Dr Vassilis Kontogiorgos

Honorary Associate Professor

School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability
Faculty of Science

Overview

Dr. Kontogiorgos has received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Food Science from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece). A full scholarship was then awarded from the Greek State Scholarships Foundation (I.K.Y) for Ph.D. studies in Food Science at the University of Guelph (Canada). After his Ph.D. degree, he worked as an NSERC research fellow at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Canada). Following that post, he worked as academic at the Department of Biological Sciences of the University of Huddersfield (UK) before joining the School of Agriculture and Food Sciences at the University of Queensland. Dr. Kontogiorgos research interests are focused in the area of polysaccharide characterisation and physical chemistry of food macromolecules, gels, and colloidal systems. Currently, he is working on the physical, chemical and technological properties of soluble and insoluble fibres extracted from agricultural wastes. Dr Kontogiorgos is Associate Editor of Food Hydrocolloids and Associate Editor of Food Biophysics.

Research Interests

  • Isolation and characterisation of polysaccharides
    Isolation and characterisation of polysaccharides from agricultural wastes with a view to incorporate them into foods as functional ingredients or use them as advanced biomaterials.
  • Interfacial arrangement of polysaccharides
    Arrangement of polysaccharides at the oil-water interface to create bioactive delivery systems.
  • Nutritional improvement of cereal-based foods
    Design of cereal-based foods as a vehicle for dietary fibre delivery

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, University of Guelph
  • Postgraduate Diploma, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Publications

  • Sunanta, Piyachat, Rose Sommano, Sarana, Luiten, Cara A., Ghofrani, Mahdieh, Sims, Ian M., Bell, Tracey J., Carnachan, Susan M., Hinkley, Simon F.R. and Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2024). Fractionation and characterisation of pectin-rich extracts from garlic biomass. Food Chemistry, 436 137697, 137697. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2023.137697

  • Hay, Thomas Owen, Kontogiorgos, Vassillis, Thompson, Suzanne, Nastasi, Joseph Robert and Fitzgerald, Melissa (2024). A new hydrocolloid to rival gum Arabic: Characterisation of a traditional food gum from australian Acacia cambagei. Food Hydrocolloids, 153 110003, 110003. doi: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2024.110003

  • Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2024). Browning Reactions. Introduction to Food Chemistry. (pp. 103-115) Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-53558-1_5

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Available Projects

  • Isolation and characterisation of polysaccharides from agricultural wastes with a view to incorporate them into foods as functional ingredients or use them as advanced biomaterials.

  • Arrangement of polysaccharides at the oil-water interface to create bioactive delivery systems.

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Publications

Book

Book Chapter

  • Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2024). Browning Reactions. Introduction to Food Chemistry. (pp. 103-115) Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-53558-1_5

  • Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2024). Carbohydrates. Introduction to Food Chemistry. (pp. 19-45) Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-53558-1_2

  • Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2024). Colour Chemistry. Introduction to Food Chemistry. (pp. 131-146) Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-53558-1_7

  • Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2024). Flavour Chemistry. Introduction to Food Chemistry. (pp. 147-162) Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-53558-1_8

  • Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2024). Lipids. Introduction to Food Chemistry. (pp. 85-102) Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-53558-1_4

  • Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2024). Proteins-Enzymes. Introduction to Food Chemistry. (pp. 47-83) Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-53558-1_3

  • Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2024). Vitamins-Minerals-Additives. Introduction to Food Chemistry. (pp. 117-129) Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-53558-1_6

  • Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2024). Water. Introduction to Food Chemistry. (pp. 1-17) Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-53558-1_1

  • Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2023). Hydrocolloids as Texture Modifiers. Food Texturology: Measurement and Perception of Food Textural Properties. (pp. 421-435) Cham: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-41900-3_20

  • Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2021). Stabilisers. Encyclopedia of dairy sciences. (pp. 689-694) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-818766-1.00321-4

  • Alba, Katerina and Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2021). Techniques for the chemical and physicochemical characterization of polysaccharides. Handbook of Hydrocolloids. (pp. 27-74) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-820104-6.00026-7

  • Alba, Katerina and Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2020). Emulsification properties of pectin. Pectin: technological and physiological properties. (pp. 83-97) Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-53421-9_5

  • Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2018). Galactomannans (guar, locust bean, fenugreek, tara). Encyclopedia of Food Chemistry. (pp. 109-113) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-100596-5.21589-8

  • Alba, Katerina and Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2018). Seaweed polysaccharides (agar, alginate carrageenan). Encyclopedia of Food Chemistry. (pp. 240-250) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-100596-5.21587-4

  • Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2017). Thermal transitions, mechanical relaxations and microstructure of hydrated gluten networks. Glass transition and phase transitions in food and biological materials. (pp. 207-223) edited by Jasim Ahmed. Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/9781118935682.ch8

  • Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2014). Polysaccharide nanostructures. Edible nanostructures: a bottom-up approach. (pp. 41-68) edited by Alejandro Marangoni and David Pink. United Kingdom: Royal Society of Chemistry.

  • Kontogiorgos, Vassilis (2010). Calculation of relaxation spectra from stress relaxation measurements. Biopolymers. (pp. 495-508) London, United Kingdom: IntechOpen. doi: 10.5772/10275

Journal Article

Conference Publication

  • Ma, Jiaojiao, Zhang, Hao, Shi, Zhanqun, Kontogiorgos, Vasileios, Gu, Fengshou and Ball, Andrew (2018). Vibration analysis of journal bearings under water contaminated lubrication. 24th International Conference on Automation and Computing (ICAC), Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, 6-7 September 2018. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.23919/IConAC.2018.8749016

  • Alba, K. and Kontogiorgos, V. (2016). Coarsening mechanisms of alkane-in-water okra pectin stabilized emulsions. 18th Gums and Stabilisers for the Food Industry Conference, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, 23-26 June 2015. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Royal Society of Chemistry. doi: 10.1039/9781782623830-00110

  • Alba, K., Kontogiorgos, V., Georgiadis, N. and Ritzoulis, C. (2014). Okra extracts as emulsifiers for acidic emulsions. 17th Gums and Stabilisers for the Food Industry Conference, Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom, 25-28 June 2013. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Royal Society of Chemistry. doi: 10.1039/9781782621300-00238

  • Agbenorhevi, J. K., Kontogiorgos, V. and Kasapis, S. (2012). Phase behavior of β-glucan/sodium caseinate mixtures varying in molecular weight. 16th Gums and Stabilisers for the Food Industry Conference, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 28 June-1 July 2011. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Royal Society of Chemistry. doi: 10.1039/9781849734554-00133

  • Kontogiorgos, Vassilis and Kasapis, Stefan (2010). Numerical computation of relaxation spectra from mechanical measurements in biopolymers. Royal Society of Chemistry.

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

Possible Research Projects

Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.

  • Isolation and characterisation of polysaccharides from agricultural wastes with a view to incorporate them into foods as functional ingredients or use them as advanced biomaterials.

  • Arrangement of polysaccharides at the oil-water interface to create bioactive delivery systems.