Panayotis Dimopoulos holds a degree in biological sciences and a Ph.D. in “Flora and Vegetation Ecology of mountain ecosystems”. He has been a faculty member since 2000 and a professor in Botany and Ecology from 2009 to 2016 in the Department of Environmental and Natural Resources Management and from 2016 onwards in the Department of Biology of the University of Patras. His research interests and key expertise (1990–2021) lie in flora and vegetation analysis; conservation and ecology of species and habitats focusing on inventory, monitoring, assessment, and mapping of habitats and ecosystems in protected areas (Greece and Cyprus); biodiversity evaluation and analysis (species and community level); mapping and assessment of ecosystems and their services; vegetation and flora databases; Article 17 (Dir. 92/43/EEC) reporting on the conservation status assessment of habitat types (Greece and Cyprus); conservation policy; and the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for Implementation.
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