Professor Nikolaos E. Labrou received his BSc degree in Chemistry from the University of Patras, Greece (1987-1991) and his PhD in Enzyme Biotechnology from the AUA (1992-1996). He has conducted post-graduate studies in Regulatory Affairs (University of California San Diego, USA) and postdoctoral research, as Marie Curie fellow, in Biochemistry and Molecular biology (Leeds University, UK, 1996-1998). He is currently full Professor, Director of the Enzyme Technology Lab and co-founder of the biotech company EnzyCeuticals (http://enzyceuticals.eu/). His research takes place where molecular enzymology and synthetic biotechnology meet and covers aspects of the entire range from pure to applied science. Dr Labrou has authored more than 200 peer-reviewed articles (>7,100 citations, H-index 45) in leading international journals, 40 book chapters and has edited the publication of six books (Springer, USA).