Konstantinos Gritzalis

He has attended special training courses in:

1. International Training Workshop on Marine Culture. Organized by: U.N.E.S.C.O. & I.O.F.R.
2. SEMINAR E.O.C. – Project COMETT: Industry and Environment. Risk management of coastal water quality. Organized by: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Faculty of Engineering, Division of Hydraulics & Environmental Engineering.
3. SEMINAR E.O.C. – Project COMETT: Industry and Environment. Water resources under climatic change. Organized by: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, Faculty of Engineering, Division of Hydraulics & Environmental Engineering.
4. International Workshop River Invertebrate Prediction & Classification System Organized by: Environment Agency, United Kingdom.
5. European Training courses on Water Quality Measurements. Organized by:
   1) Università degli Studi di Trento (Italia), Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Ambientale. 2) Istituto Agrario San Michele all’Adige (Italia), Dipartimento di Ricerca Naturale ed Ambientale. 3) TECHWARE (TECHnology for WAter Resources), Italia. 4) CISBA (Centro Italiano Studi di Biologia Ambientale), Italia.
6. 11th Seminar on Philosophy of Ecology. Organised: Department of Philosophy, School of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.
7. Advanced Study Course on: Groundwater Ecology: A Tool for Management of Water Resources. Organized by: Austrian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Limnology & European Commission, Environment and Climate Programme.
8. 12th Seminar of Philosophy on Ecological values, Department of Philosophy, School of Philosophy, Faculty of Philosophy, Pedagogy and Psychology, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens.
9. River Habitat Survey Certificate. The Environment Agency (UK) for Konstantinos C. Gritzalis: Certify as accredited by the Environment Agency as a River Habitat Surveyor. Date of accreditation: May, 1st, 2002. Accreditation Number: HP 60.
10. Seminar on the Legal Dimension of the Environment. Organised: Athens Bar Association. During the last ten years, he has held a position as a special research scientist in freshwater ecology. He co-supervised 2 MSc theses and co-supervises one PhD thesis.He has research interests onTaxonomy and ecophysiology on freshwater and coastal zone fauna.
    Assessing the freshwater quality by the use of freshwater fauna (biotic indices) in relation with various chemical (nutrients, heavy metals, organic carbon, fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides, phenolic compounts etc) and other parameters (hydromorphology of riverine systems, climatic conditions etc).

Environmental studies on lakes, and coastal zones.
Human health and environmental modifications – degradations.
Philosophical anthropology.
Philosophy of the medicine.
Mankind and medical activities in relation with the natural environment (climatopathology, environmental management) in the antiquity.Scientific and administration activities as expert in Greek and International committees for the implementation of the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EU (Water Quality). He has participated in 35 national and international projects and co-ordinated 1 European Union (EU) project and 1 National project.He was/is a member of the following scientific committees: 1) Balkan Medical Union, 2) Greek Association of Biological Sciences, 3) Greek Philosophical Society, 4) International Association for Greek Philosophy.

He has participated in the Steering Committee of 6 national or international Symposia/Congresses and organized-coordinated 7 Workshops. He serves on the Editorial Board of the journal Archives d’ Histoire des Sciences de Santé.

He has contributed 34 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 2 book chapters, as well as more than 210 other publications (i.e. conference proceedings, special publications, newspaper and magazine articles) and co-authored 21 technical reports.