Emmanouil Malandrakis serves as an Assistant Professor at the Laboratory of Applied Hydrobiology, Department of Animal Science of the Agricultural University of Athens, Greece. He received his Diploma (integrated master), MSc and PhD degrees from the University of Thessaly, Greece and has been trained in molecular biotechnology (EMBL – Heidelberg) and laboratory fish science (IMR – Bergen). He speaks Greek (native speaker), English (fluently) and Spanish (very good). He has extended experience in research project management and has worked as a production manager in the dairy industry

• Functional genomics in marine species: gene expression and epigenetic modifications
• Molecular endocrinology: function of antioxidant mechanisms and glucocorticoid receptor
• Selective breeding assisted with molecular markers
• Developmental biology and evolution
• Population molecular genetics and ecophysiology
• Broodstock management

Psofakis, P., Karapanagiotidis, I.T., Malandrakis, E.E., Golomazou, E., Exadactylos, E., and E. Mente (2020) Effect of fishmeal replacement by hydrolyzed feather meal on growth performance, proximate composition, digestive enzyme activity, haematological parameters and growth-related gene expression of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Aquaculture. 521: 735006

Kavouras, M., Malandrakis, E.E., Danis, T., Blom, E., Anastassiadis, K., Panagiotaki, P., and A. Exadactylos (2019) Hox genes polymorphism depicts developmental disruption of common sole eggs. Open Life Sciences. 14: 549–563

Gkafas, G.A., Hatziioannou, M., Malandrakis, E.E., Tsigenopoulos, C.S., Karapanagiotidis, I.T., Mente, E., Vafidis, D., and A. Exadactylos (2019) Heterozygosity fitness correlations and generation interval of the Norway lobster in the Aegean Sea, eastern Mediterranean. Journal of Biological Research-Thessaloniki 26:14

Kavouras, M., Malandrakis, E.E. Golomazou E., Konstantinidis, I., Blom, E., Arjan P. Palstra, AP, Anastassiadis K., Panagiotaki, and A. Exadactylos (2019) Hox gene expression profiles during embryonic development of common sole. Animal Biology. 69(2): pp. 183-198

Karapanagiotidis, I.T., Psofakis, P., Mente, E., Malandrakis, E.E. and E. Golomazou (2018) Effect of fishmeal replacement by poultry by-product meal on growth performance, proximate composition, digestive enzyme activity, haematological parameters and gene expression of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata). Aquaculture Nutrition. 25(1): pp. 3-14