

I supervised a PhD student (Mr Jimmy Andrs Lpez Jimnez, PhD student at
the Department of Chemical Engineering, PLAPIQUI - UNS CONICET, Baha
Blanca, Buenos Aires Argentina) during his one year research visit at the
Agricultural University of Athens that aimed at the collection of research data in
the frame of a scholarship that was provided by the State Scholarship Foundation
(Greece).

Sept 2009 Dec 2010 I supervised 4 MSc postgraduate students (Miss Mariana Kritikou, Miss
Charalambia Dimou, Miss Fotini Tsekoura and Miss Dimitra Marouli) in their
research projects

As Research Associate at the University of Manchester

2002 2008

Co-supervision with academic staff (Prof Colin Webb, Dr Ioannis Kookos, Dr

Robin Curtis) to five PhD and fifteen MSc students. My main focus was to gain
experience in student supervision and expand my research interests on other areas
of biochemical engineering. I have co-supervised three students (two MSc and
one PhD) with Dr Kookos, two students (one MSc and one PhD) with Dr Curtis
and the rest with Prof Webb.
PhD students:
Mr Najmul Arifeen, Design and optimisation of bioethanol production
system, co-supervision with Prof Colin Webb and Dr Ioannis Kookos, one
publication has been submitted and two more are under preparation.

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 Mr Makkapati Satakarni, Recombinant production of peptides using

sumo as a fusion partner, assisted Dr Robin Curtis in the supervision of a
part of the research, one publication is under preparation.
Miss Yunji Xu, Studies of PHB production from wheat, co-supervision
with Prof Colin Webb.
Miss Sze Ki Carol Lin, Platform chemical production from low-cost
sustainable raw materials using green processing strategies, co-supervision
with Prof Colin Webb.
Miss Carolina Botella, Studies in particulate bioprocessing Developing
a process for the production of a generic feedstock based on solid state
fermentation, co-supervision with Prof Colin Webb.

INVITED SEMINARS AND RESEARCH VISITS

19 Nov 2009

Invitation by Dr Rafael Luque (Chemistry Department, University of Cordoba,

Spain) to give one seminar on biorefinery development for the production of
biodegradable polymers and chemicals.

11 22 Nov 2009

Invitation by Dr Pilar Dorado to visit her research group at the Department of

Chemical Physics and Applied Thermodynamics at the University of Cordoba
(Spain).

2 Feb 2007

Invitation by Prof James Clark (Chemistry Department, University of York) to

give two seminars on biorefineries and sustainable chemical technologies in one
of the postgraduate MSc courses in the Department of Chemistry at York (MRes
in Clean Chemical Technology).

OTHER ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

May 2009

Invitation as external evaluator of the PhD thesis (European PhD Thesis) of

Miss Ana Beln Daz Snchez (University of Cadiz) enitled Reutilization of
grape pomace as solid medium of fermentation for the production of hydrolytic
enzymes of industrial interest

Feb 2008 Dec 2009

I was appointed as Honorary Researcher at the University of Manchester.

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Jul 2002 present

Reviewer of scientific articles in nine journals and one international conference

related to food and biochemical engineering: Biochemical Engineering Journal,
Cereal Chemistry, Industrial Crops and Products, Food and Bioproducts
Processing, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, Journal of Hazardous
Materials, Process Biochemistry, Electronic Journal of Biotechnology, Biomass
and Bioenergy, Bioresource Technology, 7th World Congress of Chemical
Engineering.

Jul 2002 - 2003

Assistance to the editor (Prof Colin Webb) of the Biochemical Engineering

Journal. During this assignment, I suggested referees in more than 200 papers
submitted for publication and I also refereed more than 50 research papers.

RESEARCH FUNDING
As Lecturer at the Agricultural University of Athens
2011 2014

Title: Valorization of cheese dairy and winery wastes for the production of high
added-value products (General Secretariat for Research and Technology,
Greece). Project Coordinator: Dr Ilektra Papadopoulou from Chimar Hellas S.A.
Partners: Chimar Hellas S.A., Dairy . P. Karakanas, Winery T. Staurakis
(the Agricultural University of Athens will be involved in this research project as
subcontractor). Negotiation stage. Budget (AUA): 115.000

2011 2014

Title: Development of novel bioprocesses that utilise food industry waste streams
for the production of biofuels Acronym: Nutri-Fuel (General Secretariat for
Research and Technology, Greece). Project Coordinator: Professor Gerasimos
Lyberatos from the Institute of Chemical Engineering and High Temperature
Chemical Processes (FORTH/ICE-HT). Partners: FORTH/ICE-HT, Jotis S.A.,
Agricultural University of Athens. Negotiation stage. Budget (AUA): 171.600

2011 2014

Title: Biorefinery development that utilise residues from biodiesel production

processes for the production of biodegradable polymers and value-added
products Acronym: Bioref (General Secretariat for Research and Technology,
Greece). Project Coordinator: Dr Ioannis Alexiou from Argo S.A. Partners: Argo
S.A., Agricultural University of Athens, FORTH/ICE-HT, Chimar Hellas S.A.,
Pavlos N. Pettas S.A. Negotiation stage. Budget (AUA): 211.200

2011 2014

Title: High energy jet milling for the production of fine flour powders & bakery
products with enhanced functional & nutritional characteristics Acronym:
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LEA (General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Greece). Project

Coordinator: Dr Ioanna Mantala from Agricultural University of Athens.
Partners: Agricultural University of Athens, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki,
Loulis Mills S.A., E.J. Papadopoulos S.A., BMP S.A. Negotiation stage. Budget
(AUA): 160.000
2011 2014

Title: Optimizacin integral del proceso de produccin de biodiesel (Ref: TEP4994, Consejera de Innovacin, Ciencia y Empresa, Junta de Andaluca) Project
Coordinator: Dr Pilar Dorado from the University of Cordoba. Partners:
University of Cordoba (SP), University of Jaen (SP), Agricultural University of
Athens (GR), Andaltec (SP). Budget (AUA): 14.000

2010 2013

Title: Valorisation of waste streams from biodiesel production plants (Hellenic

Ministry of Education, PhD scholarship supported by the program Irakleitos)
PhD student: Miss Katerina Belka. Three-member committee: Prof M. Komaitis
(supervisor), Dr S. Papanikolaou and Professor Colin Webb (University of
Manchester). I contributed in the preparation of the proposal and participate in
the research group supporting the proposed research.

2009 2010

Participation in the preparation of 2 successful scholarship applications from

the State Scholarship Foundation submitted by Mr Jimmy Andrs Lpez
Jimnez and Miss Isabel Lopez.

As research associate at the University of Manchester

2008 2010

Developing advanced biorefinery schemes for integration into existing oil

seed crushing/transesterification plants Acronym: SUSTOIL (FP7, Proposal No
213637). Budget (University of Manchester): 68.214

2006 2009

Platform Chemical Production from low-cost Sustainable Raw Materials

(EPSRC, EP/C530993/1). Budget (University of Manchester): 298.014

2003 2007

Biodegradable Bacterial Plastics from Cereals (EPSRC, GR/S 24909/01).

Budget (University of Manchester): 269.565

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QUALITY INDICATORS OF RESEARCH

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

2010

2.638

Number of
non-self
citations
0

Process Biochemistry

2010

3*

2.444

Journal of Biotechnology

2009

2.881

Process Biochemistry

2009

2.444

Green Chemistry

2009

5.836

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

2009

2.638

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

2009

3.377

Biochemical Engineering Journal

2009

4*

2.193

Bioresource Technology

2008

4.253

10

10

Biochemical Engineering Journal

2008

2.193

10

11

2007

5*

2.398

2007

1.124

13

Biotechnology Progress
Process Safety and Environmental
Protection
Journal of Food Engineering

2007

2.313

14
15
16
17

Journal of Food Engineering

Applied Microbiol. and Biotechnol.
Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining
Green Chemistry

2007
2007
2007
2007

3
5
3
6

2
3
1*
5

2.313
2.896
4.885
5.836

2
9
18
11

18

Biotechnology Progress

2007

5*

2.398

19

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

2007

3.377

20

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

2007

1*

2.638

21

Journal of Agricultural and Food

Chemistry

2007

1*

2.469

22

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

2006

2.638

10

23

Enzyme and Microbial Technology

2005

1*

2.638

24

Adv in Biochemical Eng/Biotechnol

2004

4.165

11

25

Industrial Crops and Products

2004

2.103

15

26

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

2004

3.377

12

27

Food and Bioproducts Processing

2003

0.952

28

Biochemical Engineering Journal

2003

2.193

12

29

Biochemical Engineering Journal

2003

2.193

30

Biotechnology Progress

2002

2.398

31

Food and Bioproducts Processing

2001

0.952

No.

12

Scientific journal

Year

Number of
Authors

Author
position

IF
(2009)

Average Impact Factor

Total non-self citations
h-index

2.81
180**
9

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** Citations were taken from Web of Science, Scopus and various books

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