ISEKI-Food Association Staff

 
     

 

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

 

 
   
FOTEINI CHRYSANTHOPOULOU    

 

foteini@iseki-food.net

Foteini Chrysanthopoulou is a food technologist with background in Food Technology and Food Safety and has international academic and work experience in 4 EU countries. She has been involved in several projects on Food Science and is skilled in microbial fingerprinting of food-borne pathogens and spoilage microorganisms.
   
LUIS MAYOR LOPEZ    

 

luis.mayor@iseki-food.net

Luis Mayor has a PhD in Food Engineering from the University of Porto and post-doc research experience in the area of Sustainable Food Processing (Polytechnic University of Valencia and CSIC). He is author of 25+ peer reviewed publications. His experience as educator spans from teaching at secondary up to lecturing at university and doctoral supervision. His current work focuses on the management of projects related to  food science and technology education.
   
LUMINITA CIOLACU    

 

luminita.ciolacu@iseki-food.net

Luminita Ciolacu has a Degree in Food Science and Engineering and a Ph.D in Industrial Engineering with a focus on Food Microbiology by the University Dunarea de Jos of Galati (Romania). She has more than 10 years research experience in both academia and industry working in the field of food science in different European countries (Romania, Austria, Belgium and France). She has collaborated with the Veterinary Medicine University Vienna in different European projects (FP6, FP7) and was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow as part of an Initial Training Network project.
   
VALENTINA MAYER    

 

valentina.mayer@iseki-food.net

ON MATERNITY LEAVE

Valentina Mayer-Buchegger studied Food Science and Biotechnology and has a PhD from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. She has research experience in bacterial cell wall metabolism and works as a lecturer in the field of food chemistry.
   
SOFIA REIS    

 

sofia.reis@iseki-food.net

Sofia F. Reis has a PhD focused on Food Science from the Technological University Dublin, since 2015. Completed her MPhil in 2006 in Chemistry and Food Quality and was graduated in 2002 in Chemistry, subject Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, both from the University of Aveiro, Portugal. She has 20 years of experience in Food Chemistry research focused on the development of nutraceuticals and functional foods from food wastes, losses, and by-products, with several peer reviewed papers published. She has supervised research fellows, MSc and BSc students and her teaching experience includes primary, secondary, university and technical vocational training.
   
SARA BARBOSA    

 

sara.barbosa@iseki-food.net

Sara Barbosa has an MSc in Biotechnology from the Polytechnic of Coimbra – Agriculture School. She has research experience in projects related to agriculture and the environment and works as an Invited Assistant in the fields of food chemistry and biochemistry in the same institution. She collaborates as a researcher at CERNAS (Research Centre for Natural Resources, Environment, and Society).
   
     

 

OFFICE AND EVENTS MANAGER

 

 

ANDREIA
PINHEIRO-TORRES    

 

office@iseki-food.net

Andreia Pinheiro-Torres holds a degree in Food Engineering and a PhD in Food Science and Engineering from the Catholic University of Portugal, Faculty of Biotechnology. She has over 10 years of research and teaching experience at this university, with 12+ peer-reviewed publications, and has served as an advisor to the Dean of Aveiro University, Portugal.

After a long maternity leave, she has spent the past 20 years gaining experience in various fields by working and volunteering with multiple companies and organizations. Her roles have included public relations representative, facilitator, office and events manager, and assistant to the CEO and General Manager. Through these experiences, she has developed a broad range of soft skills beyond R&D.

   
     

 

IT MANAGEMENT

 

 

PEDRO MALHANTE 

 

it@iseki-food.net

Pedro Malhante has a degree in Informatics and Systems Engineering from Polytechnic of Coimbra – ISEC (Coimbra Institute of Engineering), with focus on networks. He has more than 20 years of experience as IT Manager, Network Engineer and Executive Manager, and has been working also as an IT consultant in several companies.
   
     

 

ACCOUNTING & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

 

 
MARCO ALVES    

 

marco.alves@iseki-food.net

Marco Alves has a MSc degree in Food Engineering. In the past 20 years his experience has come from financial markets with focus on risk management and technical analysis of securities. His work at ISEKI is centered in financial management of projects (execution and cost review; financial reporting; workload planning) and internal accounting.