Name
Theodore John Abatzopoulos (Initials: T.J. Abatzopoulos)
Address
Department of Genetics, Development and Molecular Biology
Faculty of Sciences
Aristotle University
of Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki 541 24
Greece
Telephone
0030 2310 998301 (office)
FAX
0030 2310 998256
E-Mail
abatzop@bio.auth.gr
Place of Birth
Thessaloniki,
Greece
Citizenship
Greek
Studies
Diploma:
PhD
Thesis:
Post Doc and Sabbatical
4.5 years in laboratories of
Belgium and UK (Wales).
a) Major supervisor: 12 PhD
and
8 MSc students
b) Internal supervisor:
15
PhD and
10 MSc students.
c) MSc and PhD supervisory
committees: 18 students
d) Honours supervisor -
67
students
Research Interests
Population Genetics,
Speciation, Taxonomy and Molecular Ecology focusing on brine and freshwater
Anostraca and other marine organisms. Use of molecular markers in basic and
applied aquaculture research.
Research Projects
21 national and international
research projects (scientific responsible/coordinator in 6 of them). Total
budget over 1.8 million EUROs.
Reviewer
in 63 peer-reviewed journals (reviewed papers: over 300),
member of the editorial board in two SCI journal, editor-in-chief
in one
SCI journal (BMC, Springer) and invited chief-editor in one book
(published by Kluwer/Springer).
Publications
75
peer-reviewed articles, invited author to 2 book chapters on crustacean
biology and more than 140 communications at National and
International scientific meetings, Symposia and Workshops.
Citations
Over 1300 by other authors.
Member of Scientific
societies: 10
Administration:
Member of the
University Senate: 1995-1997 and 2005-2006.
Member of
the MSc Committee (School of Biology) 1995-2000.
Head of the Department: 2006-2007.