Professor Dionisios Youlatos holds a degree in Biology (1990) from the National University of Athens, Greece, obtained his MSc in Evolution and Biodiversity of Metazoa (1991), and his PhD in Comparative Anatomy (1994) from the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France. He worked as a post-doctoral research associate in the School of Medicine, Universidad de Puerto Rico, USA, and since 2000, he has been a member of the faculty of the School of Biology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. His scientific interests lie within the fields of ecological morphology, behavioral ecology, evolution, and conservation and management of mammals, in particular, primates, rodents, and carnivorans. He has much experience in museum, laboratory, and field work in the Americas, Europe, Africa, and Asia. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Greek National Institute of Scholarships, the Greek Ministry of Environment, the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, the Rufford Foundation, and the Chinese Government. He has actively participated in drafting management plans and in the monitoring and sustainable management of the mammalian fauna of many protected areas in Greece and Cyprus. Thus far, he has published over 100 research articles and 19 chapters in books and has co-edited 4 scientific books.