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