Maria Papageorgiou
Associate Professor
Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki
Greece
Biography
Maria Papageorgiou is a graduate of the Department of Chemistry -Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, specialised in the field of polysaccharide rheology and mixed biopolymer systems (PhD in Cranfield University, UK). Her current job position is Associate Professor at the Food Technology Department (www.food.teithe.gr) of the Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki (ATEITH). She is being involved in several international initiatives. Currently, she is serving as Secretary - Treasurer of the European Section of the AACCI, Cereals & Europe, with ca 400 members from all over Europe (http://www.aaccnet.org); she is Executive Board Member and member of the Technical Committee of the International Association of Cereal Chemists (ICC, http://www.icc.or.at/ ) having also served as National Delegate of Greece (2002-2010) in that organization; she represents ATEITh as Institutional member at the ISEKI FOOD Association (IFA) (http://www.iseki-food.net/) and as Article 36 Organizations of EFSA ( http://www.efsa.europa.eu/sites/default/files/assets/art36listg.pdf) She has coordinated bilateral research projects, national research activities and she has being a team member of EU funded projects. She is also a Referee at eight scientific journals. Her main research interests are the tailoring of functional properties of cereal grains and their components in view of developing specific cereal healthy foods and ingredients. She has more than 750 citations to her research work (26 peer reviewed articles and book chapters) and has participated in various conferences. Since 2015 she is a member of the Quality Assurance Unit of ATEITh and since 2016 member of the Greek National Rular Network( http://www.ead.gr/index.php/en/)
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