CURRICULUM VITAE
Last update December 2012
1. Surname: Varvarigos 2. First name: Panagiotis
(Panos) 3. Date of
birth: 4.
Nationality: Greek |
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5. Education:
Institutions: |
University of Thessaloniki, Greece |
Wye College, University
of London, England |
University of Stirling, Scotland |
Date (from to): |
Sept/1977-Dec/1982 |
Sept/1983-Sept/1984 |
Sept/1984-Nov/1987 |
Degree(s) or
diploma(s): |
D.V.M. Veterinary
Medicine |
M.Sc.
Agricultural Economics (Farm Business Management) |
Ph.D.
Aquaculture (Fish Farm Management) |
6. Specialised training short courses:
Institution: |
Wageningen Institute of Animal Sciences, Cell Biology and Immunology Group. Wageningen, Netherlands. |
Date (from to): |
13-16 April 1999 |
Subject: |
Fish Vaccination |
7. Language skills:
(Competence scale 1 to 5, where 5 is the highest)
Mother Tongue: Greek |
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Other Languages |
Reading |
Spoken |
Written |
English |
5 |
5 |
5 |
8. Membership to professional bodies:
European Association of
Fish Pathologists (EAFP) |
European Aquaculture Society |
Greek Veterinary Association |
Greek Chamber of
Agriculture |
9. Other skills (e.g. computer literacy, etc.): MS/Office applications, Computer programming
(BASIC, HTML)
10. Present position:
Freelance consultant veterinary surgeon - fish pathologist.
11. Key qualifications:
·
Academic research (UK Universities, 5 years). ·
University teaching of graduate and postgraduate students of diverse
nationalities and backgrounds quantitative methods and microcomputer data
management applications (MBA, M.Sc. programmes in the UK, 2 years). ·
Questionnaire surveys and data analyses (UK, agricultural sector, 2
years). ·
Fish farm management consultancy. Design and implementation of
computer-based management information systems for fish farming enterprises
(UK private sector, 5 years). · Formulation of project proposals and provision of international short-term consultancy services in aquaculture and livestock development projects. (Vakakis International S.A., Greece, 3 years). ·
Aquaculture production and fish health management advice and relevant
staff training in the Mediterranean (Greece, Turkey, France, Italy, ongoing
since1993). ·
Application of fish diagnostic and immunological products -fish
vaccines. (VetCareÔ Greece, ongoing since 1993). |
12. Consultancy
experience outside Greece:
Country (Main base where work was coordinated from.) |
Date: from
(months/year) to (months/year) |
Name and brief
description of the project |
United Kingdom (Based
in York & Cambridge) |
01/1988-12/1990 |
Fish
farm (salmon, trout) freelance consultancy in production management and
marketing, cost control and production plan optimisation subject to physical
and market constraints. Design, development and implementation of
computerised information systems for fish stock control, growth forecasts,
customer and sales data bases and farm accounts. |
Albania (Based
in Tirana) |
11/1992 |
Fact
finding mission to assess the potential for development of the Albanian
fisheries sector including capture fisheries and aquaculture. |
Bulgaria (Based
in Plovdiv) |
09/1993-10/1993 |
EU/PHARE
project: "Technical Assistance to Demonstration Private Farming
Enterprises" Assessment of the Bulgarian fresh water fish farming sector
and proposal formulation for the development of private fish farming and the
ancillary industries. |
Kyrgyzstan (Based
in Bishkek) |
04/1994 |
Fact
finding mission assessing the needs and priorities for the development of the
livestock sector. Formulation of the technical proposal in respect to an
EU/TACIS funded project to encourage the private livestock farming
initiatives. |
France |
2003 – on-going |
Short
term fish disease diagnostic consultancy missions in hatcheries producing
Mediterranean fish species. |
Turkey (Based
in Bodrum and Milas) |
01/2007 |
Seven
day training seminar in fish pathology, disease prevention and rearing
techniques for warm water Mediterranean species of fish. The training included
classroom and laboratory sessions as well as on-site practicals.
The audience comprised technical and scientific staff of hatchery and
on-growing cage facilities. |
Turkey |
2007 – on-going |
Fish
disease diagnostic consultancy missions as well as laboratory training of
staff in hatcheries and on-growing units producing Mediterranean fish
species. |
13. Professional experience record:
Date |
03/2003-on-going |
Location |
Greece/Athens |
Profession |
Freelance consultant
veterinary surgeon - fish pathologist. |
Description |
Diagnostic
laboratory support and health management consultancy to aquaculture
enterprises. Distributor of veterinary medications, immunological and
biotechnology products for farmed fish disease treatment and prevention under
the registered trademarks "VetCare" and "AquaHealth"). |
Date |
03/1993-03/2003 |
Location |
Greece/Athens |
Company |
Veterinary Care Ltd -
Veterinary Pharmaceuticals and Services. |
Position |
Director |
Description |
Founder
of the company established in 1993 to import and distribute in Greece
veterinary immunological products and in vitro diagnostics for fish disease
prevention. The company offered veterinary support and stock health
management consultancy. |
Date |
03/1992 - 12/1995 |
Location |
Greece/Athens |
Company |
Vakakis International S.A |
Position |
Associate consultant |
Description |
Economic
planning and management advisory services to projects in the fisheries and
livestock sectors, funded under the EU PHARE and TACIS Programmes. Business
promotion, project assessments, preparation of consultancy reports and
proposals, advice in joint ventures between Western and Eastern European
entrepreneurs (EU JOPP Programmes). |
Date |
03/1991 -03/1992 |
Location |
Greece/Athens |
Institution |
401 General Military
Hospital of Athens |
Position |
Army veterinary surgeon
(National Service) |
Description |
Quality
inspection of food supplies, storage and refrigeration control; laboratory
examinations for food quality and freshness. Microbiological and overall
health testing of potable water. |
Date |
03/1990-03/1991 |
Location |
United Kingdom/Cambridge |
Institution |
Department of Land Economy,
University of Cambridge, England. |
Position |
Senior Assistant in Research |
Description |
Market
trends and production economics of organic farming in England via
questionnaire surveys, statistical evaluation of findings and on-farm
interviews. Comparative economics of crop irrigation systems in East Anglia.
Teaching and supervision of B.Sc. students in econometrics and statistical
applications. |
Date |
01/1989-03/1990 |
Location |
United Kingdom/York |
Institution |
Department of Biology,
University of York, England. |
Position |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
Description |
Statistical
study of the social and economic impact of bracken (Peridium
aquilinum) invasion and degradation of the
upland pastures in the "Less Favoured Areas" of England and Wales.
Questionnaire survey of a random sample of 1000 livestock farms, backed with
selective on-site interviews. The project was financed by the British
Ministry of Agriculture. It comprised part of a plan to biologically control
the noxious fern by the release of alien insects, the first such project in
the EU. |
Date |
11/1987-12/1988 |
Location |
United Kingdom/Stirling |
Institution |
Department of Business
and Management, University of Stirling, Scotland. |
Position |
Teaching Assistant |
Description |
Teaching
B.Sc., M.Sc. and MBA students, statistics, probability theory, decision
analysis and principles of computer-based information systems. Member of the department
study group for new software evaluation and microcomputer laboratory
maintenance. Trainer at seminars and open classes in principles of microcomputing and business applications of the then
popular business software packages. |
Date |
12/1982-09/1983 |
Location |
Greece/Thessaloniki |
Profession |
Practicing veterinary surgeon. |
Description |
Diagnostic, surgical and
microbiological facilities for pet animals and birds. |
14.
Publications:
1. PUBLISHED REFEREED WORK
(In ascending
chronological order)
Varvarigos, P. and M. T. Horne, (1986). An inexpensive
microcomputer based data record-keeping system for the individual fish farm.
In: Automation and Data Processing in Aquaculture (ed. by J.G. Balchen), pp. 263-272. International Federation of
Automatic Control Proceedings Series 1987 No 9. Pergamon
Press, Oxford.
Varvarigos, P. and M. T. Horne, (1986). Application of
Linear Programming to fish farm production planning. In: Automation and Data
Processing in Aquaculture (ed. by J.G. Balchen),
pp. 243-254. International Federation of Automatic Control Proceedings Series
1987 No 9. Pergamon Press, Oxford.
Hinton
L., and P. Varvarigos, (1990). Observations on the
Economic Performance of Irrigation: A study of 23 Farms in East Anglia.
Published by the University of Cambridge, Agricultural Economics Unit,
Department of Land Economy, June 1990, Cambridge.
Varvarigos, P., (1991). Production planning and the
management of information on fish farms: results of a UK survey. Aquaculture
and Fisheries Management, 22, 2, 217-227.
Varvarigos, P. and J. H. Lawton, (1991). Farmers'
perceptions of the scale of the bracken problem on LFA farms in England and
Wales. The Journal of Applied Ecology, 28, 3, 990-1005.
Varvarigos, P., (1994). Production economics of the
emerging private fish farming industry in Bulgaria. Aquaculture International,
2, 3, 197-205.
Varvarigos, P., and K. Way, (2002). First isolation and
identification of the Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis (IPN) virus from rainbow
trout Onchorhynchus mykiss
fingerlings farmed in Greece. Bull. Eur. Ass. Fish Pathol.,
22, 3, 195-200.
Varvarigos, P., N.Vendramin, E. Cappellozza and
G. Bovo, (2011). First confirmation of Herpes Virus Anguillae (HVA) and Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis (IPN)
virus infecting European eels Anguilla anguilla
farmed in Greece. Bull. Eur. Ass. Fish Pathol., 31, 3,
101-111.
2. PUBLISHED ARTICLES IN TRADE JOURNALS AND BULLETINS
(In ascending
chronological order)
Varvarigos, P., (1990). As margins tighten can you afford
to fly blind? Fish Farmer, 13, 2, 48-49.
Varvarigos, P. and L. Hinton, (1990). An economic
assessment of irrigation in East Anglia. Irrigation News, 16,
13-25.
Varvarigos, P. and G. Savvidis,
(1994). Application of an in vitro diagnostic kit in order to research the
existence or not of the bacterial kidney disease (BKD) in trout farms in the Hepirus region, North-Western Greece. Fishing News, 160,
49-56. (In Greek).
Varvarigos, P., (1994). Vibriosis
in the intensive warm water marine fish farms: diagnosis, treatment and
prevention through vaccination. Fishing News, 161, 46-52. (In Greek).
Varvarigos, P., (1994). Sea-bass (Dicentrarchus
labrax) protected against vibriosis.
Fish Farming International, 21, 5, 19.
Varvarigos, P., (1995). Greek fish farmers spot diseases
early with diagnostic kits. Fish Farming International, 22, 5,
18-19.
Varvarigos, P., (1995). Fish feeds and the Environment. Monthly
Bulletin of the Hellenic Veterinary Association, 14, 16-19. (In Greek).
Varvarigos, P., (1996). Fish disease prevention in
intensive maricultures: Vaccination, immuno-modulation and rapid-diagnostic testing. Fishing
News, 175, 57-66. (In Greek).
Varvarigos, P., (1996). Sea-bass vaccination with intraperitoneal injection: Application in Greece against vibriosis. Fishing News, 176, 57-63. (In Greek).
Varvarigos, P., (1996). Vaccination by immersion at the cage
site: An answer to sea-bass vibriosis. Fishing
News, 180, 73-79. (In Greek).
Varvarigos, P., (1996). In vitro rapid diagnostic
kits, a challenge for timely on farm diagnosis. Fishing News, 183,
51-56. (In Greek).
Varvarigos, P., V. Doucas, Μ. Gazouli,
L. S. Tzouvelekis, (1997). Septicaemic
diseases caused by Gram positive cocci: a new threat
to fish farming. Fishing News, 193, 42-53. (In Greek).
Varvarigos, P., (1997). Marine fish diseases in Greece. Fish
Farmer, (International File) 20, 6, 10-12
Varvarigos, P., (1998). Diseases of the marine farmed
fish that troubled the Greek fish farmers during the past year. (1998). Fishing
News, 210, 65-75. (In Greek).
Varvarigos, P., (1999). Enteric Red Mouth disease - A
catastrophic disease for the Greek trout farming industry. Fishing News,
211, 51-54. (In Greek).
Varvarigos, P., (1999). Microsporidiasis
of sea-bass fingerligs. A case study. Fishing News,
217-218, 27-29. (In Greek).
Varvarigos, P., (1999). Parasitosis
by Myxospora parasites of the genus Kudoa spp. of sea-bream larvae. Fishing
News, 219, 74-75. (In Greek).
Varvarigos, P., (1999). Immersion or injection? Practical
considerations of vaccination strategies for farmed sea bass and sea bream in
Greece. Fish Farming International, 26, 7, 34-35.
Varvarigos, P., (2000). Are the brood-stock fish kept in
the hatcheries a source of hygienic "raw materials" for the Greek
aquaculture? Fishing News, 223, 65-72. (In
Greek).
Varvarigos, P., (2000). Ichthyophoniasis.
A "killer" of farmed fish in fresh waters as well as in the sea. Fishing
News, 231, 65-72. (In Greek).
3. UNPUBLISHED THESES AND REPORTS
(In ascending
chronological order)
Varvarigos, P., (1984). Economic importance and
developments of intensive aquaculture with special reference to Britain and
Greece. M.Sc. Thesis (Univ. of London) 101p.
Varvarigos, P., (1987). Microcomputer-based fish farm
production planning. Ph.D Thesis (Univ. of
Stirling) 365p.
Varvarigos, P. and J. H. Lawton, (1989). Socio-Economic
Aspects of Bracken Control. Report prepared for the British Ministry of
Agriculture Fisheries and Food (MAFF Reference HX 616). 174p.
Varvarigos, P., (1993). Private Fish Farming in
Bulgaria; The Way Ahead. Report prepared under the EEC/PHARE project
"Technical Assistance to Demonstration Private Farming Enterprises"
(Project No. PMU 012/91). Report No. 9, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, October 1993. 64p.
Varvarigos, P., (1998). Main disease problems and
disease control practice on the marine fish cage farms in Greece. A review.
Review article and lecture presented as an invited speaker at the workshop
"Fish Health Management in the Mediterranean Mariculture
Industry", 12-15th November 1998. National Centre of Marine
Research, Athens, E.U. Leonardo Da Vinci Programme.
4. CONFERENCE & SEMINAR LECTURES
(In ascending
chronological order)
February 1986.
Microcomputer based
fish farm planning and stock control. Paper presented at the Scottish Fish Farming
Conference and Exhibition, Inverness, Scotland, February 1986.
August 1986.
An inexpensive
microcomputer based data record-keeping system for the individual fish farm. Paper presented at the 1st IFAC
International Conference "AQUACULTURE'86", Trondheim, Norway, August
1986.
Application of linear programming to fish farm production planning.
Paper presented at the 1st IFAC International Conference
"AQUACULTURE'86", Trondheim, Norway, August 1986.
June 1993.
Fish pathology, epizootiology, fish farm hygiene and disease prevention. Lecturer on behalf of the Greek
Productivity Centre (ΕΛ.ΚΕ.ΠΑ.), during an EU funded seminar series for
professionals working in aquaculture. Seminars organised at the Aegean island
of Lesbos, Mitilini town.
December 1994.
Aspects of Mediterranean farmed fish epizootiology,
fish disease diagnosis and prevention as well as fish farm hygiene.
Lecturer and trainer of marine aquaculturists on
behalf of the Greek Productivity Centre (ΕΛ.ΚΕ.ΠΑ.), during EU
funded seminar series on marine aquaculture, organised at the Aegean island of
Chios, Chios town.
February 1997.
Fish disease prevention
by vaccination.
Lecturer on behalf of the Greek Association of Mariculture
Producers (Σ.Ε.Θ.). EU funded seminar series for aquaculturists under the auspices of the LEONARDO
programme, in cooperation with SATA and AquaTT UETP
Ltd. The seminars were organised at various localities around Greece with
intense aquaculture activity.
November 1997.
Fish pathology, epizootiology and fish farm hygiene. Lecturer on behalf of the Greek
Productivity Centre (ΕΛ.ΚΕ.ΠΑ.), during EU funded seminar series for fish
farm workers, organised at the Aegean island of Chios Lesbos, Chios town.
Fish diseases in Greek mariculture. Lecturer
at the Athens based "National Centre of Marine Research" during the
"Workshop in Fish Health Management in the Mediterranean Mariculture Industry" comprising a series of seminars
for professionals from Mediterranean countries. The workshop was organised by
the N.C.M.R. and AquaTT SATA under the auspices of
the EU LEONARDO programme in November 1997.
September 1998.
Main disease problems of the marine fish farms in Greece. Paper
presented at the 1st Balkan Aquaculture Conference "Perspectives of
Cooperation and Development", Thessaloniki, Greece, September 18-20, 1998.
Administration methods and practical considerations of sea-bass and sea-bream
vaccination on Greek fish farms. Paper presented at the 1st Balkan
Aquaculture Conference "Perspectives of Cooperation and Development",
Thessaloniki, Greece, September 18-20, 1998.
July 1999.
Fish pathology, farm
hygiene and disease prevention. Lecturer during workshops organised by the local authorities and the
local Ministerial Department of Fisheries at the Prefecture of Fthiotida with intense aquaculture activity. The invited
audience comprised all fish farmers of the prefecture. July 1999.
October 2003.
Economically important pathologies of the marine fish cultured in Greece and
the Aegean Sea. Invited speaker at the 10th National Conference of the
Italian Society of Fish Pathology (S.I.P.I.). Teramo,
Italy, October 9-11, 2003.
September 2004.
Fish Disease Diagnosis and Control in the Mediterranean Marine Aquaculture.
Invited lecturer at the EU sponsored advanced course for professionals,
organised by CIHEAM-IAMZ, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, September 13-18, 2004.
September 2007.
The parasitic copepod Lernaeolophus sultanus (Pennellidae) found on
farmed sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
and sharp snout sea bream (Diplodus puntazzo) in coastal marine fish farms in Greece.
Poster presented at the 13th International EAFP conference on fish
and shellfish diseases. Grado, Italy. 17th
- 21st September 2007.
Chronic sub-lethal copper toxicity from net antifoulants
causing anaemia, gill degeneration and inducing bacterial and parasitic diseases
to fish in coastal marine farms in Greece. Poster presented at the 13th
International EAFP conference on fish and shellfish diseases. Grado, Italy. 17th - 21st September
2007.
Vibrio alginolyticus combined with the motile aeromonads, Aeromonas sobria
and Aeromonas hydrophila, comprise the main bacterial taxa responsible for gilthead sea bream (Sparus aurata) larval enteropathy
(LE). Paper presentation at the 13th International EAFP conference
on fish and shellfish diseases. Grado, Italy. 17th - 21st
September 2007
April 2008
Mediterranean farmed fish welfare. How good are we? Invited speaker at
the spring scientific meeting of the UK Fish Veterinary Society (FVS). April 9,
2008. University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
September 2011.
Co-presence of Herpes Virus Anguillae (HVA) and Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis (IPN)
virus in European eels Anguilla anguilla. First detection
in Greece. Poster presented at the 15th International EAFP
conference on fish and shellfish diseases. Split, Croatia, 12th – 16th
September 20011.