Faculty & Invited Speakers
15 permanent academics across the Departments of Sustainable Agriculture and Food Science & Technology, joined by 10 internationally renowned guest speakers from world-leading research institutions.
Programme faculty — University of Patras
Permanent staff of the two co-operating Departments, contributing across the curriculum and supervising the Master’s dissertation.
Georgios Tsiamis
Professor
Environmental Microbiology · insect gut microbiome, systems microbiology, applied genomics and metagenomics.
Panagiota Stathopoulou
Assistant Professor
Biotechnology in Sustainable Agriculture · microbial communities, plant–microbe interactions.
Anastasios Zotos
Associate Professor
Wetland vegetation, plant adaptation and productivity of agro-ecosystems under abiotic stress conditions.
Ioannis Kokkoris
Assistant Professor
Natural capital, plant biodiversity and ecosystem services · biodiversity assessment and mapping.
Georgia Antonopoulou
Associate Professor
Engineering and design of sustainable bioprocesses · biogas, biofuels, anaerobic digestion.
Maria Antonopoulou
Associate Professor
Pollution control and environmental-protection technologies · advanced oxidation processes.
Athanasia Tekerlekopoulou
Associate Professor
Environmental engineering · biological processes for drinking water and wastewater.
Aris Giannakas
Associate Professor
Chemical technology · nanostructure applications in food technology and packaging.
Nikolaos Andritsos
Assistant Professor
Food Safety · foodborne pathogens, predictive microbiology, quality assurance.
Ioannis Karabagias
Assistant Professor
Food Chemistry · chemical characterisation, authenticity, bioactive compounds.
Grigorios Beligiannis
Professor
Intelligent Information Systems · AI, machine learning, evolutionary computation.
Olga Malisova
Assistant Professor
Nutrition · the relationship between diet and human health, dietary biomarkers.
Georgios Styliaras
Associate Professor
Multimedia Systems · digital learning environments, educational technology.
Vasileios Triantafyllidis
Associate Professor
Soil and water resource pollution in cultivated soils · impact on native flora.
Georgios Tsirogiannis
Associate Professor
Modelling, optimisation, big data · data-driven decision support.
Additional teaching staff
Faculty from other Departments of the University of Patras contributing to the programme’s teaching.
Nikolaos Karamanos
Professor
Biochemistry · matrix pathobiology, glycobiology and proteoglycans of the extracellular matrix in health and cancer.
Achilleas Theocharis
Professor
Biochemistry · proteoglycans, matrix metalloproteinases and extracellular-matrix remodelling in cancer and disease.
Dimitrios Loukovitis
Associate Professor
Applied Genetics and Animal Genetic Improvement · population genetics, DNA barcoding and molecular species identification in aquaculture and fisheries.
Konstantinos Feidantsis
Professor
Conservation Physiology of Animals · Physiological, Metabolic, and Molecular Mechanisms of Adaptation to Multiple Environmental Stressors.
Evangelos Giannakopoulos
Associate Professor
Physics of Agro-ecosystems · fate, transport and ecotoxicity of aquatic environmental pollutants; physicochemical processes and environmental modelling.
Eirini Karanastasi
Associate Professor
Plant Protection · pests and diseases of plants, with emphasis on nematode worms.
Maria Papadaki
Professor
Environmental Chemistry and Environmental Processes · chemical processes, pollution control and process safety in environmental systems.
International partner professors
Professors from the programme’s international partner universities.
Prof. Soumaya Kouidhi
University of Manouba, Tunisia
Prof. Amor Mosbah
University of Manouba, Tunisia
Prof. Amal Maurady
University of Abdelmalek Essaâdi, Morocco
International invited speakers
Distinguished researchers contributing guest lectures and seminars across the curriculum, in English.
Prof. Marc Schetelig
University of Giessen, Germany
Prof. Brian Weiss
Yale University, USA
Prof. Matthias Hess
UC Davis, USA
Prof. Geoffrey Attardo
UC Davis, USA
Prof. Daniele Daffonchio
University of Torino, Italy
Prof. Guido van den Ackerveken
Wageningen University, Netherlands
Dr Nikos Kyrpides
Berkeley Lab, Joint Genome Institute, USA
Prof. Vassilis Promponas
University of Cyprus
Prof. Ramona Marasco
KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Martin Weih
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala