Dimitris Skalkos is currently associate professor in food business management of innovation, at the Laboratory of Food chemistry,
Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, Greece. He has been assistant professor at The University of The Aegean, Greece,
and visiting assistant professor at The University of Toledo, Ohio, USA. Dr. Skalkos has worked as the founder, and first director of the
Business Innovation Center (BIC) of Epirus-Greece, the owner of Synthesis Consulting Ltd, the co-owner of Paskal Herbal extracts S.A. and
has worked as business consultant in more than 20 national, and international companies of various sectors of activity, mainly in the food
sector. He has also worked as project manager to various EU funding programs involved with the promotion of innovation, the innovative
pilot actions, the establishment of academic spin off companies, the food products development at the Greek regions. His research
interests currently focus on the development of all innovative aspects within the food businesses including production, processing,
organization, marketing, consumers’ motives and knowledge transfer.
