Professor of Animal Physiology and Toxicology at the University of Thessaly
Dimitris Kouretas was born in Prosfigika, Patras, in 1962.
He studied Pharmacy in Patras and subsequently earned his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the Department of Chemistry (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 1989).
From 1990 to 1992, he worked as a researcher at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Since 1996, he has been a faculty member at the University of Thessaly
. He is currently a Professor of Animal Physiology and Toxicology and Director of the laboratory of the same name in the Department of Biochemistry- Biotechnology at the University of Thessaly and lives in Larissa.
Her research focuses on the study of the mechanisms by which nutrients interact with the body at the molecular level.
He has published 240 articles in reputable international journals[1] and has 11,700 citations and an h-index of 61 as of May 2022[2].
He is an Associate Editor of the nutritional toxicology journal *Food and Chemical Toxicology* (Elsevier, impact factor 6.3) and serves as an Academic Editor for the journal *Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity* (impact factor 6.1) as well as for the journal *Antioxidants* (impact factor 6.1).
He is the founder of Foodoxys, a spin-off company of the University of Thessaly that specializes in functional nutrition (www.foodoxys.com).
His work in food innovation has been recognized with awards in Greece and the EU.
In 2013–2014, he served as Vice Rector for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Thessaly and as Chair of the Innovation Council of the Region of Thessaly (2013–2015).
[1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Kouretas+D
[2] https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CifMx6IAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao