Savvas Paragkamian
University of Crete & HCMR
I am a computational biologist working at the interface of microbial ecology, network science, and biodiversity informatics. My research centres on understanding how microbial communities are structured, how they interact, and what role they play in driving ecosystem function and biogeochemical processes — from Cretan soils to deep cave systems.
I completed my PhD at the University of Crete in 2024, where I developed computational approaches to decipher the relationship between the microbiome interactome and ecosystem processes. I collaborate with teams across Europe on topics spanning subterranean microbiology, marine biodiversity informatics, arthropod conservation, and the application of large language models to microbiome metadata.
Before turning to biology, I spent many years exploring and documenting the canyons, gorges, and caves of Crete — a practice that continues to inform how I think about fieldwork, observation, and the relationship between landscape and life.
Research interests
- Microbiome ecology and interactome analysis
- Subterranean and cave microbiology
- Biodiversity informatics and text mining
- Multilayer network visualisation
- Marine biodiversity and the FAIR data ecosystem
- Cretan arthropod conservation
Affiliations
University of Crete — Biology Department
Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)