Panagiotis N. Skandamis is Professor of Food Microbiology and Food Quality Control and Food Hygiene in the Agricultural University of Athens and member of the BIOHAZ panel of European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). He received his Bachelor Degree on Food Science & Technology and a PhD on Food Microbiology by Agricultural University of Athens (AUA). He has worked as a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of Animal Science of Colorado State University in USA. Prof. Skandamis has authored 159 original research papers in journals of SCI, more than 30 book chapters and has a total number of 5922 citations (h-index 35). His research is funded by 5th, 6th and 7th EU Framework and Horizon2020 Program, National Grants and direct contracts with the Greek Food Industry. He is Scientific co-editor of Journal of Food Protection and member in the editorial board of Appl. Environ. Microbiol. and Int J. Food Microbiol. He has also developed a Predictive Modelling Software tool, entitled GroPIN, publicly available at