Prof. Dr. Aris E. Giannakas currently serves as an assistant professor at the University of Patras. In 2000, he finished his first degree in chemistry and obtained his Ph.D. in the industrial chemistry and food technology sector at the University of Ioannina in 2004. From 2006 to 2013, he worked as a laboratory staff member in the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management at the University of Ioannina in Agrinio, Greece. Furthermore, in 2014, he became a member of the Lab and Teaching Staff of the University of Patras in the Food Technology Lab in the Department of Business Administration of Food and Agricultural Enterprises in Agrinio, Greece. His research topics mainly include nanostructures, food packaging, active food packaging, antioxidants, antimicrobials, essential oils, natural extracts, antimicrobial nanoparticles, and nanocomposites.