Rank/Position: Professor, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Scientific Field: Food Science and Nutrition

Faculty/Department/Research Institution: Department of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Alexandra Maria Michailidou is an Associate Professor of Food Science and Nutrition in the Department of Food Science and Technology, Department of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Her teaching work includes teaching courses in the scientific fields of Nutrition and Metabolism, as well as Food Chemistry and Biochemistry, at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Her research interests focus on investigating the relationship between nutrition and the risk of chronic pathological conditions, as revealed by a) the recording of dietary habits and the evaluation of dietary patterns for various population groups, and b) the understanding of the participation of food components in the modification of the physiological function of the body, through the analysis of biological fluids. Her interests also relate to the investigation of the integration of functional foods into a balanced diet, as well as the implementation of innovative processes for the optimization of the biofunctional characteristics of traditional products.

Within the framework of the interdisciplinary approach to research topics, she has developed collaborations with public and private bodies. To date, she has published 98 scientific papers in international and Greek journals and conference proceedings, including 28 in international SCI journals and 4 in collective volumes. She has participated with presentations of papers in 60 national and international scientific conferences.