Nafsika Papageorgiou

Curriculum Vitae

Submitted by Nafsika Papageorgiou on Mon, 2011-04-25 16:58

Personal Information

Last name:

Papageorgiou

First name:

Nafsika

e-mail:

nafsika@biology.uoc.gr

Function at IMBG:

Post Doc

Expertise / Research Interests

marine ecology, coastal ecosystems, human impacts on marine communities and ecosystems, biogeochemistry, biodiversity, benthic communities

Languages


Greek	native language
English	very good
German	excellent

Education and Training


2009	Ph. D. in Marine Ecology, Biology Dept, Univ. Crete Ph. D. Thesis: Impact of aquaculture to the benthic macrofauna and the ecosystem functions
2004	MSc in Marine Biology, Biology Dept, Univ. Crete MSc Thesis: Dynamics of the macrobenthic communties of three Cretan sandy beaches
2001	Undergraduate Studies: Biology Department, Freie Univ., Berlin (1-4 sem) Biology Department, Univ. Crete (5-8sem)

Professional Activities


2010	Post-doctoral researcher in the Project HELBIONET (GSRT), Marine Ecology Lab, Department of Biology, Univ. Crete
2009-2012	Post-doctoral researcher in the Project Prevent Escape: Assessing the causes and developing measures to prevent the escape of fish from sea-cage aquaculture (EU-FP7), Marine Ecology Lab, Department of Biology, Univ. Crete
2005-2009	IBIS: Fish farming effects on benthic biogeochemical processes (GSRT)
2008-2009	AQUAGRIS: Environmental management reform for sustainable farming, fisheries and aquaculture (EU-FP6)
2005-2009	ECASA: Ecosystem Approach for Sustainable Aquaculture (EU-FP7), Marine Ecology Lab, Department of Biology, Univ. Crete
2004-2008	MarBEF: Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning (EU-FP6) 2004-2006
2004-2006	TWReferenceNET: Management and sustainable development of protected transitional waters (EU-FP6)
2002-2005	MEDCORE: From river catchment areas to the sea: comparative and integrated approach to the ecology of Mediterranean coastal zones for sustainable management (EU-FP6)
2002-2004	MED-POL: Monitoring of marine pollution in the Mediterranean. (GSRT), Marine Ecology Lab, Department of Biology, Univ. Crete
2000-2001	Biological Indicators of Degradation in Mediterranean Type Vegetation (GSRT), Biology Department, Univ. Crete
2000-2001	Undergraduate collaborator in the Project Protection of Threatened Endemic Types in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (GSRT), Biology Department, Univ. Crete
2011	Post-doctoral researcher in the Vectors Project (EU-FP7).

International Recognition of Scientific Work

Citations (excluding self-citations):

Self-citations:

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Scholarships / Awards


2006-2009	Scholarship for PhD studies from the “Reinforcement Programme of Human Research Manpower” (PENED) and co-financed by National and Community Funds (25% from the Greek Ministry of Development-General Secretariat of Research and Technology and 75% from E.U.-European Social Fund)
2004-2005	Post graduate Scholarship from the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)
2002-2003	Post graduate Scholarship for Msc studies from Post-graduate Program "Environmental Biology - Management of Land, Coastal and Marine Biological Resources" in the Department of Biology of University of Crete.

Teaching Activities

Undergraduate courses


2010-2011	Teaching the Laboratory practical work of "Benthos" in Marine Biology undergaduate course in the Biology Department, Univ. Crete
2009-2011	Teaching the Functional Ecology lecture in Benthic Ecology undergaduate course in the Biology Department, Univ. Crete
2003-2006	Teaching assistant in laboratory practical work of "Crustaceans" in Animal Biology and Systematics undergraduate course, in the Biology Department, Univ. Crete
2002-2003	Teaching assistant in laboratory practical work of Biochemistry-Microbiology undergraduate course, in the Biology Department, Univ. Crete
2002-2003	Teaching assistant in laboratory practical work of Animal Physiology undergraduate course, in the BiologyDepartment, Univ. Crete

Postgraduate courses


2011	Assistant in field work excercise and sample processing of "Marine ecosystems" postgraduate course

Research Activities

Organization of Workshops and Symposia


March	2010	Prevent Escape 2nd Meeting	Co-organizer
September	2007	European Aquaculture Stakeholder Conference	Co-organizer
December	2004	MarBEF Theme 3 Workshop, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Member of the organizing committee
June	2004	ELME WP1 Workshop, Heraklion, Crete, Greece	Member of the organizing committee

Participation in National Committees, Conferences, Workshops


May	2009	9th National Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries	Patras, Greece
June	2006	8th National Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries	Thessalonica, Greece
November	2004	National Congress of the Hellenic Ecological Society and the Hellenic Zoological Society: Biodiversity and Global Change	Mitilini, Greece
May	2003	7th National Symposium on Oceanography and Fisheries	Hersonissos Crete, Greece
December	2001	Meeting on the subject "Biodiversity in the S.E. Mediterranean - Protection and Appointment". Organizers: Region Crete, Regional Fund of Crete, Museum of Natural History of University Crete	Heraklion Crete, Greece

Participation in International Committees, Conferences, Workshops


November	2008	World Conference on Marine Biodiversity	Valencia Spain
October	2005	MarBef Theme 1, Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR)	Crete, Greece
November	2005	International Conference on the Catchment areas and Sandy Beaches	Firenze, Italy
October	2011	EAS Aquaculture Europe 2011	Rhodes, Greece

History

Member for: 13 years 21 weeks