Dr. Anestis Karkanis is an Associate Professor of Weed Science at the Department of Agriculture, Crop Production and Rural Environment of the University of Thessaly. He graduated from the Agricultural University of Athens and received his Ph.D. from the same University in 2007. He has extensive experience in 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 in eleven funded research projects (e.g., FP7, Horizon 2020) and has developed scientific collaborations with research teams at the University of Thessaly and the Agricultural University of Athens. He has supervised 46 BSc dissertations, 13 MSc theses, and 2 Ph.D theses, and has been a member of the advisory and evaluation committee in 100 BSc dissertations, 26 MSc theses, and 7 Ph.D theses. 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 83 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 78 conference papers, and 3 book chapters, with 2407 citations and an h-index of 28.