Nikos Tzortzakis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology & Food Science at Cyprus University of Technology. He graduated in 1999 after majoring in the field of Horticulture in the Division of Agricultural Sciences at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He continued his post-graduate studies [(Specialized Post-University Diploma-DSPU) and M.Sc. degree] in the field of ‘Horticulture Quality Management’ specializing in Soilless Cultivation, at the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania (MAICh-CIHEAM) and was awarded his Ph.D. degree in 2005 in Postharvest Science at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. His post-doctoral research was carried out in the Laboratory of Oliviculture and Postharvest Physiology, Institute of Olive Tree and Subtropical Plants, NAGREF, as well as in the Dept. of Organic Greenhouse Crops & Floriculture, Technological Educational Institute of Crete. He is a visiting professor in the Postgraduate Program of MAICh-CIHEAM. His main research interests include issues in hydroponics and substrate determination for vegetables and aromatic plants, exploitation of plant wastes in the greenhouse and open field crops, as well as the use of natural sanitizers with antimicrobial and antioxidant properties for fresh produce preservation under pathogenic, physiological, and biochemical/molecular approaches.