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_________________________________________________________Athanasios C. Pappas graduated (2002) with a BSc in Agricultural Sciences from the Agricultural University of Athens (Greece). He then awarded a PhD from the University of Glasgow (UK) in 2006. The research conducted during his PhD studies was on poultry nutrition (broiler breeders and maternal nutrition).Athanasios spent one year (2008-2009) as Postdoctoral researcher at Agricultural University of Athens. In 2010, he was appointed Lecturer and in 2016 Assistant Professor at the Department of Nutritional Physiology and Feeding of the Agricultural University of Athens.His published scientific work includes but not limited to 73 peer-reviewed papers published in international scientific journals, 1 book, 8 book chapters and 77 conference presentations (h-index 24).Research Interests (include but not limited to)-Antioxidant system in animal body with emphasis on antioxidant-pro-oxidant balance-The role of selenoproteins, selenium in free living animals, selenium sources for animals and human,-Supplemental sources of selenium, interactions between selenium and other trace elements-The role of maternal nutrition on antioxidant defense of developing offspring-The role of antioxidants on egg and meat quality-Metabolic fates of yolk lipid and individual fatty acids during embryonic development-Organo-selenium compounds and fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, hatchability and egg quality during storage-Mycotoxins and binders-Rare elements and elemental fingerprint-PDO and non-PDO products-Food waste and upcycling-Bioactive compounds-Song birds and canaries-Circular Economy

Listed skills include Poultry, Science, Trace Elements, Research, and 12 others.