Manganaris, George A.
Preferred name
Manganaris, George A.
Translated Name
Μαγγανάρης, Γιώργος Α.
Alternative Name
italian
english
Recruitment Date
January 2, 2009
Position
Associate Professor
Web Site
Email
george.manganaris@cut.ac.cy
Research Interests
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Tel
+35725002307
Main Affiliation
CUT
Status
staff
Biography
George Manganaris is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology & Food Science at Cyprus University of Technology. He entered the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Division of Agricultural Sciences in 1993 and followed a 5-year bachelor degree. He continued his post-graduate studies in the same University. In particular, he completed an MSc degree in the field of ‘Genetic Improvement and Plant Physiology’ in 2001 and awarded his PhD degree in 2004 In July 2006 he was offered an appointment as post-doc employee from the University of California at Davis (Department of Plant Sciences). From February 2007, after receiving a Marie Curie Individual Intra European fellowship (EIF fellowships), he was employed by the University of Padova (Division of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Environmental Agronomy & Crop Science). From 2009 onwards, he is Academic Staff at Cyprus University of Technology, initially as Lecturer (2009-2013), thereafter as Assistant Professor (2013-2018) and from march 2018 onwards as Assoiciate Professor.. He is responsible of the CUT Fruit Sciences/Posharvest Group. His scientific interests includes the quality evaluation/phytochemical profile of fleshy fruits with the use of physiological, biochemical and molecular approaches, the elucidation of fruit ripening syndrome with emphasis in the development of physiological disorders and overall the postharvest maintenance of fresh produce. In addition, he is involved in projects dealing with the application of environmentally friendly methods for maintaining quality of horticultural crops and the responsiveness of plants to abiotic stress conditions and/or priming agents. He is Vice President of the Hellenic Society of Horticultural Science and Council Member of Greece for the International Society for Horticultural Science. George Manganaris is board member of European Fruit Research Institute Network. He is member of the Management Committee of EU COST Action Δράση CA15136, entitled «European Network to Advance Carotenoid Research and Applications in Agro-food and Health (EUROCAROTEN)» of the European Project COST. To date, Dr. Manganaris is the author of 47 scientific papers (20 as senior author) in peer-reviewed journals (1580 citations, h-index=20). Data from his work have also been presented in review papers (5), book chapters (11) and full texts in Conference proceedings (9). He is the Editor of the Proceedings of the 25th Hellenic Symposium of Horticultural Sciences and of the V International Postharvest Unlimited Symposium , (Acta Horticulturae 1079). Dr. Manganaris is Associate Editor in the Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology, Editorial Board Member in Frontiers in Plant Science, and member of the editorial of Postharvest Biology and Technology while he has handled over 300 reviews as ad hoc reviewer in 48 refereed journals. He was appointed by the Hellenic Quality Assurance Agency of Higher Education to participate in the External Evaluation process (as a committee member) of four Departments in Greece. He has been also assigned to evaluate competitive research proposals from different countries (France, Belgium, Greece), as well as examiner of MSc thesis/PhD dissertations (Italy, United Kingdom, Greece).
Employment
Qualification
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PhD | December 20, 2004 | |