Profession: Professor with tenure of Ecology ('Aquatic Ecosystems with emphasis on Algae') in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Department of Ecology & Systematics.
Professor Emeritus (2015-).
Head in Greek Institutions
- Department of Ecology and Systematics, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens, Greece (1992-2014).
- Botanical Museum of the Athens University (1992-2014).
- Botanical Garden of the Athens University (2005-2014).
- Faculty of Biology, University of Athens (Deputy Chairperson, 1997-1999).
- Faculty of Biology, University of Athens (President, 2005-2007).
among others
- 'Societas Internationalis Limnologiae' (SIL, National Representative).
- 'International Society of Diatom Research' (Vice President 2000-2002, Elected President 2002-2004, Past President 2004-2006).
Participation (as invited speaker) in many International Scientific Congresses, Seminars, Working groups and Limnological - Phycological Excursions.
Participation (as coordinator or scientific responsible) in many funded Research Programs (see Projects).
among many others, in the International Journals: Hydrobiologia, Algological Studies, Diatom Research, Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Advances in Limnology, European Journal of Phycology, PlosOne.
Selected Referee: among others, in volumes of International Symposia. Recentionist in International Journals, e.g. Archiv für Hydrobiologie, Journal of Phycology.
Selected Reviewer: among others, in many European Research Programs, e.g. Grant Agency of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Research Committee of FAFS (Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences) in AUB (American University of Beirut, Lebanon).
- Greek Foundation of Fellowships.
- Max-Planck-Gesellaschaft Fellowship (Germany).
- University of Copenhagen (Denmark).
- 'Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst' Fellowship (DAAD, Germany).
- Bulgarian Ministry of Education.
- Berlin Humboldt University.
VISIT AND STAY (1972-1988)
- Biological Institute of the University of Zagreb, after an invitation by Prof. A. Jurilj.
- Institute of Botany and Microbiology of the Technical University of Zagreb, after an invitation by Prof. Pavletic.
- 'Max-Planck Gesellshaft' Institute of Limnology, Plön (Holstein), Germany (Prof. J. Overbeck).
- Department of Aquatic Botany and Phycology, Botanical Institute of the Czechoslovakian Academy of Sciences at Trebon (Prof. J. Komarek).
- Department of Botany, Museum of Natural Sciences of Hungary in Budapest (Dr. M. Hajos).
- Institute of Hygiene, University of Kopenhagen (Dr. Fjerdingstad).
- Botanical Museum in Berlin (Prof. J. Gerloff, Prof. U. Geissler).
- Institute of Marine Research, Bremerhafen (Dr. R. Simonsen).
- Museum of Natural History in Budapest - Biological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Hungary (Dr. M. Hajos).
- Milano (as the Greek representative of the EU group on ‘Ecological Effects of Freshwater Pollution’).
- Institute of Waste Biotechnology, University of Karlsruhe (Prof. L. Hartman).
- Institute of Systematic Botany and Phytogeography of the University of Sofia (Prof. D. Temniskova-Topalova).
- Institute of Marine Phytoplankton, Hydrobiological Station of Varna (Dr. Vera Petrova).
- Institute of Botany of the University at Plovdiv (Prof. D.Vodenicarov).
- Institute of Plant Cytology and Anatomy of the University of Copenhagen (Prof. T. Christensen, Prof. J. Kristiansen).
- Botany Institute of the Royal Holloway College of London (Prof. J. Dodge).
- Department of Botany in the University of Bristol, U.K. (Prof. F. Round).
- Humboldt University of Berlin (Prof. J. Kohl).
PARTICIPATION (1988-2022) (as invited speaker)
- in many International Scientific Congresses, seminars, working groups and limnological - phycological excursions in the framework of various research projects
(see projects).