George K

Biography

KOUMOUNDOUROS Giorgos Associate Professor, Biology Department, University of Crete, Vasilika V outon, Heraklion, Crete gkoumound@biology.uoc.gr , www.biology.uoc.gr Education 1991: B.Sc. in Biology from the University of Cret e, Greece. 1993: M.Sc. degree in Marine Biology from the Unive rsity of Crete, Greece. 1998: Ph.D. degree in Marine Biology from the Unive rsity of Crete, Greece. Professional Experience 1993-1998 Participation in research projects carrie d out by the Aquaculture Department of the Institute of Marine Biology of Cr ete. 1998-1999 Researcher at the Biology Department, Uni versity of Crete. 2000-to 2001 Researcher at the Aquaculture Departme nt, Institute of Marine Biology of Crete. 2001 to 2003 Technical and Laboratory personnel ( ETEP ), Biology Department, University of Crete. 2003 to 2008 Lecturer at the Biology Department, Un iversity of Patras. 2008 to 1011 Assistant Professor, Biology Departmen t, University of Patras. 2011 to date Associate Professor, Biology Departmen t, University of Crete. Fellowships 1991-1993 From the Institute of Marine Biology of C rete 1993-1995 From the Institute of Marine Biology of C rete 1995-1998 From the Greek Ministry of Development, G eneral Secretary for Research and Technology.George Koumoundouros holds a position of Associate Professor in the Biology Department of the University of Crete. His research interests concern fish biology and aquaculture, with emphasis on the environmentally driven phenotypic plasticity of fish, on the study fish ontogenetic patterns, and on the morpho-anatomical abnormalities of fish. GK teaches under-graduate and graduate courses on Zoology, Marine Biology, Management of Marine Biological Recourses and Aquaculture. George Koumoundouros has been participated in 19 research projects (7 European and 12 national), as a scientist in charge (2 EU and 4 national) or as main researcher and he has published 45 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Research Interest

Research interests 1. Morpho-anatomical abnormalities of reared fish, wit h emphasis on the determination of the stage of development and subsequently on their causative factors. 2. Swimming performance in fish. 3. Ontogeny of fish, with special emphasis on morpholo gy, morphometrics and osteology. 4. Effect of environmental factors on fish ontogeny, s hape, survival, growth and sex. 5. Rearing of candidate fish species, with emphasis on the hatchery phase. Teaching and supervision of students GK has supervised eight MSc theses and fifteen BSc theses. Three PhD theses are currently in progress, under his supervision. GK has given classes in Zoology and in Fish Biolog y (2003-2011, undergraduate level) and in Aquaculture (2003-2010, postgraduate and und ergraduate level). Since 2011 he has been involved in the classes of Zoology, Marine Biology, Marine Biotechnology and Fisheries Biology.