Discover Food - Meet the Editor-in-Chief for Discover Food
"The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a health crisis, changing rapidly what we perceived as norms and impacting society, marking a “before” and “after” period. The food sector does not comprise an exception as the pandemic has changed how we buy and consume food by accelerating pre-existing innovation trends. Discover Food is an open-access journal publishing research from across all fields relevant to the food sector, particularly for food bioactives, sustainable food processing, food waste recovery, food safety, and food security."
Dr. Charis M. Galanakis is a multidisciplinary scientist and Highly Cited Researcher (Clarivate Web of Science, 2022, 2021, 2019) with experience in food and environmental science and technology, innovation and sustainability, industry, and academia. He has defined the new term and discipline of "Food Waste Recovery" and established the most prominent open innovation network 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 year, he has been leading efforts on depicting the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the food sector and environment, publishing relevant scientific articles.
He is an Adjunct Professor of Taif University (this opens in a new tab) (Taif, Saudi Arabia) in Agricultural Sciences, the Research and Innovation Director of Galanakis Laboratories (this opens in a new tab) (Chania, Greece) and the Director of Food Waste Recovery Group (this opens in a new tab) (Vienna, Austria). He has over 20 years of experience in analyzing wine, food, beverages, and environmental samples and at the consulting of 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 in Technical University of Crete (Greece), Cyprus University of Technology (Cyprus), ISA Lille University (France), and internationally (via online ISEKI Food Association e-course platform), giving courses on agricultural/food waste treatment, valorization, and recovery. He has published >200 scientific documents, including >80 research articles, reviews, and monographs in ISI Scientific Journals, book chapters, conference presentations, technical briefs for international organizations (e.g., EC Joint Research Center, World Intellectual Property Organization), and the edition of >50 multi-author contributing books (this opens in a new tab). His scientific work has raised interest as reflected by several nominations and >40 invited speeches as a keynote speaker and panelist in scientific events.