{"id":5417,"date":"2022-11-12T16:14:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-12T16:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microbialbiotech.cut.ac.cy\/?page_id=5417"},"modified":"2023-03-14T19:46:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T19:46:50","slug":"michalakis-christoforou","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/microbialbiotech.cut.ac.cy\/de\/michalakis-christoforou\/","title":{"rendered":"Michalakis Christoforou Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5417\" class=\"elementor elementor-5417\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b88e2b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b88e2b9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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elementor-size-default\">Dr. Michalakis Christoforou<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d2af5ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d2af5ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Special Teaching Staff,\u00a0<br \/><span style=\"font-size: 14px\">Department of Agriculture Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"mailto:m.christoforou@cut.ac.cy\">m.christoforou@cut.ac.cy<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e9de27 elementor-shape-circle elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-3 e-grid-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-social-icons\" data-id=\"7e9de27\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ea0810a\" data-id=\"5ea0810a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-192e9d47 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"192e9d47\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58394bea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58394bea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\">Dr. Michalakis Christoforou is currently a Special Teaching Staff at the Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science and a Research Fellow at Eratosthenes Centre of Excellence (ECoE). He received his B.Sc. in Plant Protection from the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece, an M.Sc. in Horticulture from the University of Reading, U.K, an MSc in Geographical Information Systems and Geospatial Technologies and a PhD in Plant Pathology \u2013 Nematology, from the Cyprus University of Technology (CUT). Since 2008, he is working as a Special Scientist and a Research Fellow at CUT and he is an active member of the ECoE, the Agricultural Microbiology and Biotechnology Lab and the Geodesy Lab. During his career, he performed research in several areas of Agricultural Nematology (PENEK), Plant Pathology (Life Green Grapes), Ecology (CASCADE) and Agricultural Innovation (AGROINNOECO), Cost action projects (Sustainable Control of grapevine trunk diseases and Genomic BIodiversity Knowledge for Resilient Ecosystems), ESA projects (SWSOIP) and is participating in EIT FOOD projects (Black to the Future). His scientific interests focuses on the study of biotic and abiotic plant and their monitoring using remote sensing applications with the use of Multispectral UAVs. He published articles in scientific journals, book chapters and proceedings of international conferences. Dr Christoforou is a member the European Society of Nematologist (ESN), the Association of Applied Biologist (AAB), the Hellenic Phytopathological Society (HPS) and the Cyprus Association of Agronomists.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-706c5e83 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"706c5e83\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-614f4bb3\" data-id=\"614f4bb3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-292aae1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"292aae1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Interests<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41687a5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41687a5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><div><span lang=\"EN-US\">Swimming<\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div><span lang=\"EN-US\">Scuba Diving<\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div><span lang=\"EN-US\">Sky Diving<\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div><span lang=\"EN-US\">Reading<\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div><span lang=\"EN-US\">Wine Testing<\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-79308ae9\" data-id=\"79308ae9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61665c2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61665c2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Education<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3fa2c243 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3fa2c243\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><div><span lang=\"EN-US\">B.Sc. in Plant Protection, from the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Greece<\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div><span lang=\"EN-US\"> M.Sc. in Horticulture, from the University of Reading, U.K <\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div><span lang=\"EN-US\">MSc in Geographical Information Systems and Geospatial Technologies, from the Cyprus University of Technology <\/span><\/div><\/li><li><div><span lang=\"EN-US\">PhD in Plant Pathology \u2013 Nematology, from the Cyprus University of Technology <\/span><\/div><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-25f49185 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"25f49185\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Publications<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d155bec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d155bec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">CyCLOPS: A National Integrated GNSS\/InSAR Strategic Research Infrastructure for Monitoring Geohazards and Forming the Next Generation Datum of the Republic of Cyprus. In: International Association of Geodesy Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.<br \/>Danezis, C., Kakoullis D., &#8230;. Christoforou M., &#8230; et al. (2022). <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/1345_2022_161\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/1345_2022_161<\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Advances in understanding and managing sudden ecosystem shifts in Mediterranean drylands. Ecology and Evolution<br \/>Erik Elsen, L. C Stringer,\u2026..\u00a0 M. Christoforou et al. 2020.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">How does land management contribute to the resilience of Mediterranean forests and rangelands? A participatory assessment. Land Degrad Dev. 2018; 29: 3721\u20133735.<br \/>Jucker Riva M, Baeza J, Bautista S, Christoforou M, et al. 2018.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ldr.3104\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/ldr.3104<\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8222;Monitoring of Land Degradation from Overgrazing using Spaceborne Radar and Optical Imagery: case study in Randi Forest, Cyprus&#8220;, SPIE, Edinburgh International Conference Centre Edinburgh, United Kingdom, September 26 \u2013 29 (2016).<br \/>Papoutsa, C., Kouhartsiouk, D., Themistocleous, K., Christoforou, M., Hadjimitsis, D.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCharacterization of Rhizoctonia solani Associated with Black Scurf in Cyprus\u201d. Plant Disease. <br \/>Kanetis L., Tsimouris D. and Christoforou M. 2016.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1094\/PDIS-10-15-1238-RE\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1094\/PDIS-10-15-1238-RE<\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe use of UAV to document sloping landscapes to produce digital elevation models to examine environmental degradation\u201d. Proc. SPIE 9644, Earth Resources and Environmental Remote Sensing\/GIS Applications VI, 96440N (20 October 2015); <br \/>Themistocleous K., Agapiou A, Papadavid G., Christoforou, M., Hadjimitsis D. G. 2015.<br \/>doi: 10.1117\/12.2195623<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8222;Use of remote sensing and UAV for the management of degraded ecosystems: the case study of overgrazing in Randi Forest, Cyprus &#8222;, Proc. SPIE 9229, Second International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation of the Environment (RSCy2014), 92291V (August 12, 2014); doi:10.1117\/12.2069515; <br \/>Themistocleous K , Papadavid G., Christoforou, M., Agapiou A. ,\u00a0 Andreou K.,\u00a0 Tsaltas D., Hadjimitsis D. G.\u00a0 <br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1117\/12.2069515\">http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1117\/12.2069515<\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cRapid detection and quantification of viable potato cyst nematodes using qPCR in combination with propidium monoazide\u201d Plant Pathology Doi: 10.1111\/ppa.12193.<br \/>Christoforou, \u039c.,\u00a0 Pantelides I. S., Kanetis L., Ioannou N. and Tsaltas, D. 2014.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMolecular typing of cyst-forming nematodes Globodera pallida and G. rostochiensis, using real-time PCR and evaluation of five methods for template preparation&#8220;. Journal of Phytopathology. doi: 10.1111\/jph.12091.<br \/>Papayiannis, L.C., Christoforou, M., Markou, Y.M. and Tsaltas, D. 2013<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Molecular Diagnostic Tools for Nematodes, Nematology &#8211; Concepts, Diagnosis and Control, Dr. Mohammad Manjur Shah (Ed.), InTech, DOI: 10.5772\/intechopen.69075.<br \/>Michalakis Christoforou, Michael Orford and Dimitris Tsaltas (2017).<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intechopen.com\/books\/nematology-concepts-diagnosis-and-control\/molecular-diagnostic-tools-for-nematodes\">https:\/\/www.intechopen.com\/books\/nematology-concepts-diagnosis-and-control\/molecular-diagnostic-tools-for-nematodes<\/a><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Michalakis Christoforou Special Teaching Staff,\u00a0Department of Agriculture Sciences, Biotechnology and Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology m.christoforou@cut.ac.cy .cls-1{fill:#fff;} .cls-1{fill:#fff;} .cls-1{fill:#fff;} Biography Dr. Michalakis Christoforou is currently a Special Teaching&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5417","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/microbialbiotech.cut.ac.cy\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/microbialbiotech.cut.ac.cy\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/microbialbiotech.cut.ac.cy\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/microbialbiotech.cut.ac.cy\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/138"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/microbialbiotech.cut.ac.cy\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5417"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"http:\/\/microbialbiotech.cut.ac.cy\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24103,"href":"http:\/\/microbialbiotech.cut.ac.cy\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5417\/revisions\/24103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/microbialbiotech.cut.ac.cy\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}