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Stavros Chatzifotis

Contact Address

Hellenic Centre of Marine Science
PO Box 2214, 71003, Heraklion Crete
Tel: 6932031720
Fax: 2810 761578
Email: schatziofitos@yahoo.com

Date of Birth : 22/09/1966
Nationality:Greek
Languages : Greek (native speaker)
English: High standard in written and spoken English

Education

• 1988- B.Sc. Biology. University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• 1990 -M.Sc. University of Wales, Fisheries Biology and Management. UK.
• 1998- Ph.D. Tokyo University of Fisheries, Japan. PhD Thesis "The effect of dietary carnitine supplementation on growth and lipid metabolism of fish"
• 2002-2003- Distance learning certificate. Business consultant. University of Athens

Professional Experience

• 1989-1990. Coral S.A.Production manager, esponsible production of 20t. fish
• 1992-1993- Evripos S.A. Production manager, responsible for production of 150t fish.
  In charge of broodstock section
• 1996-1998:European Commission Science and Technology Fellow STF11.
  Design and execution of aquaculture projects.
• 1998 – 2000:. IMBC Researcher concerned with carrying out research projects on fish nutrition and feeding behaviour financed by EU or Greek institutions (PHARE, EPAN).
• 2000 – 2001: Region of North Aegean. Senior Scientist Management of EU developmental projects (????RREG III, Information Society)
  Responsible for Fisheries sector in the Division of Agricultural Development.
• 2001 – to date: :. IMBC Researcher concerned with carrying out research projects on fish nutrition and feeding behaviour financed by EU or Greek institutions (PHARE, EPAN).
  Provision of services to fish feed manufacturers (research project on applied fish nutrition; Feed manufacturers: Perseus, Provimi, Alfalis, Inve)
  

Research interests

• Researcher with several years experience in basic and applied research of fish nutrition., including determination of nutrient requirements of fish and nutritional biochemistry as well as feeding behaviour and diet selction by fish of commercial interest.
• Extensive experience in commercial aquaculture as a fish farm manager and as collaborator to fish feed manufacturers.
• Improvement of efficiency of aquaculture systems.

Participant in working groups

• 1998: European Commission Evaluator of research programmes for the 5th - 6th Framework (Phare, Aristotele etc)
• Working group on South East Asia Fisheries
• Greek Ministry of Agriculture. Project evaluator.
• Greek Ministry of Health Project evaluator
• Secretary of Technological Development,Foresight.
• Depute member of «Biotechnology» and «Agricultural Development & Fisheries»

Editorial experience

Reviewer
Aquaculture Journal, Elsevier. 2002-
Journal of Applied Ichthyology 2003
Freelance editor / translator of technical manuals (air conditions, power tolls, medical equipment etc) (1993- to date)

Publications in Referred Journals

• Chatzifotis, S. , Takeuchi, T., 1997. Effect of supplemental carnitine on body weight loss, proximate and lipid compositions and carnitine content of red sea bream ( Pagrus major ) during starvation, Aquaculture 158, 129-140.
• Chatzifotis, S. , Takeuchi, T., Watanabe, T., Sato, S., 1997. The effect of dietary carnitine supplementation on growth of rainbow trout ( Onchorynchus mykiss ) fingerlings. Fish. Scie. 62, 321-322.
• Chatzifotis, S. , Takeuchi, T., Seikai, T., 1996. The effect of dietary carnitine supplementation on growth of red sea bream ( Pagrus major ) fingerlings at two levels of dietary lysine, Aquaculture 147, 235-248.
• Chatzifotis, S. , Takeuchi, T., Seikai, T., 1995. The effect of dietary carnitine supplementation on growth performance and lipid composition of red sea bream ( Pagrus major ) fingerlings. Fish. Scie. 61, 1004-1008.
• Torrejón-Atienza, M., Chatzifotis, S. , Divanach, P. Macronutrient selection by sharp snout seabream ( Diplodus puntazzo ). Aquaculture (in press)
• Brotons-Martinez, J. Chatzifotis, S ., Divanach P., Takeuchi, T. The effect of dietary taurine supplementation on survival, growth performance and feed selection of sea bass ( Dicentrarchus labrax ) fry fed with demand-feeders. Fisheries Science (in press)
• Chatzifotis S ., Muje P, Pavlidis, M., Ågren, J. Paalavoo, T., Mölsä H..Evolution of tissue composition and serum metabolites during gonadal development in the common dentex ( Dentex dentex ). Aquaculture (in press)

Presentation in Referred International Symposia

• Chatzifotis, S. , Takeuchi, T., and Seikai, T., 1996. Effect of dietary carnitine supplementation on growth and lipid metabolism of fish. 7th International Symposium on Nutrition and Feeding of Fish, 11-15 August,Texas, USA.
• Chatzifotis, S. , Takeuchi, T., Seikai, T., Divanach, P., 2002. Carnitine concentration in red sea bream ( Pagrus major ).10 th International Symposium on Nutrition and Feeding of Fish, 1-7 June, Rhodos, Greece.
• Chebbaki, K., Robaina, L., Vergara, J.M., Izquierdo, M.S., Fernandez-Palacios, H., Chatzifotis, S. , 2002. Effect of carotenoid sources on the red porgy ( Pagrus pagrus ):effect on muscle and skin colour and skin carotenoid content. 10 th International Symposium on Nutrition and Feeding of Fish, 1-7 June, Rhodos, Greece.
• Chebbaki, K., Robaina, L., Vergara, J.M., Izquierdo, M.S., Fernandez-Palacios, H., Chatzifotis, S. , 2002. Effect of carotenoid sources on the red porgy ( Pagrus pagrus ): growth, feed utilization and body composition. 10 th International Symposium on Nutrition and Feeding of Fish, 1-7 June, Rhodos, Greece.