Charis M. Galanakis
Charis M. Galanakis – Director of Food Waste Recovery Group, ISEKI Food Association, Vienna, Austria
Dr. Charis M. Galanakis (https://charisgalanakis.info/) is a multidisciplinary scientist and a Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Web of Science, 2019, 2021, 2022) with experience in the food and environmental science and technology, innovation, industry, and academia. He has established the “food waste recovery” discipline and founded the most prominent open innovation network (www.foodwasterecovery.group) worldwide to inspire related professionals to extract high added-value compounds from wasted by-products in all stages of food production and re-utilize them in the food chain. Over the last years, he has been activated in the “future food” field, covering bioeconomy, food security, resilience, sustainability, and food chain digitalization. He is a Distinguished Adjunct Professor at Taif University (Saudi Arabia) in Agricultural Sciences and the Research and Innovation Director of Galanakis Laboratories, Chania, Greece (https://chemlab.gr/en/). He has >25 years of experience analyzing wine, food, beverages, and environmental samples and at consulting-related industries and local producers. Since 2014, he has worked as a freelance expert, evaluator, and monitor of funded projects and proposals (>45 calls) for different bodies, including the European Commission, World Intellectual Property Organization, European Bank for Reconstruction Development, US Department of Agriculture, and the Australian Resource Council, among others. He has served as an invited lecturer at the Technical University of Crete (Greece), Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus), ISA Lille University (France), and internationally (via the online ISEKI Food Association e-course platform), giving courses on agricultural/food waste treatment, valorization, and recovery. He has been the Editor in Chief of Discover Environment (Springer Nature) since 2022 and Discover Food (Springer Nature) since 2021, editorial board member and subject editor of Trends in Food Science & Technology (Elsevier) since 2021, Food and Bioproducts Processing (Elsevier) since 2015, Food Research International (Elsevier) since 2013, Foods (MDPI) since 2019, Journal of Advanced Research (Elsevier) since 2020, Future Foods (Elsevier) since 2020, Acta Innovations (CBI Pro-Akademia) since 2019, Waste Management in Agroecosystems (Frontiers), and Nutrition Food Science & Technology (Frontiers) since 2016. He has published >290 scientific documents, including >80 scientific articles (research, reviews, and monographs) in ISI Scientific Journals, book chapters, conference presentations, and technical briefs for international organizations, and the edition of >50 multi-author contributing books (http://www.foodwasterecovery.group/books/). His scientific work has raised interest, reflected by several nominations and >45 invited speeches as keynote speakers and panelists in scientific events.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5194-0818
