He received his Diploma of Veterinary Medicine from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1979) and his M.Sc. degree in Veterinary Pathology (Veterinary Parasitology) from the Iowa State University (1984). He received his PhD. degree in Comparative Pathology, from the University of California, Davis (1988). His research interests include host-parasite interactions, epidemiology of parasites, multimedia computer systems in Veterinary Medicine, etc. He has more than forty-five publications in international Journals and many publications in international conferences on these subjects.