ELNAIS EXPERTS
ALIGIZAKI Katerina
Affiliation:Laboratory Unit for Harmful Marine Microalgae, Biology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, 54124, Greece
Email: aligiza@bio.auth.gr
Area of expertise: biology, ecology, biodiversity, taxonomy
Taxonomic expertise: planktonic and benthic microalgae, HAB species, dinoflagellates
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine mainly
Habitats: coastal waters
Geographic areas: Greece, Cyprus, Mediterranean, European Seas
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
ANTONIADOU Chryssanthi
Affiliation: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Email: antonch@bio.auth.gr
Area of expertise: marine biodiversity, benthic ecology
Taxonomic expertise: invertebrates
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: rocky shores, biogenic reefs, coralligenous, rhodolith beds, artificial substrata (ports)
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
ARVANITIDIS Christos
Affiliation: (1) LifeWatch ERIC, Sector II-III Plaza de España 41071, Seville, Spain; (2) Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Thalassocosmos, 71500, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Email: ceo@lifewatch.eu; arvanitidis@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: marine biodiversity
Taxonomic expertise: Polychaeta
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine and transitional
Habitats: soft substrates, hard substrates, coastal lagoons, sandy beaches
Geographic areas: Greece, Mediterranean, European Seas
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert; database aggregator (MedOBIS)
Websites:
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6924-5255
ATHANASIADIS Athanasios
Affiliation: University of Gothenburg, Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences,POBox 461
Email: Athanas.Athanasiadis@gmail.com
Area of expertise: phycology, biosystematics, biogeography, systematics, taxonomy
Taxonomic expertise: taxonomy and systematics of Rhodophyta and Phaeophyta
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: all marine
Geographic areas: world
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
BATJAKAS Ioannis
Affiliation: Marine Science Department, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, University Hill, Mytilene, Lesvos Island, 81100, Greece
Email: jbatzakas@marine.aegean.gr
Area of expertise: fish biology, fish ethology, biodiversity, fisheries, threatened species, non-indigenous species
Taxonomic expertise: fish
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine/freshwater
Habitats: coastal, pelagic, lagoons
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ioannis_Batjakas
https://www.mar.aegean.gr/index.php?userid=jbatzakas&pg=4.1&lang=en
BAZOS Ioannis
Affiliation: Section of Ecology and Systematics, Department of Biology, national and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Panepistimiopolis, 15784 Athens
Email: ibazos@biol.uoa.gr
Area of expertise: plant taxonomy, phytogeography, plant sociology
Taxonomic expertise: vascular plants
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): terrestrial and freshwater
Geographic areas: Greece
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ioannis_Bazos
CATRA Marcello
Affiliation: Universita di Catania, Dipartimento di ScienzeBiologiche, Geologiche ed Ambientali
Email: m.catra@unict.it
Area of expertise: phycology, biosystematics, biogeography, systematics, taxonomy
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: all
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
CHATZIGEORGIOU Giorgos
Affiliation: Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Thalassocosmos, 71500, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Email: chatzigeorgiou@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: benthic ecology, marine biology, marine biodiversity
Taxonomic expertise: Polychaeta
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: rocky reefs, artificial reefs, marinas, sandy bottoms
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Georgios_Chatzigeorgiou
https://alienports.hcmr.gr/el/
CHATZINIKOLAOU Eva
Affiliation: Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Thalassocosmos, 71500, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Email: evachatz@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: marine biology, marine ecology, benthic biodiversity, climate change
Taxonomic expertise: Mollusca
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: coastal, pelagic, intertidal lagoons, ports and marinas
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
http://www.imbbc.hcmr.gr/users/eva-chatzinikolaou
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/E_Chatzinikolaou
CHINTIROGLOU Chariton-Charles
Affiliation: Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
Email: chintigl@bio.auth.gr
Area of expertise: marine biodiversity, benthic ecology, taxonomy, zoogeography
Taxonomic expertise: Anthozoa, Annelida
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: rocky reefs, coralligenous, ports and marinas
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Levantine Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chariton_Chintiroglou
https://www.bio.auth.gr/users/chintigl
CHRISTOU Epaminondas D.
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, MavroLithari, 19013 Anavyssos, Greece
Email: edc@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: marine zooplankton ecology; copepods; ecophysiology; behaviour
Taxonomic expertise: mesozooplankton, copepods, jellyfish
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater):marine pelagic ecosystems
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Epaminondas_Christou
CORSINI FOKA Maria
Affiliation: Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research. Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes, 85100 Rhodes, Greece
Email: mcorsini@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: biology, marine biodiversity, species distribution, environmental impact
Taxonomic expertise: Decapoda, Pisces
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: coastal zone
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria_Corsini-Foka
https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en-US&user=esc123IAAAAJ
CROCETTA Fabio
Affiliation: Department of Integrative Marine Ecology (EMI), StazioneZoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, I-80121 Naples, Italy
Email: fabio.crocetta@szn.it
Area of expertise: marine biodiversity, benthic biota, integrative taxonomy
Taxonomic expertise: Mollusca, Decapoda, Pisces, megafauna
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: soft and hard bottoms from tide level to deep sea
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea, Italy
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
http://www.szn.it/index.php/it/personale/staff/568-crocetta-fabio/1252-crocetta-fabio
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fabio_Crocetta
https://scholar.google.it/citations?user=LC59xbQAAAAJ&hl=it
DAILIANIS Thanos
Affiliation: Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Thalassocosmos, 71500, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Email: thanosd@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: marine biology, molecular ecology, marine biodiversity
Taxonomic expertise: Porifera
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: rocky reefs, coralligenous, mesophotic, artificial reefs
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://imbbc.hcmr.gr/user/thanosd/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thanos_Dailianis
DIGENIS Markos
Affiliation: Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Thalassocosmos, 71500, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Email: markosdigenis@gmail.com
Area of expertise: marine biodiversity, benthic ecology, taxonomy
Taxonomic expertise: benthic fauna, fish
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: marine caves, artificial hard substrates, soft substrates
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Levantine Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Markos_Digenis
DIMITRIADIS Charalampos
Affiliation: National Marine Park of Zakynthos (NMPZ), El. Venizelou 1, 29100, Zakynthos, Greece
Email: xdimitriadis@marine.aegean.gr
Area of expertise: marine ecology, marine protected areas, functional ecology, marine biodiversity
Taxonomic expertise: benthic megafauna, fish fauna, marine reptiles
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: reefs, vegetated bottoms, sandy bottoms
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
DIMIZA Margarita
Affiliation: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Geology and Geoenvironment, Panepistimioupolis, 15784, Athens, Greece
Email: mdimiza@geol.uoa.gr
Area of expertise: marine micropaleontology, environmental micropaleontology
Taxonomic expertise: coccolithophores, benthic foraminifera
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: coastal, pelagic, deep sea
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
http://scholar.google.gr/citation?user=bZEQvH0AAAAJ&hl=el&oi=sra
DOUNAS Costas
Affiliation: Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Thalassocosmos, 71500, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Email: kdounas@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: marine biodiversity, benthic ecology, taxonomy, zoogeography
Taxonomic expertise: Decapoda Crustacea
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: mid-, infra-, circalittoral soft and hard bottom communities;deep sea;artificial reefs
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/C_Dounas
EVAGELOPOULOS Athanasios
Affiliation: Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean
Email: tevagelo@marine.aegean.gr
Area of expertise: ecosystem modelling, impacts assessment, biogeography, marine community and functional ecology
Taxonomic expertise: Pisces
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: all coastal marine habitats
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert, impacts assessment expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Athanasios_Evagelopoulos
GALINOU-MITSOUDI Sofia
Affiliation: International Hellenic University (I.H.U.), Alexander Campus,Department of Environmental Engineering, P.O. BOX 141, 574 00 Thessaloniki, Greece
Email: galimits@otenet.gr
Area of expertise: marine biodiversity, taxonomy, biology, databases
Taxonomic expertise: Mollusca
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: soft and hard substrates
Geographic areas: Greece, Hellenic Seas
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
GEROVASILEIOU Vasilis
Affiliation: Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Thalassocosmos, 71500, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Email: vgerovas@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: marine biodiversity, benthic ecology, taxonomy, zoogeography, databases
Taxonomic expertise: Porifera, Anthozoa, Bryozoa, Echinodermata, Pisces
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: marine caves, rocky reefs, coralligenous, deep sea, artificial hard substrata (e.g. artificial reefs, ports and marinas)
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Levantine Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: coordinator, networking, taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Vasilis_Gerovasileiou
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=VVoE5PMAAAAJ&hl=el
http://www.marinespecies.org/worcs/
GIAKOUMI Sylvaine
Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia
Email: s.giakoumi@uq.edu.au
Area of expertise: marine ecology, conservation biology
Taxonomic expertise: fish, macroalgae
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: rocky reefs
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://scholar.google.fr/citations?user=qIJTLgcAAAAJ&hl=fr&oi=ao
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sylvaine_Giakoumi
GRATSIA Eirini
Affiliations: (1) University of Crete (UoC), Voutes University Campus, 70013, Heraklion, Crete, Greece; (2) Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters (IMBRIW), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), MavroLithari, 19013, Anavyssos, Greece; (3) Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Thalassocosmos, 71500, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Email: e.gratsia@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: molecular biology, marine biology, evolutionary biology, marine biodiversity
Taxonomic expertise: Polychaeta, Ascidiacea
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: harbours, marinas, artificial structures
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Eirini_Gratsia
https://www.linkedin.com/in/eirini-gratsia/
GRAVILI Cinzia
Affiliation: Laboratory of Zoology and Marine Biology, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies (DiSTeBA), University of Salento, 73100 Lecce, Italy
Email: cinzia.gravili@unisalento.it
Area of expertise: marine biodiversity, benthic and plankton ecology, life cycles, taxonomy, zoogeography, databases
Taxonomic expertise: Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Anthozoa, Cubozoa, Ctenophora
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: marine caves, rocky reefs, coralligenous, Posidonia oceanica beds, deep sea, artificial hard substrata (e.g. artificial reefs, ports and marinas)
Geographic areas: Ionian Sea, Adriatic Sea, Ligurian Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea, Western Mediterranean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean Sea, Central Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.unisalento.it/scheda-utente/-/people/cinzia.gravili
http://bioforiu.unisalento.it/it-it/staff/nodo1unisalento/cinziagravili.aspx
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Cinzia_Gravili
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=R0fIzfgAAAAJ&hl=en
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8412-4390
GUBILI Chrysoula
Affiliation: Fisheries Research Institute (FRI), Hellenic Agricultural Organisation-DEMETER, NeaPeramos, Kavala, 64007, Greece
Email: c.gubili@inale.gr
Area of expertise: population genetics, phylogeography
Taxonomic expertise: chondrichthyans
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine, freshwater
Habitats: coastal, pelagic, lagoons
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chrysoula_Gubili
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CEIPss0AAAAJ&hl=en
ISSARIS Yiannis
Affiliation: Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Email: issaris@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: marine ecology, species distribution and abundance, underwater imaging
Taxonomic expertise: fish, benthic invertebrates, marine mammals
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: rocky reefs, coralligenous communities, seagrass beds, coral reefs, pelagic
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
KAMPOURIS Thodoros E.
Affiliation: Marine Science Department, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, University Hill, Mytilene, Lesvos Island, 81100, Greece
Email: mard16012@marine.aegean.gr
Area of expertise: biodiversity, fisheries, threatened species, non-indigenous species
Taxonomic expertise: decapods, stomatopods, fish
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine, freshwater (decapods)
Habitats: reefs, hard and sandy bottoms
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea, East Atlantic Ocean
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&user=D3SfaQ0AAAAJ
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Thodoros_Kampouris2
https://www.mar.aegean.gr/index.php?userid=mard16012&pg=2.3.1&lang=en
KARACHLE Paraskevi K.
Affiliation: Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), 46.7 km Athens – Sounioave., P.O. Box 712, MavroLithari, 19013, Anavyssos, Greece
Email: pkarachle@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: biology, species distribution, feeding habits, trophic levels, ecomorphology, fisheries
Taxonomic expertise: Pisces
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea
Role in ELNAIS: coordinator, networking, taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Paraskevi_Voula_Karachle
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ziFp3n4AAAAJ&hl=el&oi=ao
KASAPIDIS Panagiotis
Affiliation: Institute of Marine Biology Biotechnology and Aquaculture, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, P.O.Box 2214, 71003, Heraklion, Greece
Email: kasapidi@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: populations genetics, DNA metabarcoding, phylogeny/phylogeography
Taxonomic expertise: fish, copepods with DNA analysis
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: coastal, pelagic
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
KATSANEVAKIS Stelios
Affiliation: Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean
Email: Katsanevakis@marine.aegean.gr
Area of expertise: marine ecology, marine biodiversity, marine conservation
Taxonomic expertise: fish, benthic invertebrates
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: rocky reefs
Geographic areas: Greece, Mediterranean Sea, European Seas
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.mar.aegean.gr/index.php?userid=Katsanevakis&pg=4.1&lang=en
https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=PWAQG60AAAAJ&hl=el
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stelios_Katsanevakis
KATSIARAS Nikolaos
Affiliation: Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, 46.7km Athinon-Souniou, 19013 Anavissos, Greece
Email: nkatsiaras@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: benthic ecology, functional ecology, human impacts, taxonomy
Taxonomic expertise: polychaetes
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: soft substrates and biogenic habitats
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Levantine Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nikolaos_Katsiaras
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=37461743400
KEVREKIDIS Kosmas
Affiliation: Decentralised Administration of Macedonia Thrace, Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries, 551 31 Kalamaria, Thessaloniki
Email: kosmkevrekidis@yahoo.com
Area of expertise:biology, ecology, fisheries and culture of marine/freshwater invertebrates, biodiversity, invasive crustaceans
Taxonomic expertise: marine and freshwater decapod crustaceans
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine, freshwater
Habitats: Sea, lagoons, estuaries, lakes, rivers
Geographic areas: Greece, Eastern Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
KONDYLATOS Gerasimos
Affiliation: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research/Hydrobiological Station of Rhodes
Email: gkondylatos@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: aquariology, ichthyology, marine biology/ecology
Taxonomic expertise: chondrichthyans, bony fishes, Crustacea, Decapoda, Stomatopoda, sea turtles, marine mammals
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine and freshwater
Habitats: artificial ecosystems, aquaria, closed/open recirculation systems, natural ecosystems (seagrass meadows, rocky reefs, sandy substrates)
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gerasimos_Kondylatos
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerasimos-kondylatos-6505356b
https://independent.academia.edu/AkisKondilatos
KOULOURI Panayota (Yolanda)
Affiliation: Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Thalassocosmos, 71500, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Email: yol72@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: marine biodiversity, benthic ecology, taxonomy
Taxonomic expertise: Peracarida (Crustacea), Mollusca
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: mid-, infra-, circalittoral soft and hard bottom communities;deep sea;artificial reefs.
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
http://www.imbbc.hcmr.gr/users/yolanda-koulouri
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Panayota_Koulouri
KOUTSOUBAS Drosos
Affiliation: Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Environment, University of the Aegean
Email: drosos@aegean.gr
Area of expertise: marine biodiversity, coastal and deep-sea ecology, wetlands dynamics and management, invertebrate fisheries biology, Marine Protected Areas, invasive species
Taxonomic expertise: Mollusca, macrobenthic organisms
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: transitional coastal ecosystems, coastal and deep-sea habitats
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Eastern Mediterranean
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.mar.aegean.gr/index.php?userid=drosos&pg=4.1&lang=en
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Drosos_Koutsoubas
KYTINOU Eleni
Affiliation: (1)Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean;(2) Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research
Email: ekytinou@gmail.com
Area of expertise: coastal food webs, marine biodiversity, ecological status indices
Taxonomic expertise: fish, invertebrates, algae
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: rocky reefs
Geographic areas: Greece, Eastern Mediterranean
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.mar.aegean.gr/index.php?userid=mard16015&pg=2.2.1&lang=en
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Pr118YIAAAAJ&hl=el
LEONARDOS Ioannis
Affiliation: Laboratory of Zoology, Biological Applications and Technology Department, University of Ioannina, University Campus 45110, Ioannina
Email: ileonard@uoi.gr
Area of expertise: fish biology
Taxonomic expertise: fish
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): freshwater, brackish
Habitats: lakes, rivers, lagoons
Geographic areas: West Greece
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
MALAQUIAS Manuel Antonio E.
Affiliation: Department of Natural History, University Museum, University of Bergen, Norway
Email: Manuel.Malaquias@uib.no
Area of expertise: malacology
Taxonomic expertise: CephalaspideaHeterobranchiaGastropoda
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater):marine
Habitats: from rocky shores to deep sea
Geographic areas: worldwide
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
http://www.uib.no/persons/Manuel.Malaquias
http://www.uib.no/en/rg/mollusca
MANOUSIS Athanasios
Affiliation: Retired (University of Cambridge), P.O. BOX 48K, Epanomi, Greece
Email: athanasiosmanousis@gmail.com
Area of expertise: marine biodiversity, evolutionary phenomena
Taxonomic expertise: Mediterranean marine molluscs
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: all
Geographic areas: Hellenic Seas
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
MICHALOUDI Evangelia
Affiliation: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, School of Biology, Dept. Zoology, Lab. Ichthyology, Box 134, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Email: tholi@bio.auth.gr
Area of expertise: freshwater, coastal, zooplankton, systematics/taxonomy
Taxonomic expertise: Rotifera, Cladocera, Copepoda
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): freshwater, marine
Habitats: coastal areas, inland waters (lakes, ponds, temporary lakes, saline lakes)
Geographic areas: Mediterranean, Europe, Ecuador
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Evangelia_Michaloudi
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SEfyobwAAAAJ&hl=el
MILIOU Anastasia
Affiliation: Archipelagos Institute of Marine Conservation, Marine Research Base, P.O. Box 42, Pythagorio 831 03, Samos, Greece
Email: a.miliou@archipelago.gr
Area of expertise: conservation biology, marine biodiversity, environmental impact, fisheries
Taxonomic expertise: benthic invertebrates, fish, marine mammals
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: seagrass meadows, coralligenous habitats, rocky reefs
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
MINOS George
Affiliation: Associate Professor, International Hellenic University (IHU), Alexander Campus, School of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Sindos, Thessaloniki, Greece
Email: gminos@ihu.gr ; gminos@otenet.gr
Area of expertise: systematics, speciesidentification, biometry, morphometry, fisheries biology, age and growth, reproduction, invasive species, food fraud
Taxonomic expertise: fish, crustaceans
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine, freshwater
Habitats: aquatic, sea, ocean, lakes, ponds, rivers
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Eastern Mediterranean
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
http://www.nurse.teithe.gr/bio/Minos.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/George_Minos
https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-minos-272b0544/
https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=fbnA7iEAAAAJ&hl=el
http://ihu-gr.academia.edu/GeorgeMinos
NALETAKI Maria
Affiliation: Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Center for Marine Research (H.C.M.R.), Thalassocosmos, Iraklion, Crete, Greece
Email: mnalet@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: taxonomy, species distribution, benthic ecology, marine biodiversity
Taxonomic expertise: Decapoda (Crustacea)
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: coastal zone
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Levantine Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
OVALIS Panayiotis
Affiliation: CMAS Dive instructor, Agisilaou 37-39,Tzitzifies, Kallithea, Athens, Greece
Email: ovalis66@windowslive.com
Area of expertise: taxonomy
Taxonomic expertise: Mollusca
Ecosystem: marine
Habitats: all marine habitats, marine caves, coralligenous, deep sea, etc.
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Levantine Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
PAPASTERGIADOU Eva
Affiliation: Professor of Plant Ecology & Ecosystems Management, Department of Biology, University of Patras, 26500, Patra, Greece
Email: evapap@upatras.gr
Area of expertise: ecology, biodiversity, ecological quality assessment, conservation management
Taxonomic expertise: aquatic macrophytes (macroalgae, bryophytes, angiosperms)
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): inland (lakes, rivers, ponds, wetlands) and transitional waters of Greece and Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean)
Habitats: coastal and halophytic, freshwater, fens and marshes, riparian zone habitats
Geographic areas: Greece, Cyprus (Eastern Mediterranean)
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4430-878X
www.researcherid.com/rid/J-8455-2012
www.researchgate.net/profile/Eva_Papastergiadouhttp://scholar.google.gr/citations?hl=en&user=&user=fc-lFgUAAAAJ
PERDIKARIS Costas
Affiliation: Department of Fisheries, Regional Unit of Thesprotia, Region of Epirus, 46100 Igoumenitsa, Greece
Email: cperdik74@yahoo.gr
Area of expertise: aquaculture, crayfish taxonomy and zoogeography, risk assessment of non-native aquatic species with AS-ISK
Taxonomic expertise: Decapoda (freshwater crayfish), Pisces
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): freshwater and marine
Geographic areas: Greece
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Costas_Perdikaris
POURSANIDIS Dimitris
Affiliation: (1) Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas, Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics, the Remote Sensing lab, Greece, N. Plastira 100, Heraklion; (2)terraSolutions marine environment research, Heraklion, Crete
Email: dpoursanidis@gmail.com ; dpoursanidis@iacm.forth.gr
Area of expertise: species distribution modelling, earth observation, GIS, data analysis
Taxonomic expertise: Mollusca, zoobenthos
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: seagrass, rocky reefs
Geographic areas: Mediterranean, East Africa
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert, habitat type expert, GIS expert
Websites:
https://www.terrasolutions.eu/
https://scholar.google.gr/citations?hl=en&user=HoMMGG8AAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
RAGKOUSIS Michail
Affiliation: Department of Oceanography and Marine Biosciences, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean. University Hill, Mytilene, Lesvos Island, 81100, Greece
Email: ragkousis.diving@gmail.com
Area of expertise: marine biology, ichthyology, marine ecology, non-indigenous species
Taxonomic expertise: Osteichthyes
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): Marine
Habitats: rocky reefs, seagrass meadows, sandy shores, marine caves, intertidal
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michail_Ragkousis
ROSSO Antonietta
Affiliation: Università di Catania, Dipartimento di ScienzeBiologiche, Geologiche e Ambientali, Corso Italia, 57 – 95129 – Catania, Italy
Email: rosso@unict.it
Area of expertise: marine biodiversity, benthic ecology, taxonomy, zoogeography
Taxonomic expertise: bryozoans, occasionally brachiopods and other skeletonised organisms
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: from infralittoral to bathyal benthic communities, on hard and soft bottoms, especially submarine caves, coralligenous, Cold-Water Corals, anthropogenic structures
Geographic areas: Mediterranean mostly, Atlantic, Andaman Sea, Antarctica
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
http://www.dipbiogeo.unict.it/docenti/maria.antonietta.rosso
http://www.gioenia.unict.it/prof_rosso_antonietta
SALOMIDI Maria
Affiliation: Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, MavroLithari, 19013 Anavyssos, Greece
Email: msal@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: marine ecology, marine conservation
Taxonomic expertise: marine macrofauna, marine macroflora, habitat diversity
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine, coastal
Habitats: all
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea, NE Atlantic, Red Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert, habitat type expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maria_Salomidi/research
SHENKAR NOA
Affiliation: (1) School of Zoology, George S. Wise Faculty of Life Science, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978 Israel; (2) The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Israel National Center for Biodiversity Studies
Email: shenkarn@tauex.tau.ac.il
Area of expertise: ascidian ecology and taxonomy, non-indigenous species, ecotoxicology, plastic pollution
Taxonomic expertise: Ascidiacea
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): Marine
Habitats: reefs, hard and sandy bottoms
Geographic areas: Eastern Mediterranean and Red Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
http://www.tau.ac.il/lifesci/departments/zoology/members/shenkar/shenkar.html
https://www.instagram.com/shenkarlab/
SIMBOURA Nomiki
Affiliation: Institute of Oceanography, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, MavroLithari, 19013 Anavyssos, Greece
Email: msim@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: benthic fauna, ecology, ecological status, biodiversity
Taxonomic expertise: Polychaeta, Annelida
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater):marine
Habitats: soft bottom benthic habitats
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Levantine Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
http://io.hcmr.gr/member-page/?memberid=18
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nomiki_Simboura
SINI Maria
Affiliation: Department of Marine Sciences, University of the Aegean
Email: mariasini@marine.aegean.gr
Area of expertise: marine ecology, biodiversity and conservation, development of scientific tools for underwater assessment and analyses, scientific diving
Taxonomic expertise: Anthozoa, Porifera, Mollusca, Macroalgae, Echinodermata, Fish
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: rocky reefs, photophilic algal communities, coralligenous formations, marine caves
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
www.mar.aegean.gr/index.php?userid=mariasini&pg=2.2.1&lang=en
www.mar.aegean.gr/sonarlab/photoquad/
SKOUFAS Georgios
Affiliation: Department of Organisation Management, Marketing and Tourism, International Hellenic University, Associate professor
Email: skoufas@aqua.teithe.gr
Area of expertise: marine biology, marine protected fauna and flora, diving tourism, in situ monitoring of organisms, fish ethology
Taxonomic expertise: Anthozoa, Labridae, Posidonia meadows, marine fauna
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: all
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
SKOURADAKIS Grigorios
Affiliation: Institute of Marine Biology, Biotechnology and Aquaculture (IMBBC), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Thalassocosmos, 71500, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Email: gskouradakis@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: marine biology, marine biodiversity
Taxonomic expertise: Mollusca, Pisces
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: coastal rocky reefs, coastal lagoons
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Grigorios_Skouradakis
STAMOULI Caterina
Affiliation: Institute of Marine Biological Resourses, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, MavroLithari, 19013 Anavyssos, Greece
Email: kstamouli@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: marine biodiversity, benthic ecology
Taxonomic expertise: benthic invertebrates, megabenthos, fish
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: soft bottoms
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=el&user=rVdpJowAAAAJ
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stamouli_Caterina
THEODOROU John Α.
Affiliation: Department of Animal Production, Fisheries & Aquaculture, University of Patras
Email: jtheo@upatras.gr
Area of expertise: invertebrates
Taxonomic expertise: ascidians, bivalves, crustaceans
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: transitional waters, benthic substrates
Geographic areas: Maliakos Gulf, Amvrakikos Gulf, Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
TRIANTAFYLLIDIS Alexander
Affiliation: School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece
Email: atriant@bio.auth.gr
Area of expertise: phylogenetics, population genetics, population genomics, genetic identification
Taxonomic expertise: Pisces, Crustacea, Pinctada, mammals, zooplankton
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine, freshwater
Habitats: sea, rivers, lakes
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Greece, Balkan Peninsula
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.bio.auth.gr/users/atriant
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Pt6HaGIAAAAJ&hl=el&authuser=1
TRIANTAPHYLLOU Maria
Affiliation: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Faculty of Geology &Geoenvironment, Panepistimioupolis 15784, Zografou, Athens
Email: mtriant@geol.uoa.gr
Area of expertise: biogeography, ecology, species distribution, bioassessment indices, alien species
Taxonomic expertise: Foraminifera, coccolithophores, diatoms
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): estuarine and marine
Habitats: estuaries, lagoons, coastal zone, pelagic environment
Geographic areas: Eastern Mediterranean,Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
http://scholar.uoa.gr/mtriant/home
TRINGALI Lionello Paolo
Affiliation: SocietàItaliana di Malacologia
Email: lionello.tringali@libero.it
Area of expertise: Mollusca
Taxonomic expertise: Heterobranchia,Cephalaspidea
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: all
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lionello_Tringali
TSIAMIS Konstantinos
Affiliation: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), Ispra, Italy
Email: kostas.tsiamis@gmail.com
Area of expertise: macroalgae, alien species, databases, EU policy
Taxonomic expertise: Rhodophyta, Phaeophyceae, Ulvophyceae
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: rocky reefs, sublittoral zone
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Konstantinos_Tsiamis
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=cyiar18AAAAJ&hl=el
https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/easin
TSIRIKA Anastasia
Affiliation: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Natural Environment, School of Agriculture, Department of Animal Production, Laboratory of Fish and Fisheries
Email: atsirika@agro.auth.gr
Area of expertise: benthic phytocommunities, monitoring of aquatic ecosystems, water quality
Taxonomic expertise: macroalgae and angiosperms
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine, transitional
Habitats: rocky reefs, Posidonia oceanicameadows
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
TSIRINTANIS Konstantinos
Affiliation: Marine Science Department, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean, University Hill, Mytilene, Lesvos Island, 81100, Greece
Email: ktsirintanis@marine.aegean.gr
Area of expertise: marine ecology, invasion biology, conservation biology
Taxonomic expertise: macroalgae, Pisces
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: rocky reefs, seagrass meadows
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Konstantinos_Tsirintanis
VARDAKAS Leonidas
Affiliation: Institute of Marine Biological Resources & Inland Waters (IMBRIW), Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), Kalamata office – Municipal Port Fund of Kalamata, Miaouli 30, Kalamata, 24100
Email: louisvard@gmail.com
Area of expertise: community ecology, alien species, intermittent streams
Taxonomic expertise: fish
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): freshwater
Habitats: rivers, lakes
Geographic areas: Greece, Balkans
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://imbriw.hcmr.gr/leonidas-vardakas/
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leonidas_Vardakas
VARDALA-THEODOROU Galateia -Evdoxia
Affiliation: Goulandris Natural History Museum-Gaia Centre, Hydrobiological Dpt.,100, Othonos Str., 14562 Kifissia Greece
Email: evard@gnhm.gr ;evardala@gmail.com
Area of expertise: benthic Mollusca, museology
Taxonomic expertise: recent and fossil (Pliocene -Quaternary) marine Mollusca
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: coastal marine
Geographic areas: Greece, Cyprus
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
VOUTSIADOU Eleni
Affiliation: Department of Zoology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124, Thessaloniki, Greece
Email: elvoults@bio.auth.gr
Area of expertise: marine biodiversity, benthic ecology, taxonomy, zoogeography, history and philosophy of biology, paleoethnozoology, zoological terminology and nomenclature
Taxonomic expertise: Porifera
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: sublittoral hard substrates, biotic substrates
Geographic areas: Aegean Sea, Levantine Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.bio.auth.gr/users/elvoults
https://users.auth.gr/~elvoults/
ZENETOS Argyro
Affiliation: Institute of Marine Biological Resources, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, MavroLithari, 19013 Anavyssos, Greece
Email: zenetos@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: biodiversity, databases, information systems
Taxonomic expertise: Mollusca, zoobenthos
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: ports and marinas
Geographic areas: Greece, Cyprus, Mediterranean, European Seas
Role in ELNAIS: coordinator, administrator, networking, taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Argyro_Zenetos
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UFD4vWUAAAAJ&hl=el&oi=ao
ZERVOUDAKI Soultana
Affiliation: Hellenic Center for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography
Email: tanya@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: mesozooplanktondiversity, ecophysiology, pelagic food web, ocean acidification, climate change
Taxonomic expertise: Copepoda
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater): marine
Habitats: pelagic
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea, North Sea, Baltic Sea, Black Sea
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.hcmr.gr/en/portfolio/zervoudaki-soultana/
https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=txoFLc4AAAAJ&hl=el
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Soultana_Zervoudaki
https://gr.linkedin.com/in/soultana-zervoudaki-66251055
ZOGARIS Stamatis
Affiliation: Institute of Marine Biological Resources and Inland Waters, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR), 46.7 km Athens – Sounioave., P.O. Box 712, MavroLithari, 19013, Anavyssos, Greece
Email: zogaris@gmail.com ; zogaris@hcmr.gr
Area of expertise: biogeography, species distribution, bioassessment indices, protected areas
Taxonomic expertise: Pisces, Aves, riparian vegetation
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater):freshwater and marine
Habitats: Rivers, streams, estuaries, lagoons, wetlands, coastal zone
Geographic areas: Eastern Mediterranean, Middle East, Southern Asia, North America
Role in ELNAIS: taxonomic expert
Websites:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Stamatis_Zogaris
https://scholar.google.gr/citations?user=I0VwlrMAAAAJ&hl=en
ZOTOU Maria
Affiliation: Marine Science Department, School of the Environment, University of the Aegean. Mytilene, Lesvos Island, 81100, Greece
Email: m.maryzotou@gmail.com
Area of expertise: marine biodiversity, marine ecology
Taxonomic expertise: benthic fauna
Ecosystem (marine/freshwater):marine
Habitats: coastal, hard and soft bottom
Geographic areas: Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea
Role in ELNAIS: data provider
