Dr Dermiki graduated as a Chemical Engineer from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and got an MSc in Food Science and Nutrition in the University of Ioannina before she moved to UK to conduct research towards her PhD in Food Biosciences in the University of Reading. While pursuing her PhD she had the opportunity to visit research labs in other Universities such as Brunel University in UK and Universita Cattolica di Sacro Cuore in Piacenza in Italy. She has gained experience in product development and sensory evaluation while conducting her post doctoral research in University of Reading in collaboration with Royal Berkshire hospital and when working in the R&D department of a food company in Greece. She also gained research experience in dairy science and enzymatic modification of proteins while conducting postdoctoral research in the University of Limerick and the Dairy Processing Technology Centre. She had completed an MA in Education and Wellbeing of the Older Person in Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, before she joined IT Sligo as a lecturer at the Faculty of Science.