Ο Λαυρέντης είναι υποψήφιος διδάκτορας (από το 2018) με θέμα την οικολογία του Golden Eagle in Northern Greece, involving its diet, movement ecology of territorial and dispersing individuals through high-resolution telemetry and conservation status and distribution modeling. He is supported by a Natural Research ltd – Scotland grant for telemetry and the Leventis Scholars Foundation. He has been a freelance field ornithologist since 2008, mostly in conservation and monitoring projects concerning birds of prey. He spends a lot of time in the field in his study area covering Macedonia and Thrace.