Prof. Panagiotis Pafilis
Panayiotis Pafilis is a Professor of Animal Diversity at the Department of Biology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He worked as a Lecturer at the Dept. of Environment at the University of the Aegean and as a Research Fellow at the School of Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, USA.
His research focuses on understanding animal diversity drivers, biodiversity conservation and adaptations in Mediterranean ecosystems with a particular emphasis on small islet populations. He co-authored 158 scientific papers, 245 conference papers and 22 books. He has supervised 68 undergraduate theses, 22 postgraduate theses and 9 PhD theses. He serves as Director of the Section Zoology & Marine Biology and Deputy Director of Zoology Museum at NKUA.
He is President of the National NATURA 2000 Committee and President of the National CITES Committee. He is the President of the Hellenic Society for Biological Sciences, President of the Hellenic Herpetological Society and Vice-President of the Hellenic Evolutionary Society. Μember of the Board of Directors of the Natural Environment and Climate Change Agency and the Scientific Committee of the National Museum of Natural History.