About the Editors

摘要

Viktor Nedovic is a full professor at the Department of Food Technology and Biochemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Belgrade (teaching subjects: biochemical engineering, bioprocess engineering, malt and beer technology). He obtained all of his academic degrees at the University of Belgrade (Faculty of Agriculture and Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy): B.Sc. in food technology, M.Sc. in biochemical engineering, and Ph.D. in biotechnical sciences. His areas of interest and research include immobilized and co-immobilized cell systems, encapsulation of active molecules and their integration in food structure, immobilization/encapsulation techniques and carriers, fermentation processes (beer, wine, bioethanol, cider, and other fruit wines), and bioreactor design. He has been coordinating or participating more than 40 national and international research and networking projects, including FP6, FP7, EUREKA, COST, SEE Transnational Cooperation, Swiss National Science Foundation SCOPES, and bilateral and TEMPUS projects. As author and coauthor, he has published over 300 original papers, book chapters, and conference papers and has served as editor of three books for the renowned scientific publishers (Kluwer and Springer). He is founder and president of the Serbian Association of Food Technologists (SAFT), coordinator of Serbian National Technology Platform "Food for Life," and member of numerous international scientific and professional organizations (EFFoST—member of the Executive Committee, EFCE Section on Food, EHEDG, ISFE, BRG, etc.). He has been a member of scientific boards of numerous international food and biotechnology congresses. He was the president of CEFood 2012 Congress. He is the initiator and organizer of the national student's competition in the creation of the eco-innovative food products, EcoTrophelia Europe, the member of EcoTrophelia Europe Jury, the organizer of the national competition for the best Ph.D. thesis in the field of food engineering and food technology, one of the initiators of the European competition, and the member of the selection committee for the best European Ph.D. thesis in aforementioned fields. Prof. Nedovid has been appointed by the Government of Republic of Serbia as assistant minister in the ministry responsible for science and innovation two times: from 2007 to 2011 and again in 2014 (ongoing activity). In that sense, he is in charge of international S&T&I cooperation and EU integration process related to research and science. His portfolio has comprised the country's association to and implementation of (at national level) the EU's Framework Programmes (FP7, Horizon 2020), national coordination of National Contact Points network, integration into European Research Area, and international bilateral, regional, and multilateral cooperation, cooperation with Joint Research Center, COST Association, Eureka, etc. He is also Priority Area 7 (Knowledge Society) coordinator of European Strategy for the Danube Region (EUSDR).