2016 – |
Professor in Botany and Ecology |
| Department of Biology, Division of Plant Biology, Laboratory of Botany, University of Patras, Greece | |
| ▪ Education / training in biodiversity and ecology of the Mediterranean in undergraduate and postgraduate programme studies
▪ Research in all types of ecosystems |
2009 – 2016 |
Professor in Botany and Ecology |
| Faculty of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Ioannina/University of Patras (from 2013 onwards), Greece | |
| ▪ Education / training in biodiversity and ecology of the Mediterranean in undergraduate and postgraduate programme studies
▪ Research in all types of ecosystems ▪ Administration duties and leadership of the Faculty |
2005 – 2009 |
Associate Professor in Botany and Ecology |
| Faculty of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Ioannina, Greece | |
| ▪ Education / training in biodiversity and ecology of the Mediterranean in undergraduate and postgraduate programme studies
▪ Research in all types of ecosystems ▪ Administration duties and leadership of the Faculty |
2000 – 2005 |
Assistant professor |
| Faculty of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Ioannina, Greece | |
| ▪ Education / training in biodiversity and ecology of the Mediterranean in undergraduate and postgraduate programme studies
▪ Research in all types of ecosystems |
1996 – 2000 |
Post-doctoral researcher at the Section of Botany |
| Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece | |
| ▪ 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; |
1993 – 1996 |
Post-doctoral researcher |
| Botanical Institute, Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece | |
| ▪ Analysis, description and evaluation of biodiversity at species and community level; vegetation ecology of Greece and the Mediterranean; vegetation and flora databases
▪ 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; |
1988 – 1993 |
Post-graduate at the Botanical Institute |
| Department of Biology, University of Patras, Greece | |
| ▪ Analysis, description and evaluation of biodiversity at species and community level; vegetation ecology of Greece and the Mediterranean; vegetation and flora databases |
2000 – 2022 |
Scientific Coordinator of more than 35 European and National funded projects on nature conservation and management of habitat types and species within and outside the NATURA 2000 sites network |
| Faculty of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Ioannina, Greece
Faculty of Environmental and Natural Resources Management, University of Patras, Greece Faculty of Biology, Division of Plant Biology, Laboratory of Botany, University of Patras, Greece |
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| ▪ Analysis, description and evaluation of biodiversity at species and community level; vegetation ecology of Greece and the Mediterranean; vegetation and flora databases;
▪ 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; ▪ Monitoring of plant species and habitat types; ▪ Contribution to Article 17 (Dir. 92/43/EEC) reporting on the conservation status assessment of species and habitat types of Greece and Cyprus; ▪ Conservation management of species and habitat types as chairman of the Management Body of the Northern Pindos National Park; ▪ 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; ▪ 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. |