**Theodoros Varzakas**

Theodoros Varzakas is a senior full professor at the Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Peloponnese, Greece, specializing in issues of food technology, food processing/engineering, food quality and safety. He is the section editor in chief of the journal *Foods in Food Security and Sustainability* (2020–present) and the ex-editor in chief for *Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science* (2015–2019). He is also a reviewer and member of the editorial boards of many international journals, has written more than 200 research papers and reviews and has presented more than 160 papers and posters at national and international conferences. He has written and edited six books in Greek and six in English on sweeteners, biosensors, food engineering, and food processing, published by CRC, and participated in many European and national research programs as a coordinator or scientific member.
