Curriculum Vitae

Personal Details

Name:	Gorgias
Surname:	Garofalakis
Year of birth:	1974
Place of birth:	Chania, Crete, Greece
E-mail:	garof@otenet.gr
Marital status:	Single

Education

1996 - 2000	PhD degree in Food Science Dept. of Food Science, University of Leeds, UK Subject: "Interfacial interactions between pure sugar surfactants and protein".
1991 - 1996	Degree in Chemical Engineering Dept. of Chemical Engineering, National Technical University, Athens. Degree: 8.01/10.00 (Very Good) Final year project: "Emulsifying properties of proteins".
1988 - 1991	65^ο Lyceum, Athens Degree: 18.7/20.0

Languages

1996	German - Average level - Mittelstufee
1989	English - Proficiency level - Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English
	Greek - Native speaker

Work experience

05 - 06.1995	Institute of Chemical Technology, Dept. of Food Preservation and Meat Technology, Prague, Czech Republic. Position: Laboratory assistant Work object: Monitoring of the changes in the quality of the fat of pork kept in long-term deep frost.
07.1994, 07.1993	VIORYL S.A., Athens Position: Trainee, Laboratory assistant Work object: Determination of PAL activity in strawberries and determination of PPO in grape juice.

Teaching Experience

1999 - 2000

University of Leeds, Dept. of Food Science, Laboratory of Food Analysis
Position: Demonstrator/teaching personnel
Work object: Presentation to the students of the key elements of the theory related to each experiment and advice and support on technical and safety matters during their practicals in the lab.

Scholarships - Distinctions

1997 - 2000	Marie Curie Research Fellow in the field of Agriculture and Fisheries (FAIR) under the 4^ο EU research funding framework.
1999	Awarded the title of "Best Young Scientist" in the field of Food Science by the Institute of Food Science and Technology, North-of-England Branch, UK.

Publications

Garofalakis G., Murray B.S., Effect of film ageing on the surface properties of β-lactoglobulin and ß-lactoglobulin + sucrose stearate monolayers, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 12 (1999) 231.
Garofalakis G., Murray B.S., Interactions between ß-lactoglobulin and sucrose stearate at the air-water interface, Food Science and Technology Today, 13 (1999) 151.
Garofalakis G., Murray B.S. and Sarney D.B., Surface activity and critical aggregation concentration of pure sugar esters with different sugar headgroups, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 229 (2000) 391.
Garofalakis G., Murray B.S., Dilatational rheology and foaming properties of sucrose monoesters in the presence of ß-lactoglobulin, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 21 (2001) 3.
Garofalakis G., Murray B.S., Surface pressure isotherms, dilatational rheology and Brewster angle microscopy of insoluble monolayers of sugar monoesters, Langmuir, 18 (2002) 4765.

Presentations in International Conferences

"Characterisation of Pure, Novel Sugar Surfactants", in Environmentally Friendly Surfactants, 10 - 14.9.1997, Stockholm, Sweden.
"Interfacial properties of novel sugar surfactants and their interaction with proteins", in Novel Surfactants, 07 - 09.09.1998, Wrexham, Wales, UK.
"Ageing of ß-lactoglobulin and ß-lactoglobulin + sugar surfactant monolayers", in Food Emulsions and Foams, 16 - 18.03.1998, Seville, Spain.
"Dynamic behaviour of ß-lactoglobulin films; The effect of sugar surfactants", in Interfaces and Colloidal Systems, 18 - 23.09.1999, Aghia Pelaghia, Crete, Greece.
"Dynamic properties of native and denatured ß-lactoglobulin films in the presence of sugar esters", in Food Colloids 2000, 02 - 05.04.2000, Potsdam, Germany.

Seminars - Courses

"Interpersonal skills school", 1999, University of Leeds, UK.
"Laser safety", 1999, University of Leeds, UK.

Military service

27.11.2000 - 12.05.2002.

Professional Bodies

Technical Chamber of Greece (2000).
Institute of Food Science and Technology (1999).
Marie Curie Fellowship Association (1999).
Society for Chemical Industry (1997).

References

The following can provide references if needed. Please, do contact me prior to contacting the referees.

Dr. B.S. Murray, University of Leeds, UK.
Dr. C. Tzia, National Technical University of Athens, Greece.

Other activities - interests

Participation in commons. I was elected representative of the Postgraduate Students of the University of Leeds in 1997 and 1998.
Setting up and maintenance of PCs on a Microsoft network. During my doctorate studies I participated in the group that installed, configured and maintained the PCs of the local network and provided user support.
Computer programming (Visual Basic, Turbo Pascal, Access), webpage authoring, digital photography processing. Creating specific software (Qbasic, Visual Basic, Pascal) and digitally analysing microscope photographs were parts of my doctorate work. I also participated in the group that created the webpages of the Colloids laboratory of the Dept. of Food Science.
Photography is a hobby I really enjoy.

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