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Dr. Charis M. Galanakis (https://charisgalanakis.info/) is a multidisciplinary scientist, editor, consultant, and educator with expertise in food science and technology, environmental engineering, circular bioeconomy, food systems resilience, and sustainable innovation. He has received numerous international distinctions, including being named a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate (2019, 2021–2023), Highly Ranked Scholar by ScholarGPS (2022, 2024, 2025), and Top Cited Scholar by Scilit (2023–2025). He has also been consistently included among the Top 2% Scientists worldwide according to Stanford University and Elsevier rankings (2020–2025), while ranking among the world’s top 20 food scientists for 4 consecutive years.
Dr. Galanakis is recognized for pioneering the field of “food waste recovery” and developing the “Universal Recovery Strategy” for the valorization of food processing by-products and agro-industrial waste streams. He founded the open innovation network www.foodwasterecovery.group, which promotes the extraction and reuse of high added-value compounds from food industry by-products. In recent years, his research has expanded toward “Future Food” systems, including food security, climate-smart production, circular bioeconomy, digital transformation, Industry 4.0 technologies, and sustainability transitions.
Since 2023, Dr. Galanakis has served as a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Global Excellence and Stature 4.0 at the University of Johannesburg (South Africa), while since 2022 he has held the title of Honorary Professor in Agricultural Sciences at Taif University (Saudi Arabia). He previously served as Professor in Agricultural Sciences at King Saud University in 2020. Since 2012, he has served as the Research and Innovation Director of Galanakis Laboratories in Chania, Greece (https://chemlab.gr/en/), leading research, analytical services, and industrial consultancy in food and environmental sciences. With >25 years of experience, he specializes in food analysis, oenology, waste valorization, and sustainable industrial innovation.
Dr. Galanakis has extensive international experience as a freelance expert, evaluator, project monitor, rapporteur, and vice-chair for international funding agencies and innovation programs. Since 2010, he has contributed to >70 funded calls and projects, collaborating with >40 organizations and funding schemes across >20 countries. His activities include assignments for the European Commission (REA, EISMEA, CBE JU, JRC), WIPO, EBRD, US Department of Agriculture, Australian Research Council, A*STAR Singapore, PRIMA, EIT Food, NSF China, Swiss National Science Foundation, and many other national and international funding agencies.
As an educator, he has taught courses on agricultural and food waste treatment, valorization, and recovery across 3 countries (Greece, Cyprus, and France) at institutions including the Technical University of Crete, the Cyprus University of Technology, and ISA Lille University. He has also coordinated the Food Waste Recovery e-course of the ISEKI Food Association, which was a finalist at the Global IChemE Awards 2017.
In scientific publishing, Dr. Galanakis serves as Editor-in-Chief of Discover Food (Springer Nature) since 2021 and Discover Environment (Springer Nature) since 2022, while also serving on the editorial boards of journals including Trends in Food Science & Technology, Food and Bioproducts Processing, Journal of Advanced Research, Foods, Future Foods, and several others. His scholarly output includes >300 scientific publications, over 17,000 citations, and an h-index of 62, comprising >100 peer-reviewed articles in ISI-indexed journals, book chapters, conference presentations, and technical briefs for international organizations. He has also edited >50 multi-author books (http://www.foodwasterecovery.group/books/) and delivered >50 invited keynote lectures and panel presentations across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
