Personal

Date and place of birth: April 20th 1960, Mytilene,Lesvos, Greece

Other Languages: English

Education -Career

1984-1990: Ph.D. Ecology, University of Athens, Department of Biology. 1978-1983: B.S.Biology, University of Athens, Department of Biology.

Academic Appointments

2010-present: Associate Professor University of Athens, Department of Biology 2001-2010: Assistant Professor, University of Athens, Department of Biology. 1992-2001: Lecturer, University of Athens, Department of Biology.

Research interests

Physiological and Ecological Adaptations of Reptiles and Land Snails in Mediterranean type ecosystems: Life history startegies, thermal biology, feeding strategies,adapations in extreme enviroments, metabolism , predation, parasitology, antipredatory strategies comparison between taxa.

Island biogeography and animal adaptations in islands: Differentiation of animals in the island ecosystems, survival strategies, endemism.

Conservation biology: Conservation physiology, immunoecology, conservation of endemic species.

Phylogeny of  Lacertidae: Phylogeny and physiological adaptations

Comparative morphology of animals (inclunding Human)