Panagiotis is a PhD candidate in Archaeobotany at the Science and Technology in Archaeology Research Center (STARC). He has received his Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science from Queen Mary University of London (2017) and his Master’s degree in Environmental Archaeology from the University of Reading (2018). His research focuses on the study of charcoal materials from Greece and Cyprus during the 1st Millennium BCE. He is interested in the reconstruction and evolution of past vegetation cover in the region of the Eastern Mediterranean during this period with emphasis on its impact on human societies and their practices.