Kalliopi Georgakouli is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Thessaly. She received her BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics from Alexander Technological Educational Institution of Thessaloniki (Greece) in 2009. She continued he postgraduate studies at University of Thessaly (Greece) where she obtained her MSc in “Biotechnology -Quality Assessment in Nutrition and the Environment” majoring in Nutritional Biochemistry (2012). In 2015 she defended her PhD thesis, entitled “The effect of exercise on alcohol use”, obtaining her PhD in Exercise Biochemistry from University of Thessaly (Greece). She has worked as a PhD researcher at Research Funding Program THALES (2012-2015), entitled “Exercise, smoking, & alcohol: investigation of mechanisms, & interventions for prevention, cessation & awareness”. She has taught courses and supervising thesis for undergraduate students at Technological Educational Institute of Thessaly (Greece) (2015-2018) and University of Thessaly (Greece) (2018-2020). She is a Research Associate at the Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry, Physiology and Nutrition (SmArT Lab) (former Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry) - University of Thessaly (Greece) since 2011, with main activities and responsibilities being conducting research, scientific writing, nutritional evaluation and occasional teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level. She has co-authored two book chapters, and more than 30 research articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and she has presented her work in many international conferences. She is also a peer reviewer in several scientific journals. Her research interests focus on the effects of functional foods, food supplements and exercise on various health aspects in both healthy and clinical populations. Furthermore, she has a strong interest on the potential use of exercise as an adjunct strategy in the treatment of addictive disorders, and the underlying mechanisms involved.

Dr. Michalis Koureas is an Assistant Professor of Instrumental Chemical Analysis and Food Safety, in the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition at the University of Thessaly. His research focuses on the application of chromatographic and spectrometric techniques, including GC-MS, LC-MS and FTIR, for the detection and quantification of pollutants, metabolites and pesticide residues in environmental, biological and food matrices. He also works on the use of spectroscopic techniques and chemometric models for quality assessment, authenticity confirmation and adulteration detection in food and dairy products. He has published 45 peer-reviewed scientific articles, has extensive experience in European and national research projects, and has participated in research activities related to public health, human biomonitoring, environmental epidemiology, wastewater epidemiology and the health impacts of climate change. His work combines analytical chemistry, food safety and public health, aiming to develop reliable methodologies for assessing exposure to chemical hazards and supporting evidence-based interventions for the protection of population health.

Dr Ioannis D. Morres is an assistant professor of mental health, physical activity and quality of life-eating behavior at the University of Thessaly. He obtained MSc from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven-Belgium and PhD from the University of Thessaly. He has worked for the KULeuven and the University of Nottingham (UK). He is a leader of the Modules 1) “Behavioral Medicine & Accelerometry” in the MSc “Food, Nutrition and Microbiome” (School of Medicine, DUT), 2) “Clinical exercise psychology: prescription for mental health disorders” in the Erasmus Mundus MSc “European Masters of Sport & Exercise Psychology (University of Thessaly) and 3) “Psychology of Exercise in the MSc “Exercise, Ergospirometry and Rehabilitation” (School of Medicine, UTH). He also teaches meta-analytic techniques and exercise-mental health in Doctoral/Master Programs at the University of Leipzig (Germany). Dr Morres has contributed to external research funding of €2.000.000,00 and serves as a reviewer for the Dutch Research Council and for the Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Sport and Active Living. His research interests include clinical accelerometry, behavioral change and mental health. He has published 38 peer-reviewed papers (Scopus citations >1.000), received international journal awards and distinctions and a signal of scientific evidence by the National Institute of Health Research for Patient Benefit in the United Kingdom. He is certified in Behavioral Medicine by the National Institute of Health (USA), and he is a member of the American Psychological Association.