Professor in Botany & Ecology at the Department of Biology, University of Patras in Greece.
Faculty member since 2000 and Professor in Botany and Ecology from 2009 to 2016 in the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management and from 2016 onwards in the Department of Biology of the University of Patras.
Vice Rector for Research and Development
Chair of the Research Committee & Special Account for Research Grants
Chair of the University Research Center of the Patras University
Chair of the Natura 2000 National Committee
Research interests and key-expertise (1990-2022)
1. biodiversity and community analysis
2. monitoring, conservation status assessment and mapping of habitat- and ecosystem- types
3. mapping and assessment of ecosystem’s condition and their ecosystem services (MAES and Ecosystem Condition assessment)
4. vegetation and flora databases
5. conservation policy and National Biodiversity Strategy
6. Action Plan for Implementation
Coordination
MAES implementation in Greece, in the frame of the approved LIFE-IP 4 Greece and other projects related to biodiversity and management of protected areas in Greece.
MAIA H2020 Project. I have participated as a lead researcher and have coordinated 40 national and 20 European research projects.
- Since 1990, I have published 139 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 135 of which are included in the ISI-Web of Science
- During the last twenty years (2001-2021), I have published 123 articles in ISI journals and in peer-reviewed non-ISI journals
- Following the Google Scholar, the 10-year h-index is ninety-nine (99) for the complete list of publications and 68 since 2017, while the total h-index is 37).
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Supervision of seven (7) completed Ph.D. theses
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Supervision of five (6) Ph.D. theses currently in progress
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Supervision of 50 completed M.Sc. theses
Personal profile
| Name: | Panayotis Dimopoulos |
| Title: | Botany and Ecology |
| Position: | Professor |
| Address: | University of Patras, Department of Biology, Division of Plant Biology, Laboratory of Botany, University Campus, 26504 Rio, Greece |
| Birth Year: | 1964 |
Milestones of (academic) career
| Oct 2016 – | Professor in Botany and Ecology, Laboratory of Botany, Division of Plant Biology, Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece |
| 2009 – 2016 | Professor in Botany and Ecology, Laboratory of Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Ioannina/University of Patras (from 2013 onwards), Greece |
| 2005 – | Associate Professor in Botany and Ecology, Laboratory of Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation, Faculty of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Ioannina, Greece |
| 2000 – 2005 | Assistant Professor, Laboratory of Ecology and Biodiversity Conservation, Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Ioannina, Greece |
| 1996 – 2000 | Researcher at the Section of Botany, Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece |
| 1993 – 1996 | Post-doctoral researcher, at the Botanical Institute, Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece |
| 1988 – 1993 | Post-graduate at the Botanical Institute, Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece |
Key research expertise
2014 – 2021
Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services at different spatial scales; ES supply, flow and demand in mountain ecosystems; Identification of ES as the core of Greece’s National Natural Capital.
2007 - 2021
Contribution to Article 17 (Dir. 92/43/EEC) reporting on the conservation status assessment of species and habitat types of Greece and Cyprus;
1992 - 2021
Analysis, description and evaluation of biodiversity at species and community level; vegetation ecology of Greece and the Mediterranean; vegetation and flora databases;
1994 - 2021
Inventory and mapping of flora and habitat types/vegetation types in protected areas for the implementation of the Dir. 92/43/EEC and creation of the Natura 2000 network in Greece and Cyprus;
2001 - 2021
Monitoring of plant species and habitat types;
2007 - 2021
Contribution to Article 17 (Dir. 92/43/EEC) reporting on the conservation status assessment of species and habitat types of Greece and Cyprus;
2003 - 2005
Conservation management of species and habitat types as chairman of the Management Body of the Northern Pindos National Park;
2003 - 2004 & 2010 - 2021
Conservation Policy and National Biodiversity Strategy – Action Plan for the Implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy in Greece, Natura 2000 network of protected areas at the national level.
Personal Skills
Communication skills |
Good communication skills gained through my participation and coordination of scientific working groups related to the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan, as well as of scientific projects on nature conservation, monitoring and management of habitats and species within the NATURA 2000 network in Greece and Cyprus |
Organisational / managerial skills |
Teams organization and coordination from 2000-2022. From 2013 to 2016 I was responsible for a team of more than 50 scientists in the frame of the coordination of two large-scale projects on surveillance, monitoring, mapping and conservation of habitat types of Community importance throughout the NATURA 2000 network in Greece and Cyprus. |
Scientific duties, service-ships
- Scientific coordinator for the edition of the National Biodiversity Strategy and the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy in Greece (Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate Change, 2013-2014)
- Coordination of the Scientific Working Group on Nature Conservation policy implementation in Greece with emphasis to the Natura 2000 ecological network (Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Climate Change, 2013-2014)
- Deputy Chair of the Natura 2000 National Committee for the Protected Areas of Greece (2010-2013)
- Chair of the Natura 2000 National Committee for the Protected Areas of Greece (2020-2023)
- Member of the Editorial Board of the International Scientific journals: Plant Sociology, Annali di Botanica, Phytocoenologia
- Reviewer for various scientific journals including: Journal of Vegetation Science, Biodiversity and Conservation, Plant Ecology, Plant Biosystems, Community Ecology, Applied Vegetation Science, Folia Geobotanica, Hydrobiologia, Willdenowia, Biologia (Bratislava), Thaisia, Botanika Chronika, Journal of Biological Research, Phytocoenologia, Journal of Applied Ecology, Landscape and Urban Planning, Fresenius Environmental Bulletin (FEB)