Prof. Maria Dimopoulou completed her Ph.D. at Bordeaux University and worked to identify the biosynthetic pathways and physiology of exopolysaccharide production in O. oeni. After several post-doctoral positions in Bordeaux and Athens, she is now an Associate Professor in wine microbiology and enology at the University of West Attica in Athens, Greece. Her interests include wine microbiology, and she has been involved in 28 scientific international papers, with an h index factor of 11 (Scopus, 28 November 2023).