Ouranios Tzamaloukas holds a BSc degree in Animal Science awarded by the Agricultural University of Athens and the degrees of Master by Research (MSc) and Doctorate (PhD) awarded by the University of Edinburgh (UK). Before joining the Cyprus University of Technology, he has conducted research in animal nutrition in relation to gastrointestinal nematodes, immunology, alternative forage use, organic farming and feed analysis at the institutes of Scotland’s Rural College, Moredun Research Institute and University of Edinburgh (UK). He has worked also as visiting lecturer and as an advisor to farm association and governmental sectors in Cyprus and Greece. During his academic appointment at CUT he has attracted funding from the Research Promotion Foundation of Cyprus, different EU projects and the dairy /feed industry of Cyprus. Currently, he is the elected secretary of the Commission of Sheep and Goat Production of the European Federation of Animal Production (EAAP) while he is acting as co-editor and reviewer in different scientific journals. His main research interests include the interplay of nutritional-genetic parameters affecting production traits in ruminants, organic farming, small ruminants, alternative feeds, and byproducts, as well as the nutritional manipulation of lipid quality of milk and related dairy products.