Antonios Michaelakis is an agriculturalist-entomologist and Research Director. Since 2007, he has worked as a Researcher at Benaki Phytopathological Institute, and currently he is the head of the laboratory of Insects & Parasites of Medical Importance and an alternate member of the board of directors for the Hellenic National Public Health Organization. He has been involved or participated in several research projects (e.g., LIFE, FP7-REGPOT, PENED, EPET II, COST862, etc.). He was the project manager for the European projects LIFE CONOPS (www.conops.gr), PEST PRACTICE (http://www.pestpractice.eu/), several projects for the mosquito surveillance and management in Greece, and leader of the WG 2: Conventional & Innovative Control Tools for the AIM COST Action (https://www.aedescost.eu). Finally, in collaboration with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), he acted as Chief Technical Counterpart for the Technical Cooperation Program in Europe for the pilot application of Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) in Aedes albopictus control, and currently is coordinating the pilot application of SIT in Greece.