Series: The Chancellor's Colloquim   Dr. John Panaretos Chancellor's Colloquium Distinguished Speaker Series

Born in Kythera, Greece. He was Deputy Minister of Education, Lifelong Learning and Religious Affairs (October 6, 2009 - June 17, 2011). He has also been appointed by the Prime Minister in charge of the open government project.
He is a Professor of Probability and Statistics (since 1991) in the Department of Statistics of the Athens University of Economics and Business.
He has been a visiting Professor at the University of California, Berkeley and Stanford University. At UC Berkeley, he has contacts with the Department of Statistics, the Survey Research Center and the Center for Studies in Higher Education. His Stanford links are with the Department of Statistics and the Center of Deliberative Democracy of the Department of Communication.
He is a member of the Scientific Council of the Greek Parliament (since 1987) and director of the Institute of Statistical Documentation Research and Analysis (since 1996).

Before joining the Athens University of Economics and Business he taught at The University of Patras (Greece), School of Engineering, Division of Applied Mathematics (as a Professor (1987-1991) and as an Associate Professor (1984-1987)), The University of  Crete (Greece), Department of Mathematics, (as an Associate Professor (1983-1986)), The University of  Iowa (USA), Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, (as an Associate Professor (1982-1983)), The University of  Missouri-Columbia (USA), Department of Statistics, (as an Assistant Professor (1980-1982)), The University of  Dublin, Trinity College (Ireland), Department of Statistics, (as a Lecturer (1979-1980)).

The UC Davis Chancellor’s Colloquium Distinguished Speakers series brings together several distinguished scholars and government leaders who promise to spark engaging conversations with the academic community and broader public around pressing issues of our time.

The series is intended to heighten local and national awareness of research at UC Davis and the speakers will also share their vision for university-based research in the 21st century.

After each forum, a faculty member will be invited to comment and initiate a Q&A discussion with the audience.

These events are free and open to the public.