Dimitris Katsantonis (M), works as principle researcher of agronomy and plant pathology in the Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources. He received his PhD in Plant Pathology in the University of Reading, UK. During the period between 1999 -2006 he was employed under contract in various research projects in Cereal Institute of NAGREF (former ELGO). During the period 2002-2011 he was employed under contract as invited assistant professor at T.E.I.The in several practical and theoretical courses in the subject of Agronomy, Plant Pathology and Crop Plant Pathology. His area of expertise includes plant pathology of cereal crops, agronomy, seed production, remote sensing, food safety and phytochemistry, while his main research interests are focused in cereals and mainly in rice research. He has supervised 3 PhD students and 4 postdoc researchers. He participated/es in more than 30 research projects, 19 competitive and 11 funded by private companies. He has published 29 papers within the Science Citation Index and more than 50 in international and national conferences.

• Rice
• Precision agriculture
• Plant pathology
• Remote sensing
• Earth Observations
• Food science
• Functional foods
• Circular economy
• Low input agriculture

“AGROCYCLE: Sustainable techno-economic solutions for the agricultural value chain”, budget €294000. Task leader in T5.5.

“DEMETER: Building an Interoperable, Data-Driven, Innovative and Sustainable European AgriFood Sector”, budget €215000, pilot leader of Smart Irrigation and Fertilization Systems in rice and maize.

• Skendi, A., Papageorgiou, M., Irakli, M., Katsantonis, D. (2020) Presence of mycotoxins, heavy metals and nitrate residues in organic commercial cereal-based foods sold in the Greek market. Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (IF: 0.641), volume 15 (2), pp. 109-119. DOI: 10.1007/s00003-019-01231-7. (Πρόγραμμα Α10: Έλεγχος των επιπέδων μυκοτοξινών και ραδιενέργειας σε προϊόντα σιτηρών του ελλαδικού χώρου)
• Kadoglidou, K., Chatzopoulou, P., Maloupa, E., Kalaitzidis, A., Ghoghoberidze, S., Katsantonis, D. (2020) Mentha and oregano soil amendment induces enhancement of tomato tolerance against soilborne diseases, yield and quality, Agronomy, 10 (3), art. no. 10030406. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy10030406
• Nettleton, D.F., Katsantonis, D., Kalaitzidis, A., Sarafijanovic-Djukic, N., Puigdollers, P., Confalonieri, R. (2019). Predicting rice blast disease: Machine learning versus process-based models, BMC Bioinformatics, 20 (1), art. no. 514. DOI: 10.1186/s12859-019-3065-1
• Kadoglidou, K., Kalaitzidis, A., Stavrakoudis, D., Mygdalia, A., Katsantonis, D. (2019) A novel compost for rice cultivation developed by rice industrial by-products to serve circular economy, Agronomy, 9 (9), art. no. 553. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy9090553
• Irakli, M., Mygdalia, A., Chatzopoulou, P., Katsantonis, D. (2019), Impact of the combination of sourdough fermentation and hop extract addition on baking properties, antioxidant capacity and phenolics bioaccessibility of rice bran-enhanced bread, Food Chemistry, 285, pp. 231-239. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2019.01.145
• Chen, W., Oldfield, T.L., Katsantonis, D., Kadoglidou, K., Wood, R., Holden, N.M(2019), The socio-economic impacts of introducing circular economy into Mediterranean rice production, Journal of Cleaner Production, 218, pp. 273-283. DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.01.334
• Stavrakoudis, D., Katsantonis, D., Kadoglidou, K., Kalaitzidis, A., Gitas, I.Z. (2019), Estimating rice agronomic traits using drone-collected multispectral imagery, Remote Sensing, 11 (5), art. no. 545, .
• Eleftheriadis, G.K., Mantelou, P., Karavasili, C., Chatzopoulou, P., Katsantonis, D., Irakli, M., Mygdalia, A., Vizirianakis, I.S., Fatouros, D.G. (2019), Development and Characterization of a Self-Nanoemulsifying Drug Delivery System Comprised of Rice Bran Oil for Poorly Soluble Drugs, AAPS PharmSciTech, 20 (2), art. no. 78. DOI: 10.3390/rs11050545
• Skendi, A., Papageorgiou, M., Irakli, M., Katsantonis, D. (2019) Presence of mycotoxins, heavy metals and nitrate residues in organic commercial cereal-based foods sold in the Greek market, Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit. DOI: 10.1007/s00003-019-01231-7
• Pagani, V., Guarneri, T., Busetto, L., Ranghetti, L., Boschetti, M., Movedi, E., Campos-Taberner, M., Garcia-Haro, F.J., Katsantonis, D., Stavrakoudis, D., Ricciardelli, E., Romano, F., Holecz, F., Collivignarelli, F., Granell, C., Casteleyn, S., Confalonieri, R. (2019) A high-resolution, integrated system for rice yield forecasting at district level, Agricultural Systems, 168, pp. 181-190. DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2018.05.007