Director of the Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Bioinformatics

Dr. Themistoklis Giannoulis is an Associate Professor at the Department of Animal Production Science of the University of Thessaly and Director of the Laboratory of Biology, Genetics and Bioinformatics. He holds a PhD from the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology of the same University, specializing in Molecular and Evolutionary Genetics. His research interests focus on genomics and genetic improvement of animal organisms, biodiversity, conservation biology, fertility genetics and the impacts of climate change on animal production. He has participated in and coordinated numerous national and international research programs, while he has a rich writing career with over 50 publications in international peer-reviewed journals. He has extensive teaching experience at undergraduate and graduate levels in the fields of Genetics, Biology, Ecology and Biotechnology, and has supervised undergraduate and graduate student theses.