Dr Eleftherios Karapatzak is an agronomist with an Msc in Horticulture and a PhD in agronomic evaluation of crop plants specializing in plant physiology and reproduction with supplementary training in biometrics and quantitative methods in plant science. He is an Assistant Professor and early career researcher with a developing publication record on plant reproduction, plant eco-physiology and pilot cultivation of new crops in a range of plant species (fruit crops and native species). He has extensive academic/teaching experience (>10 years) in plant physiology and morphology at undergraduate level at the Department of Viticulture and Oenology, Democritus University of Thrace (DUTH), Greece, coupled with student tutoring and supervision in a plethora of dissertation projects. He has worked in research projects as an external research associate at the Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, Hellenic Agricultural Organization Dimitra, Thessaloniki, Greece (IPBGR, HAO Dimitra). In addition, he has industry experience and a developing track record of contributions at national and international scientific conferences. His current research interests include the domestication of native plant species for sustainable utilization, study of plant–environment interactions affecting plant growth and reproduction in terms of crop quality under the current climate change.