Since 2012 he is Research Director at the Institute of Marine Biology Biotechnology and Aquaculture, of HCMR. He is Member of the Sectorial Scientific Council of the General Secretariat for Research and Technology for Agricultural Production, Food, Agro-biotechnology and Aquaculture (since 2014).
His research focuses on the improvement of the rearing methodologies and technologies of the Mediterranean aquaculture and the application of research results in the industry. Recently he is involved in the development of offshore aquaculture concepts for multipurpose oceanic platforms. He is interested on the effects of climate crisis on the aquaculture studying the thermal tolerance of the species of interest in order to contribute in the development of adaptation strategies for the Mediterranean sector. The work on farming technologies has been directed towards developing tools for new monitoring, operation and decision making systems towards precision aquaculture. He has been involved as coordinator or partner in 43 National and EU projects and has published 4 chapters in books and more than 100 original papers in scientific journals (https://imbbc.hcmr.gr/user/npap/).