ΙΙΙ. SABBATICALS - DISTINCTIONS - CHAIRS

• 1984: Academic visitor at the Department of Applied Biology, UWIST, University of Cardiff, U.K. (2 months)

• 1987 - 1988: Academic visitor at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, U.K. (12 months)

• 1990 - 1991: Academic visitor at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, U.K. (4 months)

• 1992: Special National Correspondent of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development of the EU on issues of risks using GMOs

• 1992 – 1993: Academic visitor at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, U.K. (4 months)

• 1994 – 1996: Academic visitor at the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, U.K. (3 months)

• 2002 – 2008: Member of the Scientific Advisor Board of the Hellenic Food Authority (EFET) of the Hellenic Ministry of Development

• 2007 – to date: Member of the evaluation committee for the postgraduate scholarships Hellenic State Scholarships Foundation

Reviewer/Expert Funding Organizations:

Evaluator for the Ministry of Agriculture  (1997)

 Evaluator for the “IV Framework Programme for RTD and demonstration” of the European Union  (1997)

 Evaluator for the General Secretariat of Research and Technology of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Technology (1997)

Evaluator for the Research Program “EPET II” of the General Secretariat of Research and Technology (1998)

Expert-Evaluateur (98/C385A/02) V Framework Programme of the European Union  (1999)

Evaluator for the basic research programs of the “Universite Libre de Bruxelles” (1999)

Evaluator for the Research Program “Protagoras” of the General Secretariat of Research and Technology (2004)

Evaluator for the Research Program “Pythagoras” of the General Secretariat of Research and Technology (2005)

Organizer of Scientific Conferences/Chairs:

Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committee of the international Congress “Biotechnology in Greek business”  (1993 Athens, Greece)

 Chair of the Organizing and Scientific Committee of the international Congress “Bacterial Genetics and Ecology” (BAGECO-5)  (1996 Athens, Greece)

 Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committee of the international Congress “6th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology” (BAGECO-6) (1997 Florence, Italy)

Member of the Scientific Committee of the international Congress “International Symposium The Olive’s Wastes” (1997 Kalamata, Greece)

Chair of the Organizing and Scientific Committee of the international Congress “11th International Symposium on the Biology of Actinomycetes” (ISBA-11)  (1999, Herakleion, Greece)

Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committee of the international Congress “2nd Balkan Conference of Microbiology” (2001 Thessaloniki, Greece)

Member of the Organizing Committee of the international Congress “Chemistry and Biology of Marine Organisms” (2003 Kolimbari, Greece)

Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committee of the international Congress “8th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology” (BAGECO-8) (2005 Lyon, France)

Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committee of the national Congress “Biosciences in the 21th century” (2006 Athens, Greece)

Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committee of the international Congress “9th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology” (BAGECO-9) (2007 Wernigerode, Germany)

Chair of the Organizing and Scientific Committee of the 2nd international of the scientific initiative “Microbiokosmos” (2009 Athens, Greece)

Member of the Organizing and Scientific Committee of the international Congress “10th Symposium on Bacterial Genetics and Ecology” (BAGECO-10) (2009 Uppsala, Sweden)

Member of the Organizing Committee of the international Congress “XXXIII International Congress on Microbial Ecology and Disease” (SOMED) (2010 at sea, Greece)

Chair of the Organizing and Scientific Committee of the international Congress “Bacterial Genetics and Ecology” (BAGECO-11) (2011 Corfu, Greece)

Reviewer for the following Scientific Journals:

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek  (Springer)

 Biodegradation  (Springer)

 Egyptian Journal of Botany 

 FEMS Microbiology Ecology (Elsevier)

Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology (Springer)

Naturwissenschaften  (Kluwer Academic Publishers B.V.)

Pest Management Science (Society of Chemical Industry)

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology (Springer)

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (Springer)