Since 2015 Eleni Tzempelikou is a research associate, Chemist Oceanographer, at the Institute of Oceanography with research interest in the chemical processes of trace metals in water column and marine pollution. 
She has a PhD in Environmental Chemistry (NKUA) and her dissertation focuses on the study of the chemical behavior of trace metals in the marine environment with emphasis on seasurface film.

Education:
PhD in Environmental Chemistry
Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
(PhD dissertation: “Trace metals in marine surface waters: inventory in the Greek seas, sources and processes with emphasis on the surface microlayer”)

M.Sc. in Chemistry and Environmental Technology
Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 
(Master’s Thesis: “Methods for determination of mercury and their application in sediment and water samples of coastal systems”)

B.Sc. in Chemistry 
Department of Chemistry, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens 
(Bachelor’s Thesis: “Determination of chloroacetic acids levels in the drinking water supply system of Athens, Greece”)