Prof. Dr. Dimitris L. Bouranis, born December 8, 1958 in Piraeus, Greece. MSc in Crop Science at the Agricultural University in Athens, Greece, MSc in Chemical Engineering at the Technical University in Athens, Ph.D. in Plant Physiology at the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. Professor of Plant Physiology in the Crop Science Department at the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. Vice President of The International Scientific Centre for Fertilizers (CIEC) in Shenyang, P.R. China.