Professor Michael Goliomytis is an assistant professor of animal husbandry at the Department of Animal Science of the Agricultural University of Athens. He received his PhD from the same department in 2000. He has given oral and poster presentations at international scientific conferences. He has participated in four research projects funded by the European Union and the Greek state. His main research interests include growth models, food antioxidants and oxidative stability in poultry meat and eggs, and the immune status of broilers with regard to hatching factors.