I. Personal Data
| Position | : | Professor in Food Technology. School of Food Technology and Nutrition, Technological Educational Institutions (T.E.I.) of Athens. |
| Work Address | : | Agiou Spyridonos str., Egaleo, GR-12210, Athens, Greece Tel: +30-2105385550, Mobile: +30-6937082860 E-mail: jtsaknis@teiath.gr |
II. Education
| 1996 | Ph.D. in Food Technology with a title “Isolation and identification of antioxidants from Sideritis euboea (Mountain tea)”, University of Lincolnshire & Humberside, UK. |
| 1992 | Master of philosophy (by research) in Food Technology with a title “Quality changes of olive oil and other selected vegetable oils during frying”, Humberside University, UK. |
| 1998 | Certificate of “Chartered Chemist” from the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK |
| 2001 | Certificate in “HACCP Principles and Their Application in Food Safety”, Royal Institute of Public Health & Hygiene. |
| 1983 | Diploma in School of educators of professional and technical education, Pedagogic Technical School, Athens, Greece. |
| 1980 | BSc in food Technology, Technological Education Institutions (T.Ε.Ι.) of Athens, Department of Food Technology |
III. Experience
| 1980-1985 | Quality control inspector in fats and oils industry (Eleourgiki- Central Cooperative union of olive and olive oil). |
| 1984-1992 | Lecturer in T.E.I. of Athens. |
| 1993-1998 | Associate professor in dept. of Food Technology (T.E.I. of Athens). |
| 1998-2010 | Professor in dept. of Food Technology (T.E.I. of Athens).. |
| 2006-2010 | Dean of the School of Food Technology and Nutrition |
| 1998-2004 | Member of the Research and Educational Committee of Technological Educational Institutions (TEI) of Athens. |
| 2004-2010 | Vice-president of the Research and Educational Committee of Technological Educational Institutions (TEI) of Athens. |
| 2005-2010 | Member of the Organizing Committee and teaching staff in the M.Sc course of the medicine school of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens with a title “Environment and health, management of the environmental matters, effecting the health” |
| 2007-2009 | Teaching staff in the M.Sc. course with a title “Food Science and Nutrition”. Cooperation departments: (1) Chemistry Department of the University of Ioannina, Greece, (2) Nutrition Department of the Technological Educational Institutions of Thessaloniki, Greece and (3) Department of Food Technology of the Technological Educational Institutions of Athens, Greece. |
| 1993-2001 | Teaching staff in the M.Sc. course with a title “Food Technology”. Cooperation departments: (1) Technological Educational Institutions of Athens, Greece and (2) University of Lincoln, UK. |
| 2004-2009 | Member of the National Education Committee (ESYP) |
| 1999-2004 | Scientific Coordinator for the Erasmus Program in the Department of Food Technology of the Technological Educational Institutions of Athens. |
| 2007-2008 | Member of the Committee of Strategic Zoning Design for the Technological Educational Institutions. |
IV. Research Activities
A list of selected research activities is available here
V. Publications
A list of selected publications is available here
VI. Membership
Coordinator (since 1999) of the Greek Standing Committee on Residues and Chemical Contaminants of the National Dairy Federation and National Representative to the International Dairy Federation – IDF.
- Member of the New York Academy of Sciences
- CChem MRSC, Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, England.
- Member of the Greek Association of Food Department of Chemicals, Athens, Greece.
- Member of the Greek Association of Food Technologists, Athens, Greece.
VII. Reviewer of International Scientific Journals
- Journal of American Oil Chemists’ Society, Springer (Impact Factor 2009: 1.803).
- Journal of the Agricultural and Food Chemistry, ACS Publications (Impact Factor 2009: 2.469).
- European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology, Wiley (Impact Factor 2009: 1,831).
- Food Chemistry, Elsevier (Impact Factor 2009: 3.146).
- Molecules, MDPI - Open Access Publishing (Impact Factor 2009: 1.738).
- Analytika Chimika Acta, Elsevier (Impact Factor 2009: 3.757).
- Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, Springer (Impact Factor 2009: 2,016).
- Industrial Crops and Products, Elsevier (Impact Factor 2009: 2,103).
