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Dora Chimonidou - Director
Marinos Markou - Chief Agricultural Research Officer (Support Division)
Adamides George - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Rural Development)
Christou Anastasis - Agricultural Research Officer A΄ (Natural Resources and Environment)
Dalias Panagiotis - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Natural Resources and Environment)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403114
Email: pdalias@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Decomposition processes of litter and soil organic matter
- Dynamics of mineralization of soil carbon and nitrogen
- Utilization of organic materials (manure, compost, sewage sludge) for soil fertility improvement
Emmanouelidou Maria - Agricultural Research Officer (Fruit Trees)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403214
Email: memmanouilidou@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Olive culture, Citrus culture
- Evaluation and conservation of olive genetic resources
- Elaiographic description, cultivar characterization and identification of olive genetic material
- Evaluation of olive and citrus varieties in the agri-environmental conditions of Cyprus
- Quality characteristics and characterization of olive oil
- Organoleptic assessment of extra virgin olive oil
Fasoula Dionysia - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Plant Improvement)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403124
Email: dfasoula@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Plant Breeding and Genetics-Molecular Genetics
- Prognostic Breeding– Innovative Methodology of Plant Breeding for cultivar development, exploitation of epigenetic phenomena, mitigation of biotic and abiotic stressors/Climate Change
- Plant Breeding for Organic and Low-Input Agriculture – Participatory Approaches- Traditional varieties
- Epigenetic phenomena in Plant Breeding-Epigenomics
- Systems Biology
- Precision Agriculture
Giannakopoulou Marianthi - Agricultural Research Officer (Rural Development)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403118
Email: mgiannakopoulou@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Food Marketing
- Consumer Behavior
- Business Administration of agribusinesses
- Use of new technologies in Agriculture
- Rural Development and alternative activities
Hadjipavlou Georgia - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Animal Production)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403122
Email: ghadjipavlou@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Dissecting genetic components, quantitative trait loci and polymorphisms affecting production and reproduction traits in local livestock populations
- Genetic study of disease resistance in small ruminants
- Genetic evaluation and selection of sheep and goat breeds
- Use of novel approaches for genomic evaluation of sheep and goats
- Conservation and sustainable use of farm animal genetic resources
Ioannides Ioannis - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Agrobiotechnology)
Ioannidou Sotiroula - Agricultural Research Officer (Fruit Trees)
Ioannou Stavroula - Agricultural Research Officer (Rural Development)
Kapari-Isaia Theodora - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Plant Protection)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403207
Email: tkapari@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Plant Pathology, particularly plant viruses of citrus, stonefruits, potatoes and other agricultural products,
- Programmes for the production of healthy planting material in citrus, stonefruits and grapevines,
- Diagnosis and Epidemiology of plant viruses and other diseases.
- Tissue culture, particularly micrografting and meristem culture in vitro for sanitation of citrus, stonefruits and grapevines.
Kyratzis Angelos - Agricultural Research Officer A΄ (Vegetables)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403131
Email: akyratzis@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Survey, inventory, collection, ex situ conservation, characterization and evaluation of local plant genetic resources
- Characterization and evaluation of local cereal, legume and vegetable landraces
- Survey, inventory and conservation of crop wild relatives
- Development of germination protocols for native rare plant species
- Curation of the national Genebank and Herbarium
Kyriacou Marios - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Vegetables)
Mina Kyriacos - Agricultural Research Officer (Cultivar Registration Center)
Neocleous Damianos - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Natural Resources and Environment)
Omirou Michalis - Agricultural Research Officer A΄ (Agrobiotechnology)
Pallides Andreas - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Plant Improvement)
Papadavid George - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Rural Development)
Papayiannis Lambros - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Plant Protection)
Pitta Christina - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Plant Improvement)
Savvides Savvas - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Fruit Trees)
Seraphides Nicos - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Plant Protection)
Soteriou Georgios - Agricultural Research Officer A΄ (Vegetables)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403208
Email: gsoteriou@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Vegetable crop production systems and practices
- Rootstock-scion relations of grafted vegetable crops
Sparaggis Dionysis - Agricultural Research Officer (Animal Production)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403121
Email: dsparaggis@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Nutrition of ruminants (Bovine, sheep and goats)
Stavridou Constantina - Agricultural Research Officer (Plant Improvement)
Stylianou Andreas - Agricultural Research Officer (Rural Development)
Vassiliou Loukia - Agricultural Research Officer (Natural Resources and Environment)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403211
Email: lvassiliou@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Evaluation of Crop production systems and practices of ornamentals
- Cultivation of ornamental species under the climatic conditions in Cyprus
- Evaluation of endemic species of Cyprus flora for potential use in commercial floriculture
Vassiliou Vassilis - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Animal Production)