Dr. Panagiotis Madesis studied at the Faculty of Agriculture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTH). He pursued graduate and postgraduate studies in the laboratory of Genetics and Plant Breeding of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, AUTH. He moved to the University of Manchester in the Laboratory of Plant Science with an emphasis on the genetic manipulation of the chloroplast genome. In 2004, he was given a postdoctoral position in the Laboratory of Plant Sciences, UoM. Since October 2008, he has been a researcher at the Institute of Applied Biosciences (INAB/CERTH). In 2020 he became an ass. professor in molecular biology and biotechnology at the University of Thessaly. His scientific interests focus on understanding the basic molecular mechanisms of plants under biotic and abiotic stress conditions, plant breeding, and he utilizes novel methodologies like genetics and genomics and other “omics” technologies. He is working on plant genotyping and biodiversity assessment through plant species identification; these studies have allowed him to develop a novel methodology for plant species identification and also the traceability and detection of possible fraud in commercial products. In 2013, he was bestowed a distinction by the Ministry of Rural Development and the President of the Hellenic Republic.