Konstantinos Kalaentzis
Research interests
My research interests include phylogenomics, biological invasions, bioinformatics.
I joined the Lab in May 2024 to participate in the project CCMRI which aims to harvest the metagenomic records pertaining to Climate Change and offer researchers with a web-based notification service when relevant records become available.
Brief CV
May 2023 - present
- Corpus Curator of the Climate Change Metagenomic Record Index (CCMRI) project in Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC) - Heraklion, Greece
April 2023 - present
- PhD Student in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki focusing on large-scale DNA Barcoding of understudied insect taxa in Greece. - Thessaloniki, Greece
Jun 2022 - Apr 2023
- Research assistant in Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes (HCMR) researching biological invasions, marine megafauna protection, setting up a citizen-science database. - Rhodes, Greece
Sep 2019 - Aug 2021
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MSc (Hons) in Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology, Leiden University & Naturalis Biodiversity Center. - Leiden, The Netherlands
MSc Research Theses:
- Hybrid zone analysis of banded newts (genus Ommatotriton) based on KASP genotyping.
- Phylogenomic analysis of banded newt phylogeny (genus Ommatotriton) using target enrichment by sequence-capture.
Noe 2018 - May 2019
- Military Service in Military Hospital of Rhodes - Rhodes, Greece
Apr 2018 - Jun 2018
- Erasmus Placement in Conservation Genetics in WildGenes (Royal Zoological Society of Scotland) - Edinburgh, Scotland
Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
- Internship in Broodstock Management in Dr. Mylonas’ Lab (IMMBC, HCMR) - Heraklion, Greece
Sep 2013 - Mar 2018
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BSc (Hons) in Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. - Thessaloniki, Greece
BSc Research Thesis:
- Phylogenetic analysis of European populations of the grey partridge (Perdix perdix) using mitochondrial markers.