Theofania Tsironi holds a diploma in Chemical Engineering and a PhD in Food Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, as well as a Master of Public Health from the National School of Public Health (Greece). Her principal research is in the fields of quality and shelf-life modeling of chilled and frozen food, packaging, predictive microbiology, nonthermal processing, active packaging, and cold chain management through the application of smart labels. The results of her research have been published in 37 peer reviewed journals, 5 book chapters, and more than 100 scientific conference proceedings (h-index 13, Scopus, April 2020).