Professor Apostolis Koutinas is a Chemical Engineer (University of Patras, Greece) with PhD in Biochemical Engineering (UMIST, UK). He is currently Professor of Food Process and Bioprocess Design at the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at the Agricultural University of Athens (Greece). His research focuses on biorefinery development including process design, techno-economic evaluation and life cycle assessment. Emphasis is given on industrial biotechnology, bioprocess engineering and sustainability assessment for the production of bio-based products (e.g. succinic acid, 2,3-butanediol, polyhydroxyalkanoates, microbial oil, bacterial cellulose, food additives) within a circular economy context using crude renewable resources.

Since 2011, Professor Koutinas has participated in more than 35 research projects funded by national and international funding agencies (e.g. GSRI, FP7, Bilateral R&D Cooperation, Prima, Horizon, BBI, CBE, Life) and the industry (e.g. Petrobras). He has published more than 190 research papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals (h-index 54, Scopus). He has been invited to present his work in more than 30 international events in several countries including India, Brazil, China, Colombia, Germany, UK, Spain, Argentina and Italy among others. Dr Koutinas has supervised 11 graduated PhD students and 35 graduated MSc students. He currently serves as co-Editor of the Biochemical Engineering Journal (Elsevier).