Antonis Zampelas is Professor in Human Nutrition at the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University, Athens, Greece and Director of the Laboratory of Food Chemistry and Human Nutrition at the same Department. He did his BSc in Food Science and Technology from the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. He holds a MSc degree in Food Science from the University of Reading, UK and a PhD in Human Nutrition from the University of Surrey, UK. Professor Zampelas worked for the University of Surrey, as Research Fellow and also for the UK Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, as Senior Scientific Officer. In Greece, and before joining the Agricultural University of Athens in 2006, he worked as an Assistant Professor of Human Nutrition and Director of the Professional Training Year in the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at Harokopio University, Athens. He also served as President of the Hellenic Food Authority (2008-2010). He has been involved in numerous trials and projects related to the effects of diet on parameters influencing the development of cardiovascular diseases. Professor Zampelas' research interest is also the development of nutritional educational programs for Greek school children to prevent childhood obesity. He is also the Principal Investigator of the Hellenic Nutrition and Health Examination Survey. Professor Zampelas served as Chair of the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, at the Agricultural University of Athens (2011-2014) and as a member of its Senate, as President of the Hellenic Society of Lipidology, Atherosclerosis and Vascular Diseases, Vice-Chairman of the Committee of National Drug Administration for the approval of Nutritional Supplements (2005-2007), member of the National Committee of Nutritional Policy and as a member of the Executive Committee of the European Atherosclerosis Society (2005-2008). He is now Member of the Executive Committee of the Hellenic Society of Medical Nutrition and Associate Editor of the International Journal "ATHEROSCLEROSIS". Professor Zampelas also worked in the Department of Nutrition and Health of the United Arab Emirates University (2014-2016), and he is also Visiting Professor at the Department of Nutrition of the University of Nicosia, in Cyprus. Professor Zampelas is editor-in chief of 2 Nutrition text books, co-editor of other 2, co-author of 20 text-book chapters and contributed to 130 peer reviewed publications in international scientific journals.