Personal information

First name/ Surname: Hercules (Iraklis) Sakkas

Nationality: Greek – Australian

Place of Birth: Coburg, VIC, Australia

Address: Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, P.O BOX 1186, 45110 Ioannina, Greece

Telephone: +30 26510 07769

Email: isakkas@uoi.gr

Webpages: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hercules_Sakkas

Education and training

1992-1999: Doctor of Medical Science (MD), Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Greece.

2002-2007: PhD in Microbiology, University of Ioannina, Greece.

2004-2008: Medical Microbiology Specialty Training ( including 2 years Medical Microbiology, 1 year Haematology, 1 year Biochemistry, 1 year Pathology), University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece.

Sabbaticals

-- Visiting senior research fellow, Institut fur Medizinische Parasitologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms Universitat, Bonn, Germany (1999) - 5 months

-- Visiting senior research fellow, Applied Environmental Microbiology, Department of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia (2017) - 6 months

Work experience

Current professional status: Assistant Professor, Microbiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Greece.

Teaching:

· Clinical Microbiology (Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina)

· Food Microbiology and Hygiene (Faculty of Biological Applications and Technologies, University of Ioannina)

· Food Microbiology and Hygiene (Faculty Medicine, University of Ioannina)

· Food Microbiology (Post-graduate programme, Faculty of Medicine, University of Patras)

· Microbiology (2015-2016, Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences, University of Ioannina)

· Applied Microbiology (Post-graduate programme in “Basic Biomedical Sciences”, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ioannina)

Research interests

· Detection of bacterial and protozoan foodborne and waterborne pathogens

· Antimicrobial resistance

· Vector-borne diseases

· Antimicrobial activity of natural compounds

National / International collaboration and funding

“Detection of Cryptosporidium and Giardia in surface and drinking waters in NW Greece”. Funded by Research and Technology Secretariat, Ministry of Industry, within the German-Greek collaboration programs (1998).

“Monitoring the microbiological and chemical pollution of the surface and ground waters in NW Greece”. Fur through the Epirus Prefecture by the EU projects on Environment (1999).

“Monitoring the microbiological quality of food offered by the university restaurants”. Funded by the University of Ioannina Rector Office (from1999).

“In vitro study of the antimicrobial effect of certain essential oils”, Hrakleitos project (2004).

Scientific societies

German Greek Academy for Biοmedical Research

European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

The Australian Society for Microbiology

Hellenic Microbiological Society

hellenic Society of Clinical Microbiology and Laboratory Diagnosis

Society of Medical Biopathology of NW Greece

Hellenic One Health Society

Greek Medical Society

Medical Society of Ioannina

Referee in 15 international peer-reviewed scientific journals