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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)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403113
Email: achristou@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Cellular and molecular responses of strawberry to salt, osmotic and heat stress
- Priming approaches for enhancing plant abiotic stress resistance
- Impacts and risk assessment of wastewater reuse for irrigation in the environment and public health
- Fate and plant uptake of micro-pollutants and compounds of emerging concern (CECs)
- Phytoremetiation as a tool for retrieving marginal and polluted soils
Dalias Panagiotis - Agricultural Research Officer A’ (Natural Resources and Environment)
Emmanouelidou Maria - Agricultural Research Officer (Fruit Trees)
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)
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)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403222
Email: sioannou@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Agricultural and Food Marketing
- Farm Management
- Food Safety
- Consumer Behavior to Agri-food Sector
- Innovation in Rural Development Sector
Kapari-Isaia Theodora - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Plant Protection)
Kyratzis Angelos - Agricultural Research Officer A΄ (Vegetables)
Kyriacou Marios - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Vegetables)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403221
Email: mkyriacou@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
Postharvest physiology and technology of horticultural crops
- Physiological, physicochemical and phytochemical characterization of fresh produce quality ripening and senescence
- Farm-to-fork etiology of produce quality: linking preharvest factors to postharvest performance of fresh produce
- Rootstock-mediated effects on vegetable quality and postharvest behavior
- Control of postharvest physiological disorders by non-chemical treatments
- Carbohydrate metabolism and tuber dormancy
Mina Kyriacos - Agricultural Research Officer (Cultivar Registration Center)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403129
Email: kmina@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Cultivation of fodder plants
- Variety Examination 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)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403130
Email: apallides@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Breeding durum wheat, bread wheat, triticale
- Legume Genetics
- Breeding Winemaking Vines
- Effect of recycled water in the expression of plant genes
- Use of cereals and legumes in organic farming
- Cereal and legume evaluation under stress conditions
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)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403220
Email: ssavvides@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Evaluation of tablegrape varieties under different environmental conditions.
- Evaluation of the tablegrape and wine grape varieties grafted on rootstocks under different environmental conditions.
- Use of cultural practices for the improvement of quality and production of grapes.
- Management, collection and conservation of vine genetic material of autochthonous and international wine and tablegrape varieties and wild vines.
- Ampelographic description of autochthonous wine and tablegrape varieties.
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)
Stavridou Constantina - Agricultural Research Officer (Plant Improvement)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403131
Email: cstavridou@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Aromatic and Medicinal Plants
- Essential Oils
Stylianou Andreas - Agricultural Research Officer (Rural Development)
Contact Information
Tel.: +357-22403116
Email: astylianou@ari.moa.gov.cy
Research Interests
- Sustainability of farming systems
- Agricultural and Production Economics.
- Use of new technologies in agriculture.
- Marketing of agricultural products.
Vassiliou Loukia - Agricultural Research Officer (Natural Resources and Environment)
Vassiliou Vassilis - Senior Agricultural Research Officer (Animal Production)