Antonis Giakountis is an Assistant Professor at the University of Thessaly, Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Greece. He was a GSRT Post-doctoral Fellow at Biomedical Sciences Research Center “Alexander Fleming”, Greece, from 2012 to 2017 and a Post-doctoral Fellow at the University of Cambridge Department of Plant Sciences, United Kingdom, from 2009 to 2011. He obtained a PhD in Genetics at Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Germany, from 2004 to 2008 and an undergraduate degree at the University of Thessaly, Department of Plant Sciences, Greece, from 1999 to 2004. He won a PhD fellowship from the Max Planck Institute fellowship in cooperation with the University of Cologne from 2005 to 2008, a PhD fellowship from the Graduate College (Graduiertenkolleg) international program from 2004 to 2005, and two IKY (Greek State Scholarships Institution) annual scholarships and academic excellence awards and one annual scholarship by the Deligeorgi Bros private institution for academic excellence from 1999 to 2004.