KORMAS KONSTANTINOS, PROFESSOR

Subject: Microbial ecology of the aquatic environment

Konstantinos Kormas leads the Microbial Communities and Habitats in Aquatic Environments Laboratory (MiCHAEL). The team’s research interests focus on the diversity and ecological role of prokaryotes and unicellular eukaryotes in the aquatic environment, with special emphasis on the associations and interactions of symbiotic microorganisms with aquatic animals. MiCHAEL work includes field and laboratory work in marine and freshwater systems, with specialty on molecular approaches including genomics and metagenomics. He is the author/co-author of 115 peer-reviewed papers, 9 book chapters and one book in Greek (“Ecology of aquatic microorganisms”). He is currently involved in two H2020 and 3 national research projects. His published works have received more than 2500 citations (SCOPUS, excluding self-citations) and his h-index is 30.

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Email: kkormas@uth.gr

Phone: +30.24210.93082