Dr. Anastassios Philippou is an Associate Professor of Physiology (Exercise Physiology) at the Medical School of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. His research interests focus on Exercise Physiology and Clinical Exercise Physiology. He has more than 130 publications in international scientific journals (citations: >4.200; h-index: 30) and has been involved in the translation and scientific editing of books as well as the writing of (Greek and English) book chapters. His scientific work covers a wide field in the physiology of exercise and particularly in skeletal muscle physiology, for which he has received international and national awards. He is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, the Founding Member and President of the Greek National Center “Exercise Is Medicine - Greece”, and a member of 8 scientific societies.