CURRICULUM  VITAE…………………… Leonidas Charistos:    

 

Studies:

 

1989-1995:  B. Sc in Agriculture, Agricultural University of Belgrade

 

Languages:

 

Greek and Serbian very well

English, moderate

 

Work:

 

2001-2002 :       Agriculturist in the Regional Agricultural Department of Chalkidiki

2002- till today : Research Assistant in Hellenic Institute of Apiculture

 

Key Research Areas:

 

Bee breeding,

Honey bee queen quality,

Bee diseases control

 

Publications:

 

1.     F. Hatjina, L. Haristos (2005).Indirect effects of oxalic acid administered by trickling method on honey bee brood. Journal of Apicultural Research 44(4): 172-174

2.     F. Hatjina, M. Bouga, A. Karatasou, A. Kontothanasi, L. Charistos, C. Emmanouil, N. Emmanouil, AD. Maistros (2010) Pilot survey of honey bee colony losses in Greece (2007 & 2008) Journal of Apicultural Research –Special Edition 49(1): 116-118

  1. F. Hatjina, G. Tsoktouridis,  M. Bouga, L. Charistos, V. Evangelou, D. Avtzis, I. Meeus, M. Brunain, G. Smagghe, Dirk C. de Graaf (2011). Polar tube protein gene diversity among Nosema ceranae strains derived from a Greek honey bee health study. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 108: 131–134. doi:10.1016/j.jip.2011.07.003
  2. Cecilia Costa, Ralph Büchler, Stefan Berg; Malgorzata Bienkowska, Maria Bouga, Dragan Bubalo, Leonidas Charistos, Yves Le Conte, Maja Drazic, Winfried Dyrba, Janja Fillipi, Marta Lessona, Evgeniya Ivanova, Nikola Kezic, Hirsula Kiprjanovska, Michalis Kokinis, Seppo Korpela, Per Kryger, Marco Lodesani, Marina Meixner, Beata Panasiuk, Hermann Pechhacker, Plamen Petrov, Eugenia Oliveri, Lauri Ruottinen, Aleksandar Uzunov, Giacomo Vaccari, Jerzy Wilde (2012) A Europe-wide experiment for assessing the impact of genotype-environment interactions on the vitality of honey bee colonies: methodology. Journal of Apicultural Science, 56(1), 147-158
  3. Evgeniya Ivanova, Maria Bouga, Teodora Staykova, Mica Mladenovic, Sladjan Rasic, Leonidas Charistos, Marta Lessona, Plamen Petrov (2012) Study on genetic variability of honey bees from Balkan Peninsula based on alloenzymic data Journal of Apicultural Research 51(4): 329-335 . DOI 10.3896/IBRA.1.51.4.06
  4. Hatjina F., Papaefthimiou C., Charistos L., Dogaroglu T., Bouga M., Emmanouil C., Arnold  G. (2013) Sublethal doses of imidacloprid decreased size of hypopharyngeal glands and respiratory rhythm of honeybees in vivo. Apidologie DOI: 10.1007/s13592-013-0199-4
  5. Hatjina ., Bieńkowska M.,Charistos L.,Chlebo R., Costa C., Dražić M., Filipi J., Gregorc A., Ivanova N. E., Kezic N., Kopernicky J., Kryger P., Lodesani M., Lokar V., Mladenovic M., Panasiuk B., PetrovP. P., Rašić S., Smodis Skerl M. I.,Vejsnæs F., Wilde J. (2013) Examples of different methodology used to access the quality characteristics of honey bee queens. Journal of Apicultural Research (accepted)
  6. Ömür G. Çelemli, Marta Lessona, Aslı Özkırım, Leonidas Charistos, and Aygün Yalçınkaya Schiesser (201?) More insight into the chemical composition of Greek propolis; Differences and similarities with Turkish propolis (accepted)
  7. Charistos L., F. Hatjina, M. Bouga, M. Mladenovic, A-D. Maistros (201?) Study on Genetic Structure of Greek Honey Bee A.mellifera L. based on Geometric Morphometrics approach. Journal of Apicultural Science  (accepted) 
  8. F. Hatjina, K.  M. Kasiotis, L. Charistos, K. Machera, N. Emmanouil (201?)  Honey bee colony performance and imidacloprid residual analysis in cotton fields. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (submitted)

 

Presentations in Scientifc Conferences

 

11.  Hatjina F., Baylac M., Haristos L., Garnery L., Arnold G., Tsellios D. (2002) Wing differentiation among Greek populations of honey bee (Apis mellifera): a geometric morphometrics analysis. Poster in the 7th European Entomological Congress, Thessaloniki, October 7-13,

12.  M. Palassopoulou, L. Haristos, M. Kalapanida, M. Kostarelou, D. Tsellios (2002) Identification of sugars in honeydew secretions by Marchalina hellenica. Proceedings of the 1st Hellenic Scientific Conference in Apiculture - Sericulture, Athens, November 2002, p. 45

13.  L. Haristos, F. Hatjina, S. Gounari, D. Tsellios (2003) A method for determining the infestation level of Nosema apis in different areas of Greece. Poster 283 in APIMONDIA 2003, Ljubljana (Book of Abstracts, p. 608) 

14.  Hatjina F, Dimou M, Haristos L., KostarelouM (2004) Morphological characteristics of pollen from plants from Peloponnese. (Poster) Proceedings of the 2nd Hellenic Scientific Conference in Apiculture – Sericulture, Athens 21-23 May 2004, p. 73.

15.  Tsellios D, Haristos L, Hatjina F, KostarelouM, Dimou M(2004) Beekeeping flora of Peloponnese. (Abstract) Proceedings of the 2nd Hellenic Scientific Conference in Apiculture – Sericulture, Athens 21-23 May 2004, p. 66.

16.  Haristos L, Hatjina F, Tselios D (2004) Colour spectrum of pollen from Peloponnese plants (2004). (Poster) Proceedings of the 2nd Hellenic Scientific Conference in Apiculture – Sericulture, Athens 21-23 May 2004, p. 70.

17.  F. Hatjina, L. Haristos, M. Bouga (2004) Geometric morphometrics analysis of honey bee populations from Greek mainland, Ionian islands and Crete island. Poster in Proceedings of the First European Conference of Apidology, Udine, 19-23 September, 2004 (p. 44)

18.  F. Hatjina, L. Haristos, R. Paxton, V. Karipidou, K. Kritikopoulou, A. Mamouzi, V. Tsirakoglou (2006)  Almond pollination and the use of hive entrance pollen transfer devices. Proceedings of the Second European Conference of Apidology, 10-14 September 2006, Prague, (p. 92).

19.  Hatjina F, Haristos L., Lambrinakos S., Petropoulos P., Apostoloudis N., Gerohimou St. (2007) Direct and indirect effects of oxalic acid administered by trickling method on honey bee colonies Proceedings of the 3rd Hellenic Scientific Conference in Apiculture - Sericulture, Thessaloniki, April 21-22 (2007), p. 42-43.

20.  F. Hatjina, M. Bouga,L. Haristos (2008) Greek certification system of honey bee queens. XVI Naučno Savetovanje sa Medunarodnim Učeščem ‘ Kvalitetom I selekcijom u pčelarstvu ka evropi’.  Beograd 9-10 Februar, 2008, p. 7-11.

21.  Hatjina F., L. Haristos,  M. Bouga, M. Kostarelou and N. Emmanouel (2008) Quality characterisitics of produced honey bee queens in Greece. Proceedings of the Third European Conference of Apidology, 8-11 September 2008, Belfast UK, (p .50-51).

22.  Haristos L. (2009) The use of oxalic acid against varroa disease in Greece {Efikasnost oksalne kiseline protiv varroa Krpelja u društvumedonosne pčele}.XVII Naučno Savetovanje sa Medunarodnim Učeščem ‘Kvalitet meda selekcija medonosne pčele.  Beograd 7 Februar, 2009, p. 51.

23.  Korpela Seppo, Hatjina Fani, Bouga Maria & Charistos Leonidas (2009). Adaptation and performance of Greek honeybees resistant to Acarapis woodi in Finland. Proceedings of the COLOSS Workshop Standardization of Methods II: Vitality Testing- Kirchhain, Germany, 28.06-02.07.2009, p. 10

24.  M. Bouga, Mica Bladenovic, Leonidas Charistos, Sladjan Rasic, Marta Lessona (2009) Molecular markers discriminating Greek from Serbian honey bees. Apimondia Congress, Montpellier, 15-20 September 2009.

25.  M. Bouga, F. Hatjina, L. Charistos (2009) Colony losses and genetic diversity of honey bees in Greece. Proceedings of the 5th COLOSS Conference, Montpellier, 14-15 September, 2009.  p. 26

26.  F. Hatjina, G. Tsoktouridis, M. Bouga, V. Evangelou, D. Avtzis, L. Charistos (2009) Nosemaceranae(Microspora, Nosematidae), anewpathogenofthehoneybeeApismelliferaL. (Hymenoptera, Apidae). HellenicEntomologicalCongress, Alexandroupolis, November 2009.

27.  Charistos Leonidas, Hatjina Fani*, Kokkinis Michalis, Bouga Maria (2010). Experimental set up and first evaluation of the genotype/environmental interactions experiment in Greece . Proceeding of the COLOSS Workshop in Standardized protocols for honey bee vitality and diversity. Athens, February 26-27, 2010, p. 5

28.  Rasic Sladjan, Charistos Leonidas, Mladenovic Mica, Hatjina Fani, Bouga Maria (2010). Relationship between genetic origin of honey bee queens and their performance. Proceeding of the COLOSS Workshop ‘Standardized protocols for honey bee vitality and diversity’. Athens, February 26-27, 2010, p. 14

  1. Marta Lessona, Leonidas Charistos (2010).Artificial larval rearing as a tool for evaluating the effects of imidacloprid on honey bees under laboratory conditions. Proceeding of the COLOSS Workshop ‘Method standardization for larval tests’ Graz, June 7-9, 2010, p. 12
  2. Charistos Leonidas, Hatjina Fani (2010) Over-wintering of honey bee colonies using different artificial diets. Proceedings of the 6th COLOSS Conference, Ankara, 4-5 September, 2010.  p. 31.
  3. Ralph Büchler,Malgorzata Bienkowska, Beata Panasiuk, Cecilia Costa, Marta Lessona, Charistos Leonidas, Kokkinis Michalis, Evgeniya Ivanova, Plamen Petrov, Nikola Kezic, Maja Drazic, Seppo Korpela, Aleksandar Uzunov, Jerzy Wilde. Preliminary evaluations of the Coloss genotype-environment interaction experiment. COLOSS Workshop ‘Standardized protocols for honey bee vitality and diversity’, June 16-18, 2010, Kopenhagen, 
  4. Cecilia Costa1, RalphBüchler2, Marina Meixner2, Malgorzata Bienkowska3, Beata Panasiuk3,Marta Lessona4, Charistos Leonidas4, Kokkinis Michalis4, Evgeniya Ivanova5, Plamen Petrov5, Nikola Kezic6, Maja Drazic6, Seppo Korpela7, Aleksandar Uzunov8, JerzyWilde9 (2010) Ongoing evaluations of the Coloss WG 4 genotype-environment interaction experiment. Proceedings of the VIth COLOSS Conference- Ankara, Turkey- 5-6- September 2010, p. 25
  5. Evgeniya Ivanova*, Maria Bouga, Plamen Petrov3, Mica Mladenovic4, Sladjan Rasic4, Leonidas Charistos5, Marta Lessona5 Preliminary results from a study on Balkan honey bees’ genetic variability using isoenzymic approach. Proceedings of the Forth European Conference of Apidology, Ankara, 7-9 September, 2010

34.  Ralph Büchler, Stefan Berg; Malgorzata Bienkowska, Beata Panasiuk, Yves Le Conte, Cecilia Costa, Winfried Dyrba, Marta Lessona, Leonidas Charistos, Evgeniya Ivanova, Plamen Petrov, Nikola Kezic, Seppo Korpela, Per Kryger, Hermann Pechhacker, Aleksandar Uzunov, Jerzy Wilde (2011) First results of the international genotype-environment interaction experiment. Proceedings of the COLOSS Work Shop "Honey bee vitality and diversity - status of the GEI experiment and the subspecies discrimination methods comparison" , 1-3 March 2011, Plovdiv- Bulgaria, pp.9-10.

35.  Leonidas Charistos, Mića Mladenović,Marta Lessona (2011) Performance comparison between four different Greek honey bee lines. Proceedings of the COLOSS Work Shop "Honey bee vitality and diversity - status of the GEI experiment and the subspecies discrimination methods comparison" , 1-3 March 2011, Plovdiv- Bulgaria, pp. 21.

36.  Evgeniya Ivanova, Maria Bouga, Teodora Staykova, Mica Mladenovic, Sladjan Rasic, Leonidas Charistos, Plamen Petrov, Ivan Stoyanov, Marta Lessona (2011) Study on Balkan honey bees’ genetic variability based on alloenzymic analysis. Proceedings of the COLOSS Work Shop WG4 "Honey bee vitality and diversity - Field observations of experimental GEI colonies" 26. - 29. 07. 2011, Puławy, Poland, pp.20.

37.  Meixner Marina, Bouga Maria, Charistos Leonidas, Kryger Per, Evgeniya Ivanova, Marta Lessona (2011) Genetic variability of honey bee origins used in the GEI experiment using geometric morphometrics approach. Proceedings of the COLOSS Work Shop WG4 "Honey bee vitality and diversity - Field observations of experimental GEI colonies" 26. - 29. 07. 2011, Puławy, Poland, pp.22.

38.  Ralph Büchler Meixner, Marina, Stefan Berg; Malgorzata Bienkowska, Beata Panasiuk, Yves Le Conte, Cecilia Costa, Winfried Dyrba, Marta Lessona,Leonidas Charistos, Maria Bouga, Evgeniya Ivanova, Plamen Petrov, Nikola Kezic, Seppo Korpela, Per Kryger, Hermann Pechhacker, Aleksandar Uzunov, Jerzy Wilde (2011) Preliminary results of the international genotype-environment interaction experiment of WG 4. Proceedings of 7th COLOSS Conference, 27th-28th August 2011,  Belgrade, Serbia, pp.

39.  Marina Meixner,Sreten Andonov, Stefan Berg; Malgorzata Bienkowska,Maria Bouga, Ralph Büchler, Leonidas Charistos,Yves Le Conte, Cecilia Costa, Winfried Dyrba, N. Emmanouil, Roy Francis, Marta Lessona,, Evgeniya Ivanova, Nikola Kezic, Hrisula Kiprijanovska, Seppo Korpela, Per Kryger, Beata Panasiuk, Hermann Pechhacker, Plamen Petrov, Aleksandar Uzunov, Jerzy Wilde (2011) Effects of genotype and environment for disease relevance – preliminary results from the genotype-environment experiment of WG4. Proceedings of 7th COLOSS Conference, 27th-28th August 2011,  Belgrade, Serbia, pp.

40.  Konstantinos M. Kasiotis, Leonidas Charistos, Nikos Emmanouil, Marta Lessona (2011) Imidacloprid residues on honeybee, honey and pollen from colonies placed on cotton fields. Proceedings of 7th COLOSS Conference, 27th-28th August 2011,  Belgrade, Serbia, pp. 

41.  F. Hatjina, L. Charistos, K. Kasiotis, M. Bokari, K. Elaiopoulos, K. Machera, N. Emmanouil (2011) Honey bees as bio-indicators of pesticide and environmental pollutants. Proceedings of the 14th Hellenic Entomological Congress, Nauphlio, 11-14 October 2011, pp.

42.  M. Bokari, D. Arapoglou, L. Charistos, F. Hatjina (2011) Determination of oxalic acid concentrations in honey bee products, honey and royal jelly. Proceedings of the 14th Hellenic Entomological Congress, Nauphlio, 11-14 October 2011, pp.

43.  Fani Hatjina,Leonidas Charistos (2012) Survival of honey bee colonies of the GEI experiment in Greece as a result of Varroa prevalence. COLOSS Workshop WG4-Bee Book and data analyses of GEI experiment,  23-27January, Jokioinen, Finland

44.  Ralph Büchler, Stefan Berg; Malgorzata Bienkowska, Beata Panasiuk, Yves Le Conte, Cecilia Costa, Winfried Dyrba, Maria Bouga, Marta Lessona,Leonidas Charistos, Plamen Petrov, Evgeniya Ivanova, Nikola Kezic, Seppo Korpela, Per Kryger, Hermann Pechhacker, Aleksandar Uzunov, Jerzy Wilde (2012). Effects of genotype and environmental factors on the survivability and productivity of European honey bee colonies. SICAMM conference, Switzerland 31 Aug –4 Sept, 2012

45.  Marta Lessona, Alexandros Papachristoforou, Leonidas Charistos, Maria Bouga, Gerard Arnold (2012) Monitoring the effect of imidacloprid under semi-field conditions using electronic bee counters. 5th European Conference of Apidology, 4-6th September 2012, Halle an der Saale, Germany

46.  Cecilia Costa, Ralph Büchler, Stefan Berg; Malgorzata Bienkowska, Maria Bouga, Dragan Bubalo, Leonidas Charistos, Yves Le Conte, Maja Drazic, Winfried Dyrba, Janja Fillipi, Marta Lessona, Evgeniya Ivanova, Nikola Kezic, Hrisula Kiprijanovska, Michalis Kokinis, Seppo Korpela, Per Kryger, Marco Lodesani, Marina Meixner, Beata Panasiuk, Hermann Pechhacker, Plamen Petrov, Eugenia Oliveri, Lauri Ruottinen, Aleksandar Uzunov, Giacomo Vaccari, Jerzy Wilde (2012). Results of the Europe-wide genotype – environment interactions experiment. 8th COLOSS Conference, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), 2-3 Sept. 2012,Germany 

47.  Meixner Marina, Leonidas Charistos, Marta Lessona, Bouga Maria, Kryger Per, Evgeniya Ivanova (2012). Genetic variability of honey bee origins used in the GEI experiment: geometric morphometry analysis. 8th COLOSS Conference, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), 2-3 Sept. 2012, Germany 

48.  Marta Lessona, Leonidas Charistos (2012). The impact of different nutrients on colony development and Nosema prevalence. COLOSS Workshop WG 3  “Honey bee nutrition”, October 22- 23, 2012, Bled -  Slovenia 

 

Participant in:

 

1.   'Study of bee flora of Peloponnese' [EC & Hellenic Ministry of Agriculture, Dir.1221/97 of EC, 2002-2003]‘Factors affecting honeydew production in pine trees’ [ EC & Hellenic Ministry of Agriculture, Dir.1221/97 of EC, 2000-2002]

2.     'Bio-ecological study of honeydew producing insects on fir trees' [EC & Hellenic Ministry of Agriculture, Dir.1221/97 of EC, 2002-2003]

3.   'Bio-diversity of bee pollinators' [General Secretariat for Research and Technology of Greece (90%); Charantonis D.- Biological Control (SMEs) (10%), 2004-2005]

4.   ‘Strategic plan to control Varroa’ [EC & Hellenic Ministry of Rural Development & Food; 2004-2005]

5.   ‘Use of Oxalic acid against Varroa’ [EC & Hellenic Ministry of Rural Development & Food; 2005-2007]

6.   ‘Identification of honey bee queens- quality control’ [ EC & Hellenic Ministry of Rural Development & Food; 2005-2007]

7.   ‘Effects of genetically modified plants (GMOs), nicotinoids and air pollution on honey bees’ [ EC & Hellenic Ministry of Rural Development & Food; 2008-2010]

8.   ‘Monitoring flight activity of honeybees under pesticide and pollution pressure, using electronic bee counters attached at the entrances of beehives’ [Platon project 2009-2011, Bilateral collaboration Greece –France]

 

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