Dr Dimitrios Vlachostergios is an agronomist, Research Director at ELGO-DIMITRA and Director at the Institute of Industrial & Forage Crops. He obtained his MSc and PhD from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in the specialty of Genetics and Plant Breeding.
His research interests focus on the genetic improvement of plants for sustainable cropping systems, the design of innovative breeding schemes, the study of genotype-environment interactions, the development of food or feed products with varietal identity, the development and release of improved varieties on the seed market and their seed production.
Dr D. Vlachostergios is the author/co-author of more than 150 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals, conference proceedings, special issues or books. He has registered 4 legume varieties in the National Catalogue of Varieties, some of which are seed-produced in Greece and abroad. He has significant experience in research projects as Coordinator, Scientific Director or member of Research Groups.
He teaches courses in Plant Breeding and Seed Production at undergraduate and postgraduate level at various Universities. He has served as president of the Hellenic Scientific Society for Genetics & Plant Breeding and is a permanent member of the Technical Committee for Propagating Material of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries since 2006.