is an environmental physiologist and the founder of FAME Lab. He is a Professor of Physiology at the University of Thessaly and an Adjunct Professor in Environmental Medicine at the University of Ottawa.
Understanding and addressing the environmental drivers of poor outcomes in human health, productivity, and performance. Generating societal changes for adaptation to the impacts of environmental factors on human beings to improve quality of life for all people – sustainably and justly.
Physiological mechanisms and neuronal pathways that regulate thermal homeostasis. Topics include: hypothalamic regulation of thermal homeostasis; peripheral vasomotor tone during cold exposures; behavioral thermoregulation; homeostatic and circadian inputs; responses to allostatic inputs (e.g., inflammatory stimuli).
Development and optimization of technologies for biomonitoring, clothing, exposure, and risk assessment. Topics include: AI-driven smartphone and wearable applications, clothing, microclimate liquid conditioning garment systems, personal protective equipment optimization.
Mammalian responses in space and other extreme environments. Topics include: extravehicular activities in space, exposure to hyperbaric environments, various toxicants, smoke, and pollution.
Regulation and activation of brown adipose tissue. Topic include: environmental effects on uncoupling protein 1 and brown adipose tissue activation; age-associated decline in brown adipose tissue; caloric restriction and body temperature and their influence on brown adipose tissue and, in turn, longevity; effects of early life factors on brown adipose tissue activation.
Dr Flouris is a Greek-Canadian Professor of Physiology at the Univ. of Thessaly Dep. of Exercise Science (Greece) and a Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at the Univ. of Ottawa (Canada). At the Univ. of Thessaly, he is also the Chair of the Graduate Program “Military Fitness and Wellbeing”. He also serves as an External Advisory Board Member for the Dep. of Biosystems at KU Leuven in Belgium.
For over 15 years, Prof. Flouris has advised governments and organizations including the Cypriot Presidency, the Greek Ministry of Labour, and the Qatari Ministry of Labour, the World Health Organization, the International Labour Organization, and others on the effects of climate change and environmental factors οn human health, productivity, and wellbeing, as well as impact assessment and risk communication. He has published widely on these topics and has contributed to a series of national and international projects addressing these issues. He is a member of the Advisory Committee on Safety and Health at Work, advising the EU Council on the impacts of environmental factors on safety and health at work. He is a member of the Greek Ministry of Labour Working Group developing measures to address occupational heat stress. Also, he is working with the Asian Development Bank and the Bank of Greece to assess the economic and social impacts of climate change at regional and country level.
Prof. Flouris imagines a world in which everyone understands how the environment impacts their life and plans their activities and goals in harmony with the long-term wellbeing of humanity. He has been recognized in the TIME100 Next list of future global leaders and serves in the VinFuture Prize committee. He is a climate action advocate, and is working with national and international stakeholders to support climate adaptation and actions for a more sustainable world. He is also contributing to efforts translating scientific evidence to environmental, climate, and health policies. He often comments in national and global media, including BBC, CBC, TIME magazine, Financial Times, New York Times, WIRED, El Pais, and the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Dr Flouris has mentored over 65 postgraduate researchers: 9 post doctoral researchers, 13 PhD students, and 43 MSc students. He takes pride in their successes and strives to offer them continued support throughout their careers. Early on in his career, he was named Academic All-Canadian Mentor in recognition of his positive impact on students excelling in academics and athletics. He also teaches 3 undergraduate courses as well as 9 graduate courses across 3 Departments at the Univ. of Thessaly. In support of the scientific community engaged in environmental physiology, he is an Associate Editor in the journals Temperature and Biology.
