Dr. Yorgos Iliopoulos

Yorgos is a freelance biologist working on conserving wolves and other large carnivores, which was also his PhD specialization (2010: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki). He has yearlong experience in coordinating and implementing large national and international multi-partner projects, such as the first LIFE program in Greece for wolf conservation, monitoring programs of the impacts of highways on large carnivores and mitigation of human-wolf conflicts. In his previous post-doc, he tested the efficacy of fladry corral fences by excluding wild wolves from experimental feeding sites. He has taught the course “Biology of Large Mammals” in the Department (2018-2020). He collaborates with Callisto NGO and is an external collaborator of our Lab. BLC projects: COEXIST, LIVEMOUNT