Dr. Amalia D. Karagouni
Group Leader
- Full NameAmalia D. Karagouni
- Work addressMicrobiology Group
Department of Botany, Faculty of Biology
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
University Campus Panepistimiopolis
157 84 Zografou, Attica, Greece
- Phone+30 210 727 4526
- E-mailakar@biol.uoa.gr
- DOB18th of July 1951, Lianokladi, Fthiotida, Greece
- Family statusMarried with two children
- LanguagesGreek (Native), English (Excellent)
Education
1975: Degree of Biology. National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA)
1979: Doctorate Degree (Ph.D.). University of Warwick, U.K. Thesis title: “The physiology of the blue-green alga Anacystis nidulans grown in light and carbon dioxide limited continuous-flow culture”
Positions Held
1980-1982: Curator of the Laboratory of General Botany, Department of Biology, Section of Botany, University of Athens
1982-1993: Lecturer of Microbiology, Laboratory of General Botany, Faculty of Biology, Department of Botany-Zoology, University of Athens
1986-to date: Coordinator of the course "General Microbiology" in in the Faculty of Biology of the NKUA
1993-2002: Assistant Professor of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Department of Botany, University of Athens
1999-to date: Coordinator of the course "Special topics on Applied and Molecular Microbiology" in in the Faculty of Biology of the NKUA
2002-2008: Associate Professor of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Department of Botany, University of Athens
2004-to date: Member of the Administration Committee of the University of Central Greece
2005-2009: President of the Board of the National Marine Park of Zakynthos
2006-2009: Head of the Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics of the University of Central Greece
2010-to date: Head of the Committee for Public Relations and for the creation of the Alumni Association, Faculty of Biology, University of Athens
2008-to date:Professor of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, Department of Botany, University of Athens