Zoe Gavriilidou holds the position of Professor of Linguistics at Democritus University of Thrace and is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Chicago. She has served in the past as President of the European Association of Lexicography and also as Vice Rector of Academic Affairs and Student Welfare at Democritus University of Thrace, Head of the Quality Assurance Unit, Dean of the School of Classics and Humanities and Chair of the Department of Philology at the same University. She is currently the Coordinator of the National Network of Learning and Teaching Centers in Greek Universities. She has supervised significant projects such as  the English Medium of Instruction BA In Hellenic Studies of Democritus University of Thrace (MIS 5158637, Budget 70000 euros), the Horizontal Action of the Network of Learning and Teaching Centers in Greece (MIS 5164469, budget 180000 euros), the THALES Project on Language Learning Strategies, which received a grant of 600,000 euros, and the Project on Heritage Greek, with a budget of 100,000 euros. Dr. Gavriilidou has also been an active member of expert committees responsible for revising curricula in Greece and Cyprus for primary and secondary education, where she advocated for the inclusion of systematic dictionary use teaching. In 2022 she was nominated by the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America to develop the Curriculum for teaching Greek as a Heritage Language to Greek Heritage speakers in the USA. Her research interests encompass a broad spectrum, including English Medium of Instruction programs pedagogical lexicography, language learning strategies, heritage languages, language teaching, language policies, and Higher Education Policies, reflecting her diverse contributions to the academic field.