Dr. George Triantaphyllidis, is a Research fellow at HCMR. He has more than twenty three (23) years of professional experience in implementing studies related to the marine environment, fisheries, aquaculture, blue growth and interactions between the environment, fisheries and aquaculture in European Commission co-financed programs and private sector projects.
He holds a PhD in Applied Hydrobiology from the University of Ghent (Belgium 1991-1995), after his BSc in Biology in the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1986-1990). He is an experienced senior level manager and strategic planner, with diverse diplomatic skills and significant experience in EU funded projects, with 27 years Professional experience of which more than 23 years in the field of regional development, Blue Growth, fisheries and aquaculture. He participated in more than 60 EU funded and co-funded projects and consultancies among which in several projects and consultancies for CINEA, DG Fish, DG Mare and EASME. He is currently the CEO of HCMR’s spinoff company MINDS Technologies and Environmental Sciences and Project Manager of the TASC-RestoreMed project that is Coordinated by the IO/HCMR. He served as Project Manager of the H2020 CLAIM project, where HCMR/IO was the Coordinator. He has published 36 peer-reviewed articles, 2 book chapters and 40 publications in refereed conference proceedings as well as numerous reports in European and National RTD projects and consultancies.