He was born in Perdika, Thesprotia (1957). He graduated from the Paramythia High School (1975). He studied chemistry at the University of Patras and earned his Ph.D. from the School of Medicine (1990). He currently works at the University of Patras School of Medicine as a professor, where he has been teaching Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics since 1980. His research focuses on the molecular and genetic basis of diseases and the development of the immune system. He has lived permanently in Patras since 1975. He is married to Kaiti Kourementou and has two children, Myrto and Konstantinos. His first poems were published in the magazine Planodion (1987). Since then, he has published five (5) collections of poetry. His reviews and poems have appeared in magazines and newspapers, have been included in Greek and foreign-language anthologies, and have been translated into many languages. The poem “The Dreams,” from the collection *Sarcophagus* (2002), was set to music by Thanasis Papakonstantinou, along with “Vigil” and “Laikedelika.”
Works, Poetry: “Acherousia Memory,” Planodion, 1991; “Deep Within the Animal,” Synechia, 1996; “Sarcophagus,” Planodion, 2002, shortlisted (15) for the Poetry Prize of the magazine Diavazo. “The Wolf and Other Antibodies,” Typothito, “Lalon Ydor,” 2009, was included on the shortlist (10) for the State Poetry Prize. “Melissochorto,” Melani, 2017, was included on the shortlist (7) for the State Poetry Prize.
