Dr Thomas Sotiropoulos is currently a Research Director at the Department of Deciduous Fruit Trees in Naoussa, Institute of Plant Breeding and Genetic Resources, Hellenic Agricultural Organization Demeter. He received a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece in 1993, a MSc in Plant Breeding and Plant Physiology and a PhD from the same University. During his post graduate studies, he was awarded a 3 year competitive scholarship from the Greek State Scholarship Foundation in the area of ‘pomology’. He participated as a short-term scholar in the Department of Plant Sciences lab. of Plant Nutrition at the University of California, Davis. He is a representative of Greece in the European Working Group on Malus/Pyrus.

• Physiology – nutrition of deciduous fruit trees
• Tree cultivar and rootstock evaluation with emphasis on pome fruits and kiwifruit
• Study on the effect of environmental and cultivation practices on fruit quality

• ‘Breeding for new apple cultivars with good agronomic characteristics’ in the frame of the breeding program of agricultural research of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food’.
• “Evaluation of a new apple cultivar of ‘Emphyton’ company”.

‘Evaluation of a Spray-on Product for Improving Red Color and Decreasing Sunburn Damage of ‘Red Chief Delicious ’Apples’. (T. Sotiropoulos, N. Voulgarakis, D. Triantafillou, I. Manthos, P. Xafakos. Journal of the American Pomological Society. 75(1): 2-8. 2021.

‘Boron excess imbalances root/shoot allometry, photosynthetic and chlorophyll fluorescence parameters and sugar metabolism in hydroponically-grown apple plants’. Authors: Alexia Oikonomou, Evaggelia-Vasiliki Ladikou, Georgia Chatziperou, Theoni Margaritopoulou, Marco Landi , Thomas Sotiropoulos, Fabrizio Araniti, Ioannis Papadakis. (Agronomy. 2019. 9:731).

‘Organic Fertilization and Tree Orchards’. (T. Chatzistathis, V. Kavvadias, T. Sotiropoulos, I. Papadakis). Agriculture 11(8), 692; 2021. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture11080692 (registering DOI).

‘Effect of organic calcium uptake and biostimulants during integrated nutrient management (INM) cultivation of kiwifruit cv. ‘Hayward’. (SOTIROPOULOS, T., MANTHOS, I., CHATZISTATHIS, T., KOUNTIS, N., DICHALA, O., & TSOKTOURIDIS, G. (2023). Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 51(2), 13109. https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha51213109.

‘Enhancement of bud dormancy release and development, leaf nutrition, flower and fruit quality of kiwifruit cv. ‘Hayward’ induced by BUD 14 biostimulant’. (Sotiropoulos Τ., A. Voulgarakis, D. Triantafyllou, I. Manthos, M. Dimou, T. Chatzistathis, V. Sarropoulou, A. Bountla) (2024). Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca Volume 52, Issue 3, Article number 14101, doi:10.15835/nbha52314100.