{"id":1219,"date":"2025-08-05T18:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T15:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/w1.aua.gr\/kedivim\/?post_type=faculty&#038;p=1219"},"modified":"2025-08-05T18:03:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T15:03:21","slug":"%ce%b4%ce%b7%ce%bc%ce%ae%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b7%cf%82-%cf%84%cf%83%ce%b9%cf%84%cf%83%ce%b9%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%ac%ce%bd%ce%bd%ce%b7%cf%82","status":"publish","type":"faculty","link":"https:\/\/w1.aua.gr\/kedivim\/faculty\/%ce%b4%ce%b7%ce%bc%ce%ae%cf%84%cf%81%ce%b7%cf%82-%cf%84%cf%83%ce%b9%cf%84%cf%83%ce%b9%ce%b3%ce%b9%ce%ac%ce%bd%ce%bd%ce%b7%cf%82\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0394\u03b7\u03bc\u03ae\u03c4\u03c1\u03b7\u03c2 \u03a4\u03c3\u03b9\u03c4\u03c3\u03b9\u03b3\u03b9\u03ac\u03bd\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>EDUCATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>University<\/strong><strong>\u00a0of Wisconsin - Madison<\/strong>, Madison, Wisconsin, USA. Department of Plant Pathology. Graduate Student (Ph.D.) GPA=3.95\/4.0.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>My PhD was funded from 2000-2002 by the \u201cICRISAT-International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics-India and from 2002 to 2004 I received a Crop Protection Graduate Fellowship from Novartis (Syngenta). In July 2004, I received the \u201cDr. George Washington Carver Award\u201d from the United States National Peanut Board for my achievements on \u201cStrategies to reduce aflatoxin contamination utilizing peanut and&nbsp;<em>Aspergillus<\/em>&nbsp;fatty acid molecules\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>B.Sc.<\/strong>\u00a0Diploma from Department of Agricultural Biology and Biotechnology (Minor: Plant Pathology). 09\/91-09\/96. GPA=3.6\/4.0. Graduation with Distinction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Director of Plant Protection and Environment\u00a0<\/strong>Section<strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 12\/2017 \u2013 today<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Associate Professor of Plant Pathology,\u00a0<\/strong>Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 05\/2017 \u2013 today<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology,\u00a0<\/strong>Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 02\/2012-04\/2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Lecturer of Plant Pathology,\u00a0<\/strong>Laboratory of Plant Pathology, Department of Crop Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 06\/2007-01\/2012<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Post-Doctoral Research Associate<\/strong>, The Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Norwich. 01\/2005 \u2013 06\/2007. Group Leader: Prof. Jonathan D.G. Jones<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Post-Doctoral Research Associate<\/strong>, Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 08\/2004 \u2013 12\/2004. PI: Dr. Nancy P. Keller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Graduate Research Assistant (Ph.D.), Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin, Madison. 01\/2001- 07\/2004. Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Nancy P. Keller<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&amp;M University 09\/1999-12\/2000. Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Nancy P. Keller<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TEACHING ACTIVITIES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th colspan=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/th><\/tr><tr><th><strong>2007 \u2013 today<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Lecturer, Assistant Professor and Associate Professor, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Undergraduate courses<\/strong>: 1) Introduction to Plant Pathology, 2) Diseases of Fruit Crops and Vines, 3) Diseases of Field Crops, 4) Principles and Methods of Plant Disease Management, 5) Principles and Methods of Plant Disease Diagnosis, 6) Applied Plant Physiology \u2013 Plant Stresses diagnosis, 7) Post Harvest Diseases of Vegetables, 8) Plant Virology.&nbsp;<strong>Postgraduate courses<\/strong>: 1) Plant Microbe Interactions, 2) Molecular Plant Pathology<\/th><\/tr><tr><th><strong>2007 \u2013 today<\/strong><\/th><th>Actively involved in vocational education training of farmers, young and adult people who want to get involved professionally in agriculture, through short-term seminars held in AUA or in Institute of Agricultural Science (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ige.gr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ige.gr<\/a>). Significant experience in management and coordination of training courses through the implementation of LIFE+, TEMPUS and ERASMUS projects.<\/th><\/tr><tr><th><strong>2013-today<\/strong><\/th><th>Lecture on Plant-Fungal Interactions, MSc Postgraduate studies. Department of Plant Biology, University of Crete, Greece.<\/th><\/tr><tr><th><strong>06.2012<\/strong><\/th><th>\u03a4raining activity in \u201cMycotoxins\u201d, Faculty of Plant Protection and Agroecology, Agricultural University of Plovdviv, Bulgaria (for faculty and graduate students)<\/th><\/tr><tr><th><strong>07.2013<\/strong><\/th><th>\u03a4raining activity in \"Clinical Field and Lab Plant Disease Diagnosis, Biological Control and Specimen Collection\u201d, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Novi Sad, Serbia (for faculty and graduate students)<\/th><\/tr><tr><th><strong>09<\/strong><strong>.1999 -&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>05.<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;2000<\/strong><\/th><th>Teaching Assistant, Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Texas A&amp;M University, USA.&nbsp; Course: Introductory Plant Pathology<\/th><\/tr><tr><th><strong>09-12<\/strong><strong>.2002<\/strong><strong>and 2004<\/strong><\/th><th>Teaching Assistant , Department of Plant Pathology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. Courses: 1) Plants, Parasites and People, 2) Introduction to Plant Pathology<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>AREAS OF RESEARCH INTEREST<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Epidemiology and Integrated management of mycotoxigenic fungi and mycotoxins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Validation and development of prediction models and Decision Support Systems for plant diseases in grapevines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Epidemiology and Integrated management of olive anthracnose and Alternaria bud and blossom blight in olives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Development of Integrated management strategies of plant diseases using Decision Support Systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organic Viticulture<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Precision Agriculture in Plant Protection<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plant disease diagnosis using novel technologies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Disease resistance mechanisms - Fungicide resistance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plant microbe interactions (plant immune system, fungal virulence mechanisms)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SELECTED PRIZES, AWARDS AND HONORS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dr. George Washington Carver Award\u00a0<\/strong>for excellence in peanut aflatoxin research and service to the community. National Peanut Board. July 2004.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Novartis (Syngenta) Crop Protection Graduate Fellowship<\/strong>\u00a007\/02-07\/04. Competitive grant that covered salary\/benefits for 2 years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2004. Nomination from the International Society for Plant-Microbe Interactions for a Seat on the\u00a0<strong>Board of Directors of the International Society for Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions<\/strong>. The Nomination Committee has identified Dr. Tsitsigiannis as one of 6 candidates internationally.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Graduation with Highest Honors<\/strong>\u00a0from the Agricultural University of Athens. 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0in Dean\u2019s graduation class list. Declaimed the oath in the graduation ceremony (November 1996).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recipient every academic year of the\u00a0<strong>Academic Performance Scholarship<\/strong>\u00a0from the National Greek Scholarship Foundation (IKY), Athens, Greece (1991-1995).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EDUCATION My PhD was funded from 2000-2002 by the \u201cICRISAT-International Crops Research Institute for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1221,"template":"","class_list":["post-1219","faculty","type-faculty","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1.aua.gr\/kedivim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faculty\/1219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1.aua.gr\/kedivim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faculty"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1.aua.gr\/kedivim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/faculty"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/w1.aua.gr\/kedivim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/w1.aua.gr\/kedivim\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}