Lavrentis gained his PhD in 2025 on the ecology of the Golden Eagle in Northern Greece, focusing on its diet, movement ecology of territorial and dispersing individuals through high-resolution telemetry, and distribution modeling. He is an expert on telemetry and poisonous baits. He was supported by a Natural Research ltd – Scotland grant for telemetry and Leventis Scholars Foundation grants. Furthermore, he has been a renowned freelance field ornithologist since 2008, primarily on conservation and monitoring projects involving birds of prey. He teaches ornithology in the Biology Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.