Prof. George Aggelis

Biography

Biography • Professor, Dept of Biology, University of Patras, Greece since 2011; Associate Professor, 2005-11 • Distinguished Adjunct Professor, Dept of Biology, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia 2013-14; consultant since 2014 • Visiting Professor, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium2004. • Lecturer, Dept of Agricultural Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece, 1993-2001; Assistant Professor 1997-2005 • Visiting Professor, Dept of Nutrition, Harokopion University, Athens, Greece, 1990-93 Short term visits in the framework of research projects and/or bilateral agreements Nancy – France, CNRS (1998, 1999); Hyderabad – India, Osmania University (2000); Munster – Germany, Institut fur Mikrobiologie (2001); Bradislava – Slovakia, Slovak Technical University, Slovak Academy of Sciences (2002, 2006, 2011); Budapest – Hungary, SzentIstvan University (2002); Tirana – Albania, Agricultural University (2002, 2003); Trivandrum – India, Regional Research Laboratory (2007); Lecce – Italy, University of Lecce (2008); Wroclaw – Poland, University of Wroclaw (2010); Olsztyn – Poland, University of Warmia and Mazury (2012); Gebze and Istanbul – Turkey, Gebze Institute of Technology and Istanbul Technical University (2012); Szeged – Hungary, Szeged University (2013); Jeddah – Saudi Arabia, King Abdulaziz University (2013); Zhengzhou and Shaghai, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (2015). Participation: in scientific and administrative committees in Greece and other countries; in Editorial Boards of 10 scientific journals.

Research Interest

Single cell oil; microbial (yeast, fungal, algal) lipids biosynthesis and biotechnology; polyunsaturated fatty acids; organic acids; degradation of phenolics; Microbial metabolism of glycerol, methanol, fatty acids; modelling.