About me
Kostas is a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Ecology and Systematics, Faculty of Biology in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, working with Ass. Prof. Kostas A. Triantis and Ass. Prof. Aristeidis Parmakelis UAMECO lab.
He is a quantitative ecologist and plant taxonomist. His research interests span from investigating island and mountain biogeographical and biodiversity patterns to assessing the effects of climate and land-use change on plant species distribution, with an emphasis on range-restricted species.
He is currently leading a research program dealing with the monitoring and conservation planning of the Greek endemic species facing extinction. He recently got a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation (SSF) dealing with the effects of climate change on the distributional patterns of the Greek endemic plant taxa. He collaborates closely with Prof. Panayotis Dimopoulos and the Botany lab team.
Kostas serves also as a part-time lecturer at the Department of Biology in the University of Patras, where he teaches an undergraduate macroecology course.
He enjoys working with Ass. Prof. Trigas from the Department of Crop Science in the Agricultural University of Athens and with Prof. Halley and his EcoLab team.
Interests
- Island and mountain biogeography and biodiversity
- Biodiversity and climate change
- Plant taxonomy and systematics
- Rare/endemic plant taxa monitoring, evaluation and assessment
Education
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PhD in Biodiversity and Biogeographical Patterns, 2014
University of Patras
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M.Sc. in Ecology – Management and Conservation of Natural Environment, 2009
University of Patras
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BSc in Biology, 2007
University of Patras
