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Alumni

Our alumni

The Department of Environment is proud of its hundreds of Alumni. We would like to introduce a couple of them to you! You may meet more of our Alumni here.

Elisabeth Zagle graduated from the Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, in 2012. She continued her studies by obtaining a Master’s degree (MSc) in “Evolution, Ecology and Systematics” from the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich. She then secured a five-year scholarship to complete her PhD at the Department of Biology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. After completing her doctorate, she decided to return to Athens and since 2022 she has been the Conservation Action Coordinator at the Hellenic Ornithological Society (July 2025) 

Dimitris Potoglou comes from Serres and graduated from the Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, in 1999. In 2001 he received his M.Sc. in Health Technology from the Department of Civil Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, while in 2006 he was awarded a PhD in Transport Geography from the School of Earth Geography and Earth Sciences (today School of Earth, Environment & Society) of McMaster University, Canada, with a scholarship from the Onassis Foundation and McMaster University.
He is currently Full Professor and Director of the Postgraduate Course ‘Transport and Urban Planning’ of the School of Geography and Urban Planning, Cardiff University in Wales, UK. (January 2025)

Stella Tsoli graduated in 2014 from the Department of Environment, University of the Aegean. The same year she started her MPhil in Public Health, University of Cambridge, UK. In 2022 she was awarded her PhD in Social Epidemiology, University College London, UK. She conducted part of her Ph.D. research as a visiting researcher at Harvard University, USA. She currently works as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Health at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK. (August 2024)

Yiannis Rigas graduated from the Department of Environment, University of the Aegean, in 1996. Following his postgraduate studies in the UK (MSc in Conservation, University College London) he worked in the private sector as an environmental consultant/specialist. Since 2010 he has been an Expert Advisor on the Environment & Climate Change with the Greek Ministry for Foreign Affairs, serving as the Greek representative in the Conferences Of Parties (COPs) of international and regional Conventions relating to environmental protection, climate change, biodiversity issues, pollution mitigation and so on (January 2024)