Vrachnakis Michail

Dr. Michael S. Vrahnakis is a Professor of “Rangeland Science” in the Department of Forestry, Wood Sciences and Design at the University of Thessaly, Greece. He has 30 years of experience in higher educational institutes, specializing in rangeland management plans, the organization of agroforestry systems, and the management plans of protected areas. His current research interests are the management, utilization, and ecology of rangelands; the quantification of floristic diversity, agroforestry, rangeland conditions and rangeland health; and the management and monitoring of protected areas. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers and articles in various international and national conferences, scientific and sectoral journals, articles, undergraduate books, and collective volumes. He has participated in several international and national scientific committees, and he is also a reviewer for international conferences and journals, as well as a member of academic and scientific committees of journals. He has successfully coordinated more than fifteen research projects, including those in Europe and nationally, both competitive or self-funded, and he has participated in more than twenty other respective projects as a member of a research team. He has been an instructor at many national and international seminars on grassland management, and has participated in scientific trips to Nigeria and China. He has participated as an expert in thematic groups of the Hellenic Ministries, and he has participated in corresponding thematic groups abroad. He is a member of many scientific organizations and associations, and he has participated in the administration of the international scientific organization of the Eurasian Dry Grassland Group (2009–2019).