CURRICULUM  VITAE

Smaragdi P. Petropoulou, PhD

Agriculturist

 Professorat Agricultural Department-Kalamata University of Peloponnese

Surname :Petropoulou

First name:Smaragdi

Father`s name:Panagiotis

Nationality : Greek

Place of birth :KalamataMessinias

Marital status :Μarried

Date of birth :  21 April, 1957

Home address:  Queen Amalias 12- 24100-KALAMATA

Telephone :     home: +30  2721 111 799

work:   +30  27210 45114

E –mail:  s.petropoulou@uop.gr

Studies :

▪  Οctober 1975-July 1981: Degree in Agricultural Science  (BSc-MSc), Athens, College of  Agriculture (present name:  Αgricultural University of Athens)

  ▪   Οctober 1981- February 1986 : Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D), Wye College, 

University of London, U.K. My PhD thesis is entitled  :Temperature related factors

as selection criteria in apple breeding. I did the laboratory part of my work at  the

fruit breeding department of East Malling Research Station – Maidstone- Kent-

England. My PhD studies were funded by the Ministry of Coordination ( present

name: Μinistry of Finance)

Foreign languages : English, perfect speaking, writing and reading

Work history :

      ▪    9/6/1986 – 30/9/1986 as Agronomist, Dakoktonias Section Head, Arcadia, Greece.

       ▪   22/10/1986 – 30/6/1991 as a teacher at the Technical  Professional

           High School  of Tripoli, Arcadia.

        ▪   4/3/1991 until 27/5/2019I have been  working  at the Technological

             Institute of Kalamata as:

                           4/3/1991 – 30/6/1992  professor (payed by hour).

                           1/7/1992-19/12/1996  associate professor 

                           20/12/1996-21/6/2001  professor

                           22/6/2001 – 16/2/2003  associate professor

                           17/2/2003 until 27/5/2019  professor at TEI of Peloponnese

                           28/5/2019 until today professor at University of Peloponnese 

Marital status :

Ι got married in April 1987 with John Karagiannopoulos ( Mining engineer and metallurgist, working for the public corporation of electricity, being on pension to-day) and got two sons.

The older one (born in 1988) is an officer of the Hellenic Navy.

The younger one (born in 1992) is a civil engineer.      

Publications :

▪ S.Petropoulou,F.H.Alston.Selection for temperature tolerance.

Rep.E.Malling Res. Stn for 1982 (1983).

   ▪ S.P.Petropoulou.Selection for temperature tolerance.Rep.E.Mal

lingRes.Stn for 1983 (1984).

    ▪ S.P.Petropoulou.Selection for temperature tolerance in apple.

Rep.E.MallingRes.Stn for 1984 (1985).

 ▪ S.P.Petropoulou.Selection for temperature tolerance in apple rootstocks.Rep.E.MallingRes.Stn for 1984(1985).

▪  S.P.Petropoulou, F.H.Alston.Selection for improved climatic a-

daptation in apples and pears-preliminary studies.Rep.E.Malling

Res.Stn for 1985(1986).

▪ S.P.Petropoulou,F.H.Alston.Crossing and seedling assessment

for size control by apple rootstocks. Rep.E.MallingRes.Stn for1985 (1986).

▪ Σ.Πετροπούλου-Καραγιαννοπούλου1989.Παραγωγή νέων

ποικιλιών μηλιάς στο Ινστιτούτο East Malling της Αγγλίας.

ΓεωργικήΤεχνολογία, Ιαν. 1989, σελ.49-54.

  ▪ S.P.PETROPOULOU&F.H.ALSTON 1998.Selecting for improved

pollination at low temperatures in apple.Journal of Horticultural

Science & Biotechnology (1998) 73 (4) 507-512.

Lectures :

         ▪ In 1997 I gave two lectures at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural  University   of Copenhagen (KVL) -  Denmark.The first one  was entitled ¨ Τhe development of pomology in Greece¨ and the other one  ¨ Chilling and heat requirement as selection criteria in apple breeding¨.

           ▪ In 1999 I gave a lecture at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu - Portugal on the development of pomology in Greece.

            • In 2011  I gave a lecture at the Suleyman Demirel University of Turkey- Isparta entitled "Pomology in Greece".

       • In  2020 I gave a lecture in Tegea Arcadia (Κοινωφελές ‘Ιδρυμα Μιχαήλ Ν. Στασινόπουλος-ΒΙΟΧΑΛΚΟ) on the cultivation of walnut tree in Tegea – Problems and Prospects.

     •In 2022 I gave a lecture in Tegea Arcadia (Κοινωφελές ‘Ιδρυμα Μιχαήλ Ν. Στασινόπουλος-ΒΙΟΧΑΛΚΟ) on the cultivation of apple tree in Tegea – Problems and Prospects.

Conference :

Ιn 2013 I presented a work at the 26^th meeting of the HellenicSociety of

Horticultural  Science(H.S.H.S)  entitled ¨Modern-high density orchards of pome and

stone fruit trees¨.

Administrative positions :

                        ▪ 1/9/1995-31/8/1998 Head of the Fruit Production Department of the

Technological Institute of Kalamata.

▪  In 1998 I applied for a European Programme to the Ministry of  Education and Religious Affairs called ¨Programmes of studies-suggrammata¨ which was accepted.I was the scientific supervisor for the completion of this programme.

  ▪ 1/12/2010- 30/11/2013 Scientific supervisor for the completion of the  programme  ¨Ρractical exercise of the students of TEI Kalamatas¨, funded by the European Union.

During all my career  (4/3/1991-April,2023)  I was :

                            ▪ Member of various committes

                            ▪ Member of several electorate bodies

Teaching meterial:

I developed teaching material (which can be found at: e-class uop) for both  the theoretical and the practical component of the following courses:

• General pomology

•Deciduous fruit trees

• Εvergreen fruit trees

• Olive tree cultivation

• Tropical tree crops

• Viticulture

I revise the above teaching material at regular intervals in order to update it.      

October, 2023, Kalamata