Dr. Panagiotis Kandylis received his Bachelor in Chemistry (2003), his M.Sc. in Environmental Analysis (2014), his Ph.D. (2009) and his Diploma in Oenology (2010) from University of Patras. He also receive his M.Sc. in Food Biotechnology from University of Ulster, N. Ireland, U.K. (2005) and his M.Sc. in Physical Sciences from Hellenic Open University (2017). Since December 2022, he is an Associate Professor at the Department of Food Science & Technology of the Ionian University. His research interests are focused on the study of the special characteristics of wines and beers, the production of wines and beers with a low alcoholic strength, the production of innovative foods and beverages, the study of antioxidant properties of foods and beverages, the isolation of native microbial strains for the production of food products, the utilization of by-products and waste from wineries/breweries and food industries, the chemistry and microbiology of food and beverages, the production of functional foods (probiotics, prebiotics, etc.), food science/fermentation technology and general in food technology and quality. From October 2018 to December 2022, he served as an Assistant Professor of "Food Science-Oenology and Spirits", in the School of Agriculture of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, while in the same department he was for 2 years the director of the Laboratory of Oenology and Alcoholic Beverages.