Menelaos Stavrinides, Assistant Professor
Group leader CV I received a BSc in Agriculture from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, and an MSc in Biological Control from Imperial College, London. I continued my studies in the US where I obtained an MS and PhD in Environmental Science from the University of California, Berkeley. I carried out postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley and taught undergraduate courses in Ecology and Biology at the same university. I worked as a researcher at both the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Agricultural Research Institute of Cyprus. I am currently an Assistant Professor at the Cyprus University of Technology, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science. |
Vassilis Litskas
Ecowinery Project Genomite Project CV My background is agronomy, natural resources management and agricultural Engineering and I am a post-doctoral researcher at the Sustainable Agriculture Group since March 2015. I have participated in the project “Genomite: New generation sustainable tools to control emerging mite pests under climate change”. My research is targeted on modelling the effects of climate change on phytophagous and predatory spider mites, focusing on the impact on biological control. I also work on the determination of greenhouse emissions from agriculture and environmental footprinting. I have worked on various research projects funded from public and private organizations in Greece, Cyprus and the EU under the theme of Sustainable Agriculture and Protection of the Environment. I teach agrometeorology, hydrology and water resources management, environmental impact assessment, agricultural machinery and equipment in undergraduate university students. |
Antonis Chrysargyris
PlantSafe Project Chrysargyris Antonios is a biologist (B.Sc.), graduated from Department of Biology, University of Crete, where he also obtained his master degree (M.Sc.). He holds a Ph.D. degree from Cyprus University of Technology (CUT), from the Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science, on aromatic and medicinal plants, plant secondary metabolites, quality and nutritional value of medicinal plants, essential oils and hydroponic cultivations. His main research interests are the aromatic/medicinal plants cultivation and mineral needs, their nutritional and mineral value, essential oils applications as insecticides/repellents, as antibacterial and antioxidant agents or as sanitizers in fresh produce. He works as a research associate in CUT since 2013 and as post-doctoral researcher since 2017. He has worked in numerous National and European projects: HYDROFLIES, SALTAROMA, VITISMART, AGROLABS, OPTI-BIOCHAR, RELIVE-WASTE. Currently he works for the PLANTSAFE project, focusing on the applications of essential oils as pesticides and/or plant growth promoting compounds. |
Giorgos Michailides
PlantSafe Project CV Georgios Michaelides is an agronomist (B.Sc.), graduated from the Faculty of Agriculture, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He holds a Ph.D. in Ecology and Biodiversity from University of Cyprus, from the Department of Biological Sciences. His main research interests include the biological control of agricultural pests and the insecticide resistance development of insects. He is currently a research associate at Cyprus University of Technology (PlantSafe Project). |
Past MSc students
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