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Eleni Hatziyanni

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Date of Birth : November 25, 1969
Nationality : Greek
Language : Greek:Native language
English: excellent knowledge of written and spoken English.
French : very good knowledge of written and spoken French

Education

• 1987 - 1991 : B.Sc. in Geology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
• 1997 - 1999 : M.Sc. in Marine Biology (ecology of benthic meiofauna and foraminifera), University of Crete, Greece.
• 1999 - : Ph.D. studies in Marine Biology (ecology of deep sea meiofauna and foraminiferal assemblages), University of Crete, Greece.

Professional Experience

• 1995 - to date: Institute of Marine Biology of Crete (IMBC): research assistant. Benthic ecology (macro- and meiobenthos ), sedimentology.

Participation in recent and ongoing research projects

• Biotechnologies from the Deep (BIODEEP)
• Atmospheric Deposition and Impact of pollutants, key elements and nutrients on the Open Mediterranean Sea (ADIOS)
• INTERPOL
• Mass Transfer and Ecosystem Response (MATER)
• Environmental Impacts of Oil Spill Pollution in Navarino Bay and Gialova Lagoon (sw Peloponnesos)
• Interaction of Aquaculture and the Marine Environment

Selected publications

• Tselepides A., Lampadariou N., Polychronaki T. & Hatziyanni E. (2000): The TransMediterranean Cruise (June 1999) of the MTP II project MATER. Major objectives and preliminary results from the deep benthic environment of the Mediterranean Sea. 9th Deep Sea Biology Symposium, Galway, Ireland.
• Karakassis I., Tsapakis E., Hatziyanni E., Papadopoulou K.-N., Plaiti W. (2000): Impact of fish farming on the seabed in three Mediterranean coastal areas. ICES Journal of Marine Science (in press).
• Hatziyanni E., Tsapakis M.., Plaiti W, Karakassis I. (2000): Impact of organic enrichment on the vertical distribution and the size of macrofauna in a coastal fish farming size. 6th Hellenic Symposium of Oceanography and Fisheries, Chios, Greece 2: 341-345.
• Karakassis I. & Hatziyanni E. (2000): Analysis of benthic ecosystem disturbance under different levels of taxonomic resolution 6th Hellenic Symposium of Oceanography and Fisheries, Chios, Greece 2: 371-375.
• Karakassis I., Hatziyanni E. (2000): Benthic disturbance due to fish farming in the Mediterranean: analysis under different levels of taxonomic resolution. Marine Ecology Progress Series 203: 47-253.
• Karakassis I., Hatziyanni E., Tsapakis M., Plaiti W. (1999) Benthic recovery following cessation of fish farming: a series of successes and catastrophes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 184:205-218.
• Karakassis I., Tsapakis M., Hatziyanni E. (1998): Seasonal variability in sediment profiles beneath fish farm cages in the Mediterranean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 162: 243-252.
• Hatziyanni E., Papadopoulou K.-N., Plaiti W, Maidanou Ì., Karakassis I. (1997): The structure of macrobenthic communities in three coastal areas of intensive fish-culture. 5th Hellenic Symposium of Oceanography and Fisheries, Kavala, Greece, 2: 223-226.