Karas Panagiotis

BSc: Technology of Agricultural Products, Department of Agricultural Technology, Technological Educational Institute of Kalamata, Greece

MSc: Biotechnology – Quality of the Nutrition and the Environment, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Greece

PhD: in the area of Environmental Microbiology and Biotechnology, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Thessaly, Greece

Research Interests: Integrated biodepuration of pesticide-contaminated wastewaters from fruit packing industries, isolation and identification of microorganisms from the soil with catabolic properties of pesticides, study of bio-augmentation of biological systems with degrading microorganisms, study of the effects of pollutants on the composition and functioning of the soil microbial community with new generation sequencing techniques.