Dr. Nikolaos Stoforos

Nikolaos G. Stoforos, a Chemical Engineer (National Technical University of Athens, Greece, 1978), is Professor in Food Preservation at the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, of Agricultural University of Athens, Greece (2009-present). He holds a Ph.D. in Engineering (1988) and a Master of Science in Food Science (1984) from the Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, and the Department of Food Science and Technology at University of California, Davis, USA, respectively. He worked as Research Engineer at the National Food Processors Association, Dublin, CA, USA, (1989-1992), the Department of Food and Microbial Technology at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium, (1994-1995) and the Department of Chemical Engineering at the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, (1996-2000). From 2000 till 2009 he served as an Assistant Professor in Food Engineering at the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. His research interests refer to mathematical/kinetic modeling of safety and quality attribute changes during food processing and storage. His research focuses on food processing and preservation with emphasis on thermal and high pressure processing.