Faculty
Dr. Vasiliki Bountziouka
Assistant Professor
Biostatistics
Dr. Stathis Kaloudis
Assistant Professor
Computer Simulations and Informatics in Agri-Food
Dr. Fotis Tsetsos
Assistant Professor
Genomics
Post Doctoral Researchers
Dr. Malamatenia Panagiotou
Lexicology / Linguistics
PhD Students
Giorgos Anthimopoulos
Thesis title: “Development and application of machine vision and machine learning methods for the analysis of data from food science.”
2022 – present
Katerina Nikitara
Thesis title: “Dietary interventions tackling non-communicable diseases. An evidence of network meta-analysis.”
2023 – Present
Anastasia Menxi
Thesis title: “Development of a computational model for the bread making process.“
2023 – present
Christos Gatsios
Thesis title: “Early detection of consumer and dietary trends on social media using computational methods and machine learning“
2024 – present
MSc Students
Current
Giannikou Sofia
Thesis title: “The Mediating Role of Sleep Quality in the Association Between Diet Quality, Ultra-Processed Food (UPFs) Consumption and Mental Health Outcomes Among University Students in Greece and Indonesia.“
2024 – present
Brian Rwakijuma
Thesis title: “The effect of the cold chain on the reduction of post-harvest losses in the fruit and vegetable supply chain in fresh food markets in Kampala, Uganda.”
2024 – Present
Past
Alexandros Grammenos
Thesis title: “Understanding consumer perceptions of food quality and safety characteristics, as depicted in social media and data from the World Wide Web.”
Completed in 2025
Malamatenia Panagiotou
Thesis title: “Investigation into the influence of geographical aspects of foods on the Greek consumer’s maturity for the introduction of new meat forms, using Large Language Models and ChatGPT to mine social media posts.”
Completed in 2024
Styliani Venieraki
Thesis title: “The impact of intermittent fasting on glycemic control and other cardiometabolic markers in patients with type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis“. In collaboration with MSc Epidemiology-Research methods, NKUA. Completion date: 02/2025
Marianna Spinou
Thesis title: “Μicronutrient intake and telomere length in a sample of healthy
adults“. In collaboration with MSc Epidemiology-Research methods, NKUA. Completion date: 06/2024
BSc Students
Maria Triantafyllou
BSc Thesis title: “Exploration of the thematic evolution of chocolate related discussions on Reddit through text mining and network analysis techniques.“
2025-present
Stavros Rossos
BSc Thesis title: “Machine Learning-Based Prediction of Heat Treatment Duration for Pest Control Using a Large-Scale Dataset“
2025-present
Nakos Panagiotis
BSc Thesis title: “Using Image Processing Algorithms for the Discrimination and Analysis of Pollen Grain Characteristics“
2024 – present
Martin Mato
BSc Thesis title: “Algorithmic Analysis of Microscopic Images for the Evaluation of Intracellular Content of Microorganisms“
2025 – present
Filiz Bimber
BSc Thesis title: “Analysis of published articles and social media posts regarding edible cutlery“.
Completed on 2025
Matina Stamatoula Gkogka
BSc Thesis title: “Investigating trends in the search for modern nutritional terms on the internet“.
Completed on 2025
Vasilis Maniatis
BSc Thesis title: “Investigating trends in the search for modern nutritional terms on the internet“.
Completed on 2025
External Collaborators
PumpKin Inc.
Collaboration with the Princeton’s University spinout on the “Exploring challenges, attributes and potentials of exclusively pumping of breastmilk utilising the potential of AI” project.
2025 – present, contact
Stavros Rossos
Collaboration on the “Flagship action for sustainable agri-food systems – applied research, development of infrastructure and services for the sustainability of the sector” (Sust.Agri.Food) project.
2025 – present, contact
Steffany Soegijanto Soegijanto
Erasmus+ research BSc visit in collaboration with Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, Indonesia International Institute for Life Sciences (i3L). Project title “The mediating role of sleep quality in the association between diet quality and obesity outcomes among university students in Greece and Indonesia“.
02/2025 – 06/2025
Angelica Gabriel Eldyjoe
Erasmus+ research BSc visit in collaboration with Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, Indonesia International Institute for Life Sciences (i3L). Project title “The mediating role of sleep quality in the association between diet quality and academic performance outcomes among university students in Greece and Indonesia“.
02/2025 – 06/2025
Dr. Panagiotis Sarkiris
Collaboration on the “Green Shipping of Zero Carbon Footprint” (NAVGREEN) project.
2024 – present, contact
Buket Akyakar
PhD student mentorship, Dept. of Nutrition and Dietetics, Gazi University. Project title “Understanding the detrimental effects of ultra-processed foods (UPFs) on maternal health, fetal development, and long-term outcomes in pregnant women“.
09/2023 – 06/2024