Dr. Emmanouil Flemetakis is a Professor in the Department of Agricultural Biotechnology at the Agricultural University of Athens (AUA). Ηe has worked as a visiting researcher at several research institutes, including the Max Plank Institute for Molecular Plant Physiology (Golm, Germany), the John Innes Research Centre, Department of Metabolic Biology (Norwich, UK), the Samuel Noble Foundation, Plant Biology Division (Ardmore, Oklahoma, USA), etc. His research expertise includes state-of-the-art gene cloning applications, genomic, metagenomic, transcriptomic and metabolomic platforms, and plant and microbial biotechnological applications. He has also actively participated in more than 17 national and international research projects. Dr. E. Flemetakis has published more than 90 research papers and 90 abstracts in national and international conferences. He is a member of the editorial board of the Plant Biology journal, and an active reviewer for many high-impact scientific journals (Plant Physiology, New Phytology, etc).