Maria Nikolantonaki is a Wine Chemist born and raised in Crete, Greece, and received her
undergraduate training in Agricultural Sciences with specialization in Viticulture and Enology
in 2005 from the Aristotle University (Thessaloniki, Greece). She then moved to Bordeaux
and joined the ISVV where she obtained her National Diploma of Enology (DNO), MS in
enology and a PhD in wine chemistry in winter 2010. During her PhD under the supervision
of Pr. P. Darriet investigated the chemical mechanism involved in sauvignon blanc aroma
stability. After graduation, Dr. Maria Nikolantonaki conducted research in the laboratory of
Pr. Andrew Waterhouse at UC-Davis in wine oxidation. Since fall 2013, she integrated the
IUVV team at the University of Burgundy in Dijon and run research in wine’s oxidative
stability.