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      Research and Management Committee

      The Research Committee was established on November 26th 1981 based on the Presidential Decree 432/1981 ‘About setting up Special Accounts for the utilization of funds for undertaking research in Higher Education Institutions of the Country’ during the 187th meeting of the Senate. This action signaled the foundation of the Special Account Research Funds at Democritus University of Thrace. 
      The Special Account Research Funds (SARF) is established and operates in all Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and its primary objective is the management and utilization of funds for research purposes, education, training, technological development and innovation and for the provision of other, related services for the fulfillment of its aims (Law 4485/4-8-2017, FEK 114, no. 50).
      The aim of SARF is the funds management and distribution that originate from any source as well as from its resources, and they are destined to be used for any kind of cost coverage that is necessary for the execution of research, educational, training, developmental projects and programs of continuous training, seminars and conventions, for the provision of scientific, technological and artistic services, for the undertaking of special and clinical studies, tests performance, measurements, lab tests and analyses, counseling provision, specification drafting on behalf of third parties, planning and implementation of scientific, research, cultural and developmental programs and other related services to the benefit of the Institution.
      SARF’s administration and management are carried out by its bodies and is independent from the administration and management of Higher Education Institutions.
      SARF’s bodies administration and management are as follows:

      1. SARF’s Research and Management Committee
      2. The President of SARF’s Research and Management Committee

      The Financial and Administrative Support Unit (FASU) in SARF is the service responsible for
      SARF’s administrative and financial support.
      The Principal Officer of the Financial and Administrative Support Unit (FASU) is responsible for the services provided by the Unit and acts as the Principal Officer of the Financial Services (POFS) in SARF.
      SARF’s Research and Management Committee is the decision-making body and acts independently of the administrative bodies of the Institution. The Committee is established in all Higher Education Institutions by Recto’s decision and it consists of representative members from all Departments and the Vice-Rector of Research as the President 

      Structure of the Committee

      Based on the Rector’s relevant decision, the structure of the Research and Management Committee of the Special Account Research Funds at D.U.Th. is the following:  

      Regular Members
      Maria Michalopoulou   Professor, President of Structure of the Comittee
      Konstantinos Antonopoulos    Associate Professor, Vice-president of the Research Committee
      Ιoannis Pratikakis   Associate Professor, representative for the Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. 
      Maria Vergeti   Associate Professor, representative for the Department of Primary Education, Faculty of Education Studies
      Spyridon Galatsidas   Associate Professor, representative for the Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and of Natural Resources, Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences 
      Christina Papageorgopoulou   Assistant Professor, representative for the Department of History and Ethnology, Faculty of Classical and Humanities Studies. 
      Vasiliki Kontogianni   Professor, representative for the Department of Greek Philology, Faculty of Classical and Humanities Studies. 
      Theofilos Papadimitriou   Associate Professor, representative for the Department of Economics Sciences, Faculty of Social, Political and Economics Sciences 
      Ιfigeneia Kagkalou   Professor Representative for the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. 
      Georgios Broufas   Associate Professor, representative for the Department of Agricultural Development, Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences. 
      Maria Dimasi   Professor, representative for the Department of Department of Language, Philology and Culture of Black Sea Countries, Faculty of Classical and Humanities Studies. 
      Maria Koffa   Associate Professor, representative for the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences
      Evaggelos Voudrias   Professor, representative for the Department of the Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. 
      Stefanos Katsavounis   Associate Professor, representative for the Department of Production Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering. 
      Eleni Kaldoudi   Associate Professor, representative for the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences. 
      Polixeni Mantzou   Associate Professor, representative for the Department of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. 
      Εleni Douda   Professor, representative for the Department of Physical Education and Sports, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports. 
      Theano Kallinikaki   Professor, representative for the Department of Social Work, Faculty of Social, Political and Economics Sciences. 
      Dimitra Evaggelou   Associate Professor, representative for the Department of Education Sciences in Early Childhood, Faculty of Education Studies.
      Alexis Ioannidis   Associate Professor, representative for the Department of Social Policy, Faculty of Social, Political and Economics Sciences
      Vassilios Grammatikas   Assistant Professor, representative for the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social, Political and Economics Sciences
      Surrogate Members
      Elias Kosmatopoulos Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. 
      Aggeliki Efthimiou Associate Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of Primary Education, Faculty of Education Studies
      Apostolos Kyriazopoulos Associate Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of Forestry and Management of the Environment and of Natural Resources, Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences 
      Efthimios Labridis Assistant Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of History and Ethnology, Faculty of Classical and Humanities Studies. 
      Maria Tziatzi Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of History and Ethnology, Faculty of Classical and Humanities Studies
      Eleftherios Spiromitros Assistant Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of Economics Sciences, Faculty of Social, Political and Economics Sciences. 
      Dimitra Tzourmakliotou Associate Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. 
      Ioannis Tokatlidis Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of Agricultural Development, Faculty of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences. 
      Elias Petropoulos Assistant Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of Language, Philology and Culture of Black Sea Countries, Faculty of Classical and Humanities Studies. 
      Ιoannis Kourkoutas Associate Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences. 
      Konstantinos Kourtidis Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of the Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering. 
      Theoklitos Karakatsanis Assistant Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of Production Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering. 
      Evaggelos Manolopoulos Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences. 
      Aikaterini Baltzopoulou Associate Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of Architectural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering 
      Michail Chrisomallis Associate Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of Law, Faculty of Law . 
      Panagiotis Antoniou Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of Social Administration and Political Science, Faculty of Social, Political and Economics Sciences.
      Charalampos Tsaeridis Assistant Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of Social Work, Faculty of Social, Political and Economics Sciences. 
      Anastasia Economidou Associate Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of Education Sciences in Early Childhood, Faculty of Education Studies.
      Nikolaos Koulouris Assistant Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of Social Policy, Faculty of Social, Political and Economics Sciences. 
      Konstantinos Dikaios Assistant Professor, surrogate representative for the Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social, Political and Economics Sciences. 

      The term of office for the members of the Research and Management Committee of the Special Account Research Funds at D.U.Th. lasts for a period of three years.