Dr Ilias Giannenas, DVM (2000), PhD (2004), DipECPVS (2014), Director of Laboratory of Nutrition (2018), is a veterinarian and associate Professor at the Veterinary Faculty of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2023). Formerly he served as Lecturer in the Veterinary Faculty of University of Thessaly (2006-2011) and in AUTH (2012-2018) and assistant Professor in AUTH (2018-2022). In 2017, he did sabbatical studies in Newcaste University for 3 months to study further on the interaction between dietary fibre, diet dilution and the effects on coccidiosis outcome in broiler chickens. He is particularly interested in issues of applied poultry nutrition, the use of aromatic plants, plant extracts and essential oils as alternative growth promoters or natural anticoccidials. He is co-author of 5 books, 15 book chapters and over 120 papers in refereed journals. He has been several times an invited speaker in national or international Congresses or Conferences and he has presented more than 150 Conference papers. He has been scientific responsible or member of the research group in more than 45 research projects and has established collaboration with the feed industry and companies developing feed additives. He served as reviewer in several journals, member of the editorial board in 10 international journals and evaluator for several international projects. His work has more than 3500 citations and an h index of 30.