Magiatis, Ph.D., M.Sc., is an Associate Professor of Pharmacognosy and Natural Products Chemistry at the Department of Pharmacy of the University of Athens. He graduated from the same Department in 1994 and defended his Ph.D. in 2000. In 2001, he conducted his postdoctoral research at the Curie Institute in Paris, France. He has worked as a Visiting Professor at the University of California, Davis and Virginia Commonwealth University. In 2009, he was awarded the Egon-Stahl silver medal as the top scientist under 40 years old in the field of natural products chemistry and pharmacology. His research is focused on the isolation, chemical synthesis and bioactivity of natural products, especially those reported in ancient medical texts. He was named the inventor of the year in 2016 in Greece for his invention ARISTOLEO. Together with Dr. Melliou, he created the first university lab offering analysis of olive oil by NMR regarding its content and health-protecting ingredients.