Since antiquity Greece has tamed the vine and celebrated wine. It was the ancient Greeks that first created a wine industry and culture that we enjoy and know today. Today, Greek wines are exceptional, exciting and compelling. R&R Selections sources and imports for the US market, high quality wines with an emphasis on sustainable, single vineyard traditions, crafted by trained oenologists and passionate artisans.

Instructed and lectured Biology majors in the fundamentals of Ecology in a classroom ranging between 120-240 students. The course introduced the past, present and future of Ecology as a field of science and then dove into the interactions between plants, animals and their environments in the face of evolution. Students gained a foundation on the abiotic mechanisms that create our diverse planet of terrestrial and aquatic biomes, evolutionary processes, population ecology and community ecology. Despite students pursuing different directions in healthcare, teaching, conservation or evolutionary biology, I tailored the course to highlight the importance of Ecology in all these fields so that the knowledge gained would be applicable to the students' futures. I was responsible for design and construction of the course, lecturing, writing examinations and keeping the grade book, and most importantly advising my students in their paths of biology and becoming successful professionals.

Research focused on evolutionary biology, biogeography, systematics and conservation of reptiles in Greece. Using molecular biology methods of phylogenomics and population genomics I seek to understand insular evolution processes using vipers as my model organisms and the Aegean islands and Greek mountains as my study sites. My underlining goals and aims are to further our understanding of Greece's herpetofaunal diversity and distribution, address conservation concerns and how to remove threats especially in the Aegean archipelago and high elevation alpine meadows of the mainland. Since this region is so complex on a number of levels most of my work can be broadly applied to other organisms and regions that are affected by fragmentation, isolation and anthropogenic factors.

Herpetology, Human Anatomy and General Biology