Dr. Serafeim C. Chaintoutis is a Laboratory Teaching Staff member at the Diagnostic Laboratory/Dept. of Clinical Sciences of the School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece. He graduated from AUTh and completed his PhD in WNV evolutionary genetics, disease prevention, and clinical laboratory diagnostics in the same Department. He also holds an MSc in Infectious Diseases and International Medicine from the Democritus University of Thrace (DUTh). His main research interests focus on veterinary clinical microbiology and immunology, clinical pathology, infectious diseases of companion and farm animals, and the development and validation of diagnostic laboratory assays.