Karapatzak Eleftherios

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Karapatzak Eleftherios

Eleftherios Karapatzak (PhD, Msc)

Staff category

Academic staff

Academic rank

Assistant Professor

Scientific Field:

Evaluation and utilization of plant genetic resources

Short biography:

Dr. Eleftherios K. Karapatzak is an Agronomist, holding a master’s degree in Horticulture (School of Plant Sciences, University of Reading, UK) and a Ph.D. in Plant Physiology and Agronomy (School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, UK) conducted with a scholarship from the UK Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board. He has worked on numerous research projects at the Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, ELGO Dimitra, and at the School of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences (Democritus University of Thrace) on research deliverables related to plant physiology and reproduction of cultivated and wild-growing plants and to viticulture. He also holds extensive academic teaching experience (>15 years) in the fields of plant science and viticulture coupled with supervision of a plethora of undergraduate theses. He has worked in the private sector as an Agronomist in Greece and the United Kingdom, specializing in field experimentation. Dr. E. Karapatzak holds an extensive record of publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals (SCI) in the fields of conservation, reproduction, and agronomic evaluation of plant genetic resources, while also being a Review Editor in the scientific journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. In addition, he has experience as a Principal Investigator of research programs and has participated in numerous scientific conferences focusing on Greek plant genetic resources.

Research Interests:

‒ Agronomic evaluation through experimental cultivation

of plants (cultivated and wild germplasm).

‒ Study of vegetative growth and physiological functioning, focusing on the plant’s photosynthetic rates.

‒ Study of the flower fertilization potential of angiosperms through the evaluation of pollen viability and germination capacity in vitro and in vivo.

‒ Study of seed germination / development of sexual propagation protocols via seeds.

‒ Development of protocols for vegetative propagation using cuttings (physiology of cuttings, establishment of young plants) and division.

‒ Light microscopy – study of anatomical and morphological structures.

Curriculum Vitae (CV):

Public Profiles:

· ORCHID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4251-7908

· Web of Science Researcher ID: L-8880-2019:

(https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/L-8880-2019)

· Scopus Author Identifier: 55420739700:

(https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55420739700)

· Google scholar profile:

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IQTmLoUAAAAJ&hl=en