2001: PhD in Exploitation of Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering, Department of Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens
1994: Diploma in Exploitation of Natural Resources and Agricultural Engineering, Department of Natural Resources Management and Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural University of Athens
Research Interests
Conducting research on the following:
Wastewater Management and Water Resources.
Physical Wastewater Treatment Systems.
Biogeochemical Cycles of Carbon and Nitrogen
Participation in Research Programs and Projects
RESCHEDULE 07/2021-06/2024. Resilient to Climate Change Extremes Mediterranean Agricultural Systems: Leveraging the Power of Soil Health and Associated Microbiota. General Secretariat of Research and Technology, Greece. Total Budget 1,890,000 €. TUC Funding 250,000 € (Coordinator).
BIOME 07/2020-02/2023. Application of emerging biotechnological methods (microbiome engineering) in vegetable crops. General Secretariat of Research and Technology, Greece. Total Budget 450,000 €. TUC Funding 140,000 €.
Investigation of the presence and activity of bacteria involved in Anaerobic Ammonia Oxidation (Anammox) in Terrestial Ecosystems (2011-2012).Research Committee TUC. Budget: 6.000 €.
Recent Publications
Angelakis, A.N., Valipour, M., Ahmed, A.T., Tzanakakis, V., Paranychianakis, N.V., Krasilnikoff, J., Drusiani, R., Mays, L., Gohary, F.E., Koutsoyiannis, D., Khan, S., Del Giacco, L.G., 2021. Water conflicts: From Ancient to Modern Times and in the Future., Sustainability 13 (8), 4237.
Paranychianakis, N.V., Giannakis, G.V., Moraetis, D., Tzanakakis, V.A., Nikolaidis, N.P., 2021. Crop Litter Has a Strong Effect on Soil Organic Matter Sequestration in Semi-Arid Environments. Sustainability, 13(23), 13278.
Tzanakakis, V.A., Angelakis, A.N., Paranychianakis, N.V. Dialynas, Y.G., Tchobanoglous, G., 2020. Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Management of Water Resources in the Island of Crete, Greece. Water, 12, (6), 1538.
Tsiknia, M.; Fodelianakis, S.; Nikolaidis, N. P.; Paranychianakis, N. V., Neutral processes and high inter-annual turnover shape the assembly of soil bacterial communities in a Mediterranean watershed. bioRxiv 2019, 542076.
Tzanakakis V.E., Apostolakis, A., Nikolaidis, N.P., Paranychianakis, N.V., 2018. Ammonia oxidizing archaea do not respond to ammonium or urea supply in an alkaline soil. Applied Soil Ecology 132, 194-198.
Apostolakis, A., Panakoulia, S., Nikolaidis N.P., Paranychianakis, N.V., 2017. Shifts in soil structure and soil organic matter in a chronosequence of set-aside soils. Soil and Tillage Research 174, 113-119.
Tzanakakis, V.E., Paranychianakis, N.V., 2017. Divergent response of ammonia oxidizers to various amino acids. Applied Soil Ecology 114, 45-51.