Curriculum Vitae
Kriton Kalantidis
Address: Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
Vassilika Vouton, 70013, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
30 2810 394435, kriton@imbb.forth.gr
http://www.imbb.forth.gr/kalantidis
Current Position:
Professor, Dept. of Biology, University of Crete (2008-), and Associated Researcher IMBB/FoRTH (2008-).
Education:
1991-1995: Ph.D. at the University of Nottingham UK. at the laboratory of Plant Molecular Biology of the department of Life Sciences under the supervision of Drs, BJ Mulligan and ZA Wilson.
1986-1991: Ten-semester undergraduate studies in ‘Plant Biotechnology’ at the Agricultural University of Prague, Czechoslovakia. Graduation 1991, general grade (A) with distinction’ (Top 5%).
Post-doctoral service and experience
2002-2005 Post-doctoral fellow at IMBB, Heraklion, laboratory of M. Tabler.
1999-2002 Post-doctoral fellow at IMBB, Heraklion, laboratory of M. Tsagris
1997-1999 Post doctoral fellow at the Agricultural School, University of Thessaloniki, laboratory of A. Tsaftaris.
1995-1997 Mandatory service with the Greek army
Research Focus:
RNA silencing , Viroid biology, Plant viruses, Plant Development
Professional Experience:
1997-2005 Postdoctoral fellow, Ar.Un. Of Thessaloniki (’97-‘99), IMBB/FoRTH, Heraklion, GR (’99-’05)
2005 - 2007 PI Researcher, IMBB/FoRTH, Heraklion, Greece
2004 - 2008 Ajunct Professor, Department of Biology, University of Crete, Greece
2008 - 2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Crete, Greece
2013- Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Crete, Greece
2014 - Ad hoc Reviewer and Panel member, FCT, Portugal
2017- Ad hoc Panel Chair, Natural Sciences Panel, FCT, Portugal
2016- Chair, Postgraduate course “ Plant Molecular and Applied Biology”, University of Crete 2016- Vice-Chair, Department of Biology, University of Crete, Greece
2018 Ad hoc Reviewer, ERC starting Grants, EU
2018-2020 Ad hoc reviewer FET grant applications, EU
2020 Professor, Department of Biology, University of Crete, Greece
Honors and Awards
1986-1991 Graduate studies fellowship, Czech Un. Of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Rep.
1991 Excellence award, Czech Un. Of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Rep.
1991-1995 IKY PhD fellowship
2016 Second Prize, Redestos Group Research and Development Business plan Competition.
2018 First prize, “Fotis Kafatos Competition”, Lab Box
Professional Societies:
Fed. of European Societies of Pant Biology (FESPB), EPSO , Hellenic Phytopathological Society, Study group for viroids and viroid-like RNAs (Chairperson)
Journal Reviewer
- BMC Molecular Biology, Biotechniques, FEBS letters, JBC, Journal of General Virology, Journal of Virology, Molecular Plant Pathology, New Phytol., NAR, Planta, Plant Biology, Plant Cell Reports, Plant Journal, Plant Phys., Plant Science, PNAS, Transgenic Research, Trends in Genetics, Trends in Pl. Sc., PLoS Pathology, Virology, Virus Research.
Journal Editor:
- · Frontiers in Plant Science; Frontiers in Virology
Teaching / Trainning
Undergraduate courses
Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Crete (UOC):,“Plant Developmental Biology”, “Advanced technologies in Molecular Biology” tutor and lecturer; “Biotechnology II”
Post-Graduate Courses.
Dept. of Biology, UOC:
MsC Program “Molecular Biology and Biomedicine”, “Plant Development” and “RNA silencing lectures” MsC Program, “Plant Mol. Biol. and Biotech.”, “Transgenic plants and GMO Risk assessment” and “RNA silencing Lectures”.
Student Training
Supervised 12 completed Masters projects.
Supervised 8 completed PhD projects (Vrettos N. 2004-2009, Dadami E. 2007-2012, Schumacher H. 2005-2009, Helm J. 2006-2011, Mermigka 2011-2015, Vlatakis 2011-2017, Alexiadis 2010-2017, Kryovrysanaki N 2013 –2019, Grypioti E 2014-2019.) Current PhD Students: Bardani (2018-) P. Kallemi. (2019-).
Other academic services
Vice-chair of the Dept. of Biology 2016-2020
Chair of the “Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology” post-graduate program 2016-.
Member of the University committee for technical works; Member of the departmental committee for postgraduate studies.
Member of the University committee for technical works (2010-); Member of the departmental committee for postgraduate studies (2008-). Scientific coordinator of the Departmental Placement program for undergraduate students (2013-2015).
RESEARCHSUPPORT
2005-2007. Coordinator in one FP6 (STREP) consortium,. 2005-2008. Partner in FP6 EST network (FAMED). 2006-2008. National PENED fund, Coordinator. 2008-2009. IKYDA Greek-German research cooperation program. 2010-2011. Greek-French bilateral research program. 2011-2015. Three National research grants in the “Cooperations” call. In one as a coordinator. Two National “Heraklitos” grants, in both as a Coordinator. One “Excellence” (Aristeia II) grant. Partner in one "Thalis" national grant. One post-doctoral grant. 2017-2020. Three H2020 MSC-RISE grants. Two National research infrastructure grants. One Fondation Sante grant, One GSRT “Research-Create-Innovate” grant. Over 1.500.000 euro in research funding for the lab (-2018). See current funding in independent document.
Publications:
Published 45 articles in peer-reviewed international science journals with a cumulative IF over 190; contributed articles and chapters to 7 edited book type publications and published numerous papers in conference proceedings. Journal papers have a total of more than 1300 citations (without self-citations -WoKI) and an H-factor of 20-23 (WoK 2017-Scopus, Google Scholar). Invited speaker in more than 12 International conferences and workshops.
PubMed link to bibliography of the investigator
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Kalantidis+K.+%5Bau%5D
