Dr. Anestis Karkanis

Dr. Anestis Karkanis is an Assistant Professor of Weed Science at the University of Thessaly. He graduated from the Agricultural University of Athens, while received his Ph.D. from the same University in 2007. He has extensive experience in the weed biology, crop-weed interactions, weed management in field crops and vegetables, integrated weed management, pharmaceutical and nutritional value of weeds, new field crops, herbicide-resistant weeds and their management. He has participated and participates as scientifically responsible or associate in nine funded research projects (etc. FP7, Horizon 2020) and has developed scientific collaborations with research teams at the University of Thessaly and at Agricultural University of Athens. He is supervisor of 22 BSc dissertations, 6 MSc thesis and 2 Ph.D thesis, while is member of advisory and evaluation committee in 50 BSc dissertations, 13 MSc thesis and 1 Ph.D thesis. He has taught undergraduate and postgraduate thematic units in Weed Science, Agricultural Pharmacology, Systematic Botany, Weed management, and Protocols & Programs in Plant Protection. He has authored 70 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 56 conference papers and 1 book chapter, with 1163 citations and an h-index 19.