Research Projects

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Research projects prior to the appointment in NKUA

1993-1994: "Study for the ecological management of Chrysi island". Region of Crete, 1996.

1995-1998: "Gavdos: Natural environment and civilization of an island on the tip of Europe". Ministry of Environment, 1996.

1998: "Protection and management of the Rodopi mountain", Region of Drama, 1999.

2000: "Species of South Aegean endangered due to their economic exploitation". European Programme Archi-Med, Action 2.1.

2004: "Assessing the genetic population structure of two sympatric Mastus populations through the use of microsatellite and mtDNA markers. Is natural selection acting upon molecules and morphology in the same way?" Department of Ecology and Evolution of Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main. DAAD Fellowship.

2003-2005: "Molecular analysis of the origin and colonization of Crete by extinct giant and dwarf deer". Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of the University of Yale, Peabody Museum of Natural History, Natural History Museum of Crete and Department of Biology of the University of Crete collaboration project. Niarchos Public Benefit Foundation.

2005-2006: "The effect of habitat fragmentation on the genetic structure of populations: a comparative approach using four species of isopods with different ecological requirements". University of Patras, Greece. Pythagoras II Fellowship.

Research projects following the appointment in NKUA

2006-2008: "Identification of genes controlling the innate immune response in mosquitoes infected with the malaria parasite, Plasmodium". Marie Curie Fellowship, Yale University-University of Crete.

2008-2009: "Biodiversity hot-spot North Africa – effects of glacial-interglacial cycles on species richness: The radiation of the Buthus species". Participation as collaborators in the research project of the Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle Luxembourg.

2009-2010: "Patterns of selection in immunity genes related with malaria, in species of the Anopheles gambiae complex". Kapodistrias grant, Research Secretariat of the University of Athens.

2010-2013: "Predicting extinctions on islands: integrating ecology and conservation genetics in a multi-scale assessment". Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal.

2010-2013: "Predicting extinction risk in island endemics: a multi-scale assessment". Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal.

2010-2011: "The genetic differentiation of the mitochondrial genome and its co-evolution with the nuclear genome as a speciation mechanism in the terrestrial snails of Greece". John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation.

2012-2014: "Biodiversity on oceanic islands: towards a unified theory". Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal.

2012-2013: "Species on the brink of extinction". John S. Latsis Public Benefit Foundation.

2014-2016: "Sequencing the transcriptome of Helix aspersa". Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation.

2014-2015: "Molecular population genomics of the dengue mosquito, Aedes aegypti". 2014 Fulbright Research Scholar Grant (Yale University).

2018-2021: “Species on the brink of extinction”. Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI).

2020-2023: “Ecological success beyond the genome: Linking adaptive potential with habitat connectivity". Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI).