Biography

Vasileios Fotopoulos is Associate Professor in Structural and Functional Plant Biology and head of the CUT Plant Stress Physiology Group established in 2008. His main scientific research focuses on the study of nitro-oxidative signalling cascades involved in the plant’s response to stress factors, while emphasis is being given in the development of chemical, biological and Nanotechnological priming technologies towards the amelioration of abiotic stress factors and promotion of plant growth. Relevant research has resulted in the publication of a patent and the provisional filing of a second one. In addition, he is involved in research studying plant secondary metabolism and antioxidant responses in fruit crops during ripening. To date, Dr Fotopoulos is the author of 71 scientific articles published in SCI journals (h-index=27; Source: Scopus), as well as 7 book chapters. He has been assigned to evaluate competitive research proposals from different countries (France, Belgium, Poland, Chile, Latvia, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Israel, Qatar, Austria, Cyprus, Denmark), EU proposals (EUROSTARS), while he is an active Review Panel Member for COST Actions (EU) in the field of ‘Natural Sciences’. He has also carried out several invited presentations at a number of International Conferences. Finally, he has acted as examiner of MSc theses/PhD dissertations from Italy, South Africa, Greece and The Netherlands. Editor's Personal Website

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Research Interest

Abiotic stress, antioxidants, plant priming, signal transduction, biotechnology