Dr. Helen Kaberi, Chemist, Oceanographer, Research Director. PhD in Chemical Oceanography (1995), MSc in Oceanography (1989), BSc in Chemistry (1986) from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA).

Her main research activities include the study of metal pollution in bottom sediments and suspended particles; sedimentation rates and pollution history; study of radionuclides as tracers of water masses and contaminants; study of marine litter on the coastal zone and microplastics in sediments and beaches.

She is actively involved as the principal investigator or team leader in a number of EU and national projects for the Mediterranean Sea related to marine litter, contaminants and the implementation of the MSFD, e.g. CONTRAST, ONE-BLUE, RHEmediation and COASTAL (Horizon 2020), INDICIT and INDICIT II, ACTIONMED and MEDCIS (DG ENV), MEDSEALITTER and PLASTIC BUSTERS MPAs (INTERREG MED), MEDREGION-EU, SESAME-EU (FP6), PERSEUS and CLEANSEA (FP7), MERMAID-ERA NET, DeFishGear, HARMONIA and MELTEMI Balcan MED (INTERREG), and Implementation of MSFD in Greek waters- National.

She is currently a member of the working group for the MSFD implementation in Greece and the Board of the Hellenic Oceanographers' Association. Author/co-author of 77 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and more than 150 in proceedings of international and national conferences [Citations 2087, h-index 27].
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