Prof. Konstantina Bitchava is currently working as an Associate Professor of Ichthyopathology at the (Laboratory of Applied Hydrobiology) Department of Animal Science, School of Animal Biosciences, Agricultural University of Athens. She was a Postdoctoral Researcher (2013–2015), and Researcher at the Veterinary Research Institute of ELGO-Dimitra (2016–2022). She graduated from the Veterinary School of the University of Thessaly (2004), specializing in Ichthyopathology, after obtaining an MSc. (2009) and a Ph.D. from the same Department (2010). Her research activities are related to aquatic animal diseases, health, and welfare. Her research includes the use of the sciences of veterinary epidemiology, physiology, and immunology for the diagnosis of various diseases and prevention and treatment with alternative methods, as well as developing vaccine formulations. She is also involved in public health issues (such as aquatic animal–human diseases and foodborne diseases).