Academic staff + Laboratory staff + Visiting Professors + Phd Students

Benjamin Simon Blackmore

 

Position: Visiting Professor

Nationality: British, 1954

Specifications: Developing more intelligent machines, Precision Farming and agricultural robotics

QUALIFICATIONS:
    • I am currently holding a visiting professor position at King Saud University 2010
    • Accepted as Ying Ding guest professor of South China Agricultural University 2009
    • Consultant to the Intelligent Systems and Robotics Laboratory, UPM Malaysia 2008
    • Visiting Professor of Bristol Robotics Laboratory 2007
    • Visiting Professor of the University of Thessaly 2006
    • Accepted as a World Class Scholar, PR China 2003
    • Doctor of Philosophy 2003
    • Visiting Professor of China Agricultural University 2002
    • Fellow of the Institution of Agricultural Engineers 2001
    • Member of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers 2000
    • Head of AgroTechnology at KVL 2000-2005
    • Research Professor at the Royal Veterinary and Ag University (KVL) 2000-2005
    • Visiting Professor of Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology 1998
    • Chartered Engineer 1992, European Engineer 1993
    • BSc (Hons) Agricultural Engineering 1985
    • National Certificate in Agriculture 1970

Chadzinikos Athanasios

 

PhD. Thesis:

Nationality: Greek, Born in Larissa

Education:

  • Diploma in Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, University of Thessaly, Greece.
  • MSc in "Agricultural engineering-Management natural resources" School of Agricultrual Sciences, University of Thessaly,Greece.

 

E-mail: nchatzin@uth.gr

Kavalaris Chris

Laboratory Teaching Staff

Nationality: Greek, Born in Karditsa

Education:

  • Diploma in Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, University of Thessaloniki.
  • PhD in Agricultural Engineering, Department of Agriculture, University of Thessaly

E-mail: chkaval@uth.gr

 

Gemtos Theofanis

 

Position: Emeritus Professor (Head of Laboratory of Farm Mechanization till 31-8-2014)

Nationality: Greek, Born in Larissa, 1947

Education:

  • Diploma in Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki.
  • PhD in Agricultural Engineering, Department of Agriculture, University of Reaging, U.K.

 

E-mail: gemtos@agr.uth.gr

Fountas Spyridon

 

Position: Assistant Professor (till 1-4-2013)

Nationality: Greek; Born in Filiatra Messinias, 1971

Education:

  • Diploma in Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece
  • MSc in Information Technology (Marketing Information Systems), CranfieldUniversity at Silsoe, UK

  • PhD on “Systems Analysis of Precision Agriculture”, Copenhagen University, Faculty of Life Sciences, Denmark

E-mail: sfrountas@agr.uth.gr

Karamoutis Christos

Specific Technical Laboratory Staff

Nationality: Greek, Born in Larissa

Education: 

  • Degree in Agronomy, School of Production Science Faculty of Agriculture, Crop and Animal Production, University of Thessaly, Greece.
  • Msc in “Agricultural Machinery and Management of Natural Recourses” School of Agricultural Sciences,University of Thessaly

Email: chkaram-at-uth.gr

Liakos Vasilis

 

PhD. Thesis: Application of Precision Agriculture and New Technologies on Apple Trees

Nationality: Greek, Born in Larissa, 1984

Education:

  • Diploma in Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki.

  • MSc in Geographical Information Science (GIS), University of Leicester, UK.

 

E-mail:  bill.406@hotmail.com 

Aggelopoulou Katerina

 

Position: Researcher

Nationality: Greek, Born in Volos, 1965

Education:

  • Diploma in Physics, University of Ioannina, Greece.
  • Diploma in Agricultural Sciences, Crop Production, Department of Agriculture, University of Thessaly, Greece.
  • Msc. in Agriculture Engineering-Natural Recourses Management, Department of Agriculture, University of Thessaly, Greece.
  • PhD in “Precision Agriculture in apples”, Department of Agriculture, University of Thessaly, Greece.

 

E-mail: aggelop@agr.uth.gr

 

Markinos Athanasios

 

PhD. Thesis: Precision Agriculture in cotton

Nationality: Greek, Born in Karditsa

Education:

  • BSc in Physics, University of Patras, Greece.
  • MSc in "Electronics", University of Patras,Greece.

 

E-mail: markinos@teilar.gr