Anastasia Ktenioudaki is a lecturer in the Department of Land Sciences at South East Technological University. Anastasia has led multidisciplinary research projects in academia and industry. She has recently completed a Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska Curie global fellowship at University College Dublin and University of South Florida, USA, focusing on an innovative systems approach to address existing agri-food supply chain waste. She obtained a PhD in Biosystems Engineering from University College Dublin in 2008, which assessed novel rheological and physical/chemical techniques for wheat quality evaluation. Previous studies include an MSc in Biosystems Engineering from UCD and a BSc in Agriculture from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. Since graduating Anastasia has worked in multidisciplinary research projects as a research officer and post-doctoral researcher at Teagasc Food research Centre, Ashtown; and had the opportunity to lead NPD and research projects in her previous role as a senior research and development scientist at Kerry Global Technology and Innovation Centre, Ireland.