Afroditi Chatzifragkou

Current role:

• Lecturer in Food Processing

Email:

• a.chatzifragkou@reading.ac.uk

Academic Qualifications:

• PhD in Food Biotechnology, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
• MSc in Food Science and Technology and Huma Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
• Diploma of Agricultural Engineer, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece

Scientific interests:

• Valorisation of food waste streams
• Bioprocessing technologies
• Fractionation of functional compounds
• Supercritical CO₂ technology

Background:

Afroditi joined the University of Reading in 2015. She lectures in food processing. As a post-doctoral researcher, she has work closely with industry and research institutes. Afroditi's expertise lies in the utilisation of microorganisms and/ or enzymes for the biotransformation of waste streams into microbial lipids, platform chemicals and biopolymers.