His research interest focuses in peach, nectarine, cherry and apricot cultivar evaluation, postharvest physiology and study on the effects of horticultural practices on stone fruit yield and quality.

Dr George Pantelidis is currently Junior Researcher at the Department of Deciduous Fruit Trees, Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, Hellenic Agricultural Organisation Demeter.

He entered the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Agriculture in 1995 and graduated in 2000 after majoring in the field of ‘Horticulture’. In 2002 he entered the Msc for Horticultural Science of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Agriculture and graduated in 2004. At the same time he was awarded a 3.5 year competitive scholarship from the Greek State Scholarship Foundation to pursue Ph.D. studies and continued his post-graduate studies at the School of Agriculture of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where he was awarded his Ph.D. of philosophy of the Faculty of the Department of Agriculture of Geotechnical Sciences of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, in 2011.

He has participated in 10 European and Greek research projects. He has published 7 scientific papers in international journals of Science Citation Index.

• Stone fruit cultivar evaluation
• Postharvest physiology
• Effects of horticultural practices on stone fruit yield and quality
• Chilling requirements evaluation of fruit trees

• ‘Promoting fruit tree cultivation though maintaining and organizing the field gene bank collection, creating parent plants for the production of certified propagating material and evaluating, exploiting and improving autochthonous cultivars’ (FuitTrees2Safeguard). RESEARCH – CREATE – INNOVATE (project code:Τ1EDK-05438).
• ‘Fruit Crops Resilience to Climate Change in the Mediterranean Basin’ (FREECLIMB), PRIMA 2019-2022.

• Manganaris, G.A., Drogoudi, P., Goulas, V., Tanou, G., Georgiadou, E.C., Pantelidis, G.E., Paschalidis, K.A., Fotopoulos, V., Manganaris, A. 2017. Deciphering the interplay among genotype, maturity stage and low-temperature storage on phytochemical composition and transcript levels of enzymatic antioxidants in Prunus persica fruit. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 119: 189-199
• Drogoudi P., Pantelidis G.E, Goulas V., Manganaris G.A, Ziogas V., Manganaris A. 2016 The appraisal of qualitative parameters and antioxidant contents during postharvest peach fruit ripening underlines the genotype significance. Postharvest Biology and Technology 115: 142-150
• Drogoudi, P.D., Pantelidis, G., Bacchetta, L., Giorgio, D.D., Duval. H., Metzidakis, I., Spera, D., 2013. Protein and mineral nutrient contents in kernels from 72 sweet almond cultivars and accessions grown in France, Greece and Italy. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 64 (2): 202-209
• Drogoudi, P.D., Pantelidis, G. 2011. Effects of position on canopy and harvest time on fruit physico-chemical and antioxidant properties in different apple cultivars. Scientia Horticulturae 129 (4): 752-760
• Drogoudi, P.D., Tsipouridis, C.G., Pantelidis, G. 2009. Effects of crop load and time of thinning on the incidence of split pits, fruit yield, fruit quality, and leaf mineral contents in ‘Andross’ peach. Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology 84 (5): 505-509.
• Drogoudi, P.D., Vemmos, S., Pantelidis, G., Petri, E., Tzoutzoukou, C., Karayiannis, I., 2008. Physical characters and antioxidant, sugar, and mineral nutrient contents in fruit from 29 apricot (Prunus armeniaca) cultivars and hybrids. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 56 (22): 10754-10760
• Pantelidis, G.E., Vasilakakis, M., Manganaris, G.A., Diamantidis, Gr. 2007. Antioxidant capacity, phenol, anthocyanin and ascorbic acid contents in raspberries, blackberries, red currants, gooseberries and Cornelian cherries. Food Chemistry 102 (3): 777-783.