Group Leader
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.
He was appointed as contract Assistant Professor in the Technological Educational Institution of
Thessaloniki (Department of Crop Production) and in the Technological Educational Institution of
West Macedonia (Department of Marketing and Qualitative Control of Rural Products). During his
studies, he was a recipient of two competitive fellowships given by the State Scholarship
Foundation of Greece. He was also granted a fund by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki for
entering the Master of Science Program and an award of excellence for post-doctoral
research.
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, he is Academic Staff at Cyprus University of Technology, initially as Lecturer
(2009-2013), then as Assistant Professor (2014-2018) and from March 2019 onwards as Associate
Professor.
He is responsible of the CUT Fruit Sciences/Posharvest Group, which is currently comprised of
three PhD students, three MSc students and a significant number of undergraduate students. His
main scientific interests includes the quality evaluation/phytochemical profile of horticultural
products (fleshy fruits and grapes) with the employment 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.
Additionally, he is involved in projects and/or synergies dealing with the application of
preharvest treatments and/or novel technologies for maintaining quality of horticultural crops
and their responsiveness to abiotic conditions. He is Council Member of the International Society for Horticultural Science
and is board member of European Fruit Research Institute Network.
He is additionally member of the Management Committee member of EU COST Actions CA18210 (Oxygen sensing a novel mean for biology and technology of fruit quality) and CACA21142 (Water deficit and decision support Systems applications)
To date, Dr. Manganaris is the author of 60 scientific papers (20 as senior author) in peer-reviewed
journals (>3000 citations, h-index=30). Data from his work have also been presented in review papers
(4), book chapters (11) and full texts in Conference proceedings (10). He is the Editor of the
Proceedings of the
V International Postharvest Unlimited Symposium
, (Acta Horticulturae 1079), the
III International Horticulture in Europe Symposium (Acta Horticulturae 1242) and the
X ISHS Peach Symposium
Dr. Manganaris is Associate Editor/Editorial board member in the Postharvest Biology and Technology, BMC Plant Biology,
Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology
while he has handled over 490 reviews as ad hoc reviewer in 96 refereed journals. He was
appointed by the Hellenic Quality Assurance Agency of Higher Education
to participate in the External Evaluation and Certification process of six Departments in
Greece. He has been assigned to evaluate competitive research proposals for EU (Horizon,
Eurostars, Innowide) and from different countries (France, Belgium, Poland, Chile, Greece). He
has also acted as examiner of MSc thesis/PhD dissertations (Italy, United Kingdom, Greece,
Australia).
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