Professor Jamurtas received his bachelor degree from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in 1988. In 1993 he received his MSc degree from Syracuse University majoring in Exercise Physiology and in 1997 earned his Ph.D. from University in North Carolina at Greensboro with a major in Exercise Physiology/Biochemistry and a minor in Nutrition. From 1999 till 2001 he taught at the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science of University of Thessaly as an assistant Lecturer and in 2001 he became a Lecturer in Biochemistry of Exercise at the Department of Physical Education and Sport Science of University of Thessaly. In 2006 he was promoted to an Assistant Professor and in 2011 to an Associate Professor. He is a professor since 2016. In 2018 he became a Fellow by the American College of Sports Medicine. At the same time, he teaches in the postgraduate program of studies at the Department of Biochemistry-Biotechnology and the Department of Medicine of the School of Health Sciences of the University of Thessaly. His interests relate to exercise-induced oxidative stress, exercise-induced muscle damage and how these two are related. Furthermore, he has a strong interest on the effects of exercise on inflammation and on aspects that affect metabolism. For the last five years, he has been included in the list of leading scientists Stanford’s “World’s Top 2% Scientists List”. He is the author of two books, has published over 250 articles in refereed international journals while his research work has been cited in the bibliography over 19,000 times. He enjoys long distance running during his free time.

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