Faculty Staff / Section of Plant Biology, Laboratory of Botany
Professor in Botany and Ecology
Office Location: 1st Floor, Room Β/Μ 113
Telephone: +30 2610 996777, +30 6944 297 537
Email: pdimopoulos@upatras.gr

Curriculum vitae

Education

  • BSc in Biology, School of Natural Sciences, University of Patras (1987)
  • Ph.D in Biology, School of Natural Sciences, Department of Biology, Division of Plant Biology, University of Patras («Floristic and Phytosociological Research of Mountain Killini – An Ecological Approach») (1993)

Educational activities

  • Undergraduate level: Co-teaching of the courses “Plant Biology ΙΙ”, “Vegetation Ecology”, “Ecology”, “Biodiversity and Conservation Biology”, “Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services”, “Flora and Fauna of Greece”.
  • Postgraduate level: Co-teaching of the courses “Biodiversity Assessment and Bio-Monitoring of Species and Habitats” and “Environmental Planning and Natural Areas Conservation Management”.

Key Research activities

  • 2014-2021: Mapping and Assessment of Ecosystems and their Services at different spatial scales; ES supply, flow and demand in mountain ecosystems; Identification of ES as the core of Greece’s National Natural Capital; biodiversity and ecosystem services.
  • 2007-2021: Contribution to Article 17 (Dir. 92/43/EEC) reporting on the conservation status assessment of species and habitat types of Greece and Cyprus.
  • 1992-2021: Analysis, description, and evaluation of biodiversity at species and community level; vegetation ecology of Greece and the Mediterranean; vegetation and flora databases; Taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic diversity and biogeography.
  • 1994-2021: Inventory and mapping of plant species and habitat types/vegetation types in protected areas for the implementation of the Dir. 92/43/EEC and creation of the Natura 2000 network in Greece and Cyprus.
  • 2001-2021: Monitoring of plant species and habitat types.
  • 2000-2010: Seed banks and vegetation restoration in disturbed ecosystems.
  • 2003-2005: Conservation management of species, habitat types, ecosystems, and landscapes.
  • 2003-2004 & 2010-2021: Conservation Policy and National Biodiversity Strategy; Action Plan for the Implementation of the Biodiversity Strategy in Greece, Natura 2000 network at the national level.

Representative Research Projects (2015-2025)

  • 2023-2025: Monitoring and assessment of the conservation status of terrestrial and wetland habitat types of Community and national interest in Greece. Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Panayotis Dimopoulos, University of Patras. Funding: Ministry of Environment and Energy.
  • 2017-2025: Integrated Actions for the Conservation and Management of Natura 2000 Sites, Species and Ecosystems in Greece. LIFE-IP 4 Natura. Ministry of Environment and Energy. Scientific coordinator for the Ecosystem Services Mapping and Assessment in Greece.
  • 2024-2026: World Ecosystem Extent Dynamics (WEED): European Space Agency (ESA). Scientific Coordinator: Dr. Bruno Smets (VITO NV, Belgium).
  • 2022-2026: Pioneer Earth Observation apPlications for the Environment (PEOPLE) Lot 1: Ecosystem Accounting. ESA AO/1-11040/21/I-AG. Scientific Coordinator: Dr. Bruno Smets (VITO NV, Belgium).
  • 2022-2026: Science for Evidence-based and sustainabLe decIsions about NAtural capital (SELINA). HORIZON-CL6-2021-BIODIV-01 (Biodiversity and ecosystem services). Scientific Coordinator: Prof. Dr. Benjamin Burkhard (Hannover University, Germany).
  • 2020-2022: Assessment of environmental conditions of dune ecosystems in Natura 2000 network areas: Evrotas estuary, Vrontama area and Lakonikos Gulf marine area GR2540003, and Neapolis area and Elafonisos island GR2540002. Scientific Project Coordinator: Professor Panayotis Dimopoulos, University of Patras.
  • 2020-2022: Assessment of the Conservation Degree of Habitats in the Responsibility Area of the Chelmos-Vouraikos Management Body. Scientific Project Coordinator: Professor Panayotis Dimopoulos, University of Patras
  • 2019-2025: Compilation of Special Environmental Studies and Management Plans for 28 Special Conservation Areas and 26 Special Protection Areas of the Natura 2000 Network in Crete. Scientific project coordinator: Professor Panayotis Dimopoulos, University of Patras.
  • 2015-2019: WOODIV – Origin and congruence of taxonomic, phylogenetic, functional and palaeoecological diversity patterns: the model of European-Mediterranean woody plant biodiversity. Scientific project coordinator: Dr. Frédéric Médail, IMBE Aix-Marseille University (France).

Representative Publications

  • Dimopoulos P., Raus T., Bergmeier E., Constantinidis Th., Iatrou G., Kokkini S., Strid A. & D. Tzanoudakis (2016). Vascular plants of Greece ‒ an annotated checklist. Supplement.Willdenowia 46: 301-347
  • Karadimou E., Kallimanis A.S., Tsiripidis I. & Dimopoulos P. (2016). Functional diversity exhibits a diverse relationship with area, even a decreasing one. Scientific Reports6, 35420; doi: 10.1038/srep35420.
  • Karadimou E., Kallimanis A., Tsiripidis I., Raus T., Bergmeier E., P. Dimopoulos (2018). Functional diversity changes over 100 years of primary succession on a volcanic Mediterranean island: insights into assembly processes. Ecosphere9(9): e02374.10.1002/ecs2.2374.
  • Thomas Raus, Elpida Karadimou & Panayotis Dimopoulos (2019). Taxonomic and functional plant diversity of the Santorini-Christiana Island group (Aegean Sea, Greece). Willdenowia49 (3): 363-381.
  • Xystrakis Fotios, Dimitrios Mitsios-Antonakos, Eleni Eleftheriadou, Panayotis Dimopoulos & Konstantinos Theodoropoulos (2019). Inter-regional beta-diversity patterns of the woody flora of Greece. Annals of Forest Research62(1): 1-18
  • Medail Frederic, Anne-Christine Monnet, Daniel Pavon, Toni Nikolic, Panayotis Dimopoulos, Gianluigi Bacchetta, Juan Arroyo, Zoltán Barina, Marwan Cheikh Albassatneh, Gianniantonio Domina, Bruno Fady, Vlado Matevski, Stephen Mifsud, Agathe Leriche (2019). What is a tree in the Mediterranean Basin hotspot? A critical analysis. Forest Ecosystems6: 17 https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-019-0170-6.
  • Natalia Verde, Ioannis P. Kokkoris, Charalampos Georgiadis, Dimitris Kaimaris, Panayotis Dimopoulos, Ioannis Mitsopoulos, Giorgos Mallinis (2020). Development of an object-based land cover classification workflow on the Google Earth Engine platform, for national scale ecosystem services assessment and mapping, using multitemporal Copernicus EO data. Remote Sensing12(20), 3303; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12203303.
  • Alexian Cheminal, Ioannis P Kokkoris, Arne Strid, Panayotis Dimopoulos (2020). Medicinal and Aromatic Lamiaceae Plants in Greece: Linking Diversity and Distribution Patterns with Ecosystem Services. Forests11, 661; doi:10.3390/f11060661
  • Eleni Iliadou, Ioannis Bazos, Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Elpida Karadimou, Ioannis Kokkoris, Maria Panitsa, Thomas Raus, Arne Strid & Panayotis Dimopoulos (2020). Taxonomic and phylogenetic diversity patterns in the Northern Sporades islets complex (West Aegean, Greece). Plant Systematics and Evolution306: 28 (1-17).
  • Kokkoris Ioannis, Mallinis Georgios, Eleni S. Bekri, Vassiliki Vlami , Stamatis Zogaris, Irene Chrysafis, Ioannis Mitsopoulos and Panayotis Dimopoulos (2020). National Set of MAES Indicators in Greece: Ecosystem Services and Management Implications. Forests11, 595; doi:10.3390/f11050595.
  • Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Ioannis P. Kokkori, Maria Panitsa, Panayiotis Trigas, Arne Strid and Panayotis Dimopoulos (2020). Spatial phylogenetics, biogeographical patterns and conservation implications of the endemic flora of Crete (Aegean, Greece) under climate change scenarios. Biology 9, 199; doi:10.3390/biology9080199
  • Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Ioannis P. Kokkoris, Maria Panitsa, Athanasios Kallimanis, Arne Strid and Panayotis Dimopoulos (2021). Plant Endemism Centres and Biodiversity Hotspots in Greece. Biology, 10, 72. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology10020072
  • Cheikh Albassatneh M., Escudero M., Monnet A.C., Arroyo J., Baccheta G., Bagnoli F., Dimopoulos P., Hampe A., Leriche A., Médail F., Nikolic T., Ponger L., Vendramin G.G., Fady B. (2021). Spatial patterns of genus-level phylogenetic endemism in the tree flora of Mediterranean Europe. Diversity and Distributions, 1-16.
  • Georgia Fassou, Nadja Korotkova, Anush Nersesyanc, Marcus A. Kochd, Panayotis Dimopoulos, Thomas Borsch (2022). Taxonomy of Dianthus (Caryophyllaceae) – overall phylogenetic relationships and assessment of species diversity based on a first comprehensive checklist of the genus. Phytokeys 196: 91–214; doi: 10.3897/phytokeys.196.77940
  • Aris Zografidis, Eleni Liveri, Konstantina Koutroumpa, Panayotis Dimopoulos (2023).
    Centaurea dolopica (Asteraceae, Cardueae), a new species of section Acrocentron from Greece. Phytotaxa 584 (3), 173–185.
  • Athanasios Kallimanis, Ioannis P. Kokkoris, Ioannis Bazos, Thomas Raus, Arne Strid and Panayotis Dimopoulos (2023). What insight does the alien plant species richness in Greece offer for the different invasion biology hypotheses? Diversity 15 (10), 1067; https://doi.org/10.3390/d15101067
  • Ioannis P. Kokkoris, Dimitris Skuras, Ioannis Maniatis, Panayotis Dimopoulos (2023). Natura 2000 public awareness in EU: a prerequisite for successful conservation policy. Land Use Policy 125, 106482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2022.106482
  • Eleni S. Bekri, Ioannis P. Kokkoris, Dimitrios Skuras, Lars Hein, Panayotis Dimopoulos (2024). Ecosystem accounting for water resources at the catchment scale, a case study for the Peloponnisos, Greece.  Ecosystem Services 65 101586; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2023.101586
  • MB Pires, K Kougioumoutzis, S Norder, P Dimopoulos, A Strid, M Panitsa (2024). The future of plant diversity within a Mediterranean endemism centre: Modelling the synergistic effects of climate and land-use change in Peloponnese, Greece. Science of The Total Environment 947, 174622  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174622
  • Ioannis P. Kokkoris, Bruno Smets, Lars Hein, Giorgos Mallinis, Marcel Buchhorn, Stefano Balbie, J´Cernecký, Marc Paganini, Panayotis Dimopoulos (2024). The role of Earth observation in ecosystem accounting: A review of advances, challenges and future directions. Ecosystem Services 70, 101659. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2024.101659
  • I Charalampopoulos, F Droulia, IP Kokkoris, P Dimopoulos (2024). Projections on the Spatiotemporal Bioclimatic Change over the Phytogeographical Regions of Greece by the Emberger Index. Water 16 (14), 2070. https://doi.org/10.3390/w16142070
  • Konstantinos Kougioumoutzis, Ioannis P Kokkoris, Panayiotis Trigas, Arne Strid, Panayotis Dimopoulos (2025). Projected Impacts of Climate and Land Use Change on Endemic Plant Distributions in a Mediterranean Island Hotspot: The Case of Evvia (Aegean, Greece). Climate 13(5), 100; https://doi.org/10.3390/cli13050100