S (Stelios) Kartakis, MSc

Stelios is a PhD candidate from Greece who joined the AEP group in 2023. He is involved in the EU Horizon PurPest project under the guidance and supervision of Prof. Dr. JHH (Justus) Wesseler and K (Kutay) Cingiz PhD. The main objective of PurPest is to control serious plant pests during import and to manage them in the field by developing a unique concept enabling pest detection in a timely and non-invasive manner. His part of the work focuses on measuring the socio-economic and ecological impacts of the innovation under different simulated/modelled control scenarios and exploring ways to increase its adoption among stakeholders and through policy interventions.