Georgia Assimakopoulou (Ph.D.) Research Associate in Institute of Oceanography, HCMR, Greece 
2001 - today Research Scientist
Analysis of phytoplankton data in numerous national and international projects, mostly multidisciplinary. 
Estimation the aquatic primary productivity and phytoplankton efficiency and analytical methods for photosynthetic pigments analysis
1995-2000 Research Associate  
Analysis of phytoplankton data in numerous national and international projects, mostly multidisciplinary. 
Estimation the aquatic primary productivity and phytoplankton efficiency and analytical methods for photosynthetic pigments analysis

Education 
2011-Dr. Rer. Nat. (Ph.D.) in Oceanography, Christian Albrecht’s University Kiel Faculty of Mathematics & Natural Sciences /IFM-GEOMAR, Germany. Title of PhD Thesis:”Plankton Dynamics and Distribution in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea

1992- MSc in Marine Biology Institute of Ecology and Zoology, Section of Biology  FU Berlin, Germany
1992-1993 Diplom in Biology Institute of Ecology and Zoology, Section of Biology  FU Berlin, Germany

Organisational/managerial skills
    • Good communication skills gained through team work during participation in project meetings, workshops and conferences and through training of students
    • Long experience on analytical methods and techniques; laboratory infrastructure; environmental and field monitoring equipment. 
    • Responsible in national projects and the good functioning of the Phytoplankton and Primary production lab in our Institute

Publications-21 peer-reviewed publications and 100 international journals and conferences
Projects Participated in more than 52 international and national projects 
Research Interests
    • Ecology and structure of marine phytoplankton populations in coastal waters shelf and open seas
    • Influence of environmental parameters, interrelationships between phytoplankton and biological-environmental parameters 
    • Taxonomy and biodiversity of phytoplankton
Biological processes in the water column, primary production rates, growth rates of phytoplankton, structure, and dynamic of pelagic food web, and carbon budget through food webs 

Selected Research Publications 
Varkitzi I., Francé J., Basset A., Cozzoli F., Stanca E., Zervoudaki S., Giannakourou A., Assimakopoulou G., Venetsanopoulou A., Mozetič P., Tinta T., Skejic S., Vidjak O., Cadiou J-F., Pagou K., 2018. Pelagic habitats in the Mediterranean Sea: A review of Good Environmental Status (GES) determination for plankton components and identification of gaps and priority needs to improveoherence for the MSFD implementation. Ecological Indicators, Volume 95, Part 1, December 2018, Pages 203-21.

 N. Simboura, M. Tsapakis, A. Pavlidou, G. Assimakopoulou, K. Pagou, H. Kontoyannis, C. Zeri, E. Krasakopoulou, E. Rousselaki, N. Katsiaras, S. Diliberto, M. Naletaki, K. Tsiamis, V. Gerakaris, P. Drakopoulou, P. Panayotidis, 2015. Assessment of the environmental status in Hellenic coastal waters (Eastern Mediterranean): from the Water Framework Directive to the Marine Strategy Water Framework Directive. Medit. Mar. Sci., 16/1, 46-64.

 Panagiotis D. Dimitriou, Nafsika Papageorgiou, Christos Arvanitidis, Georgia Assimakopoulou, Kalliopi Pagou, Konstantia N. Papadopoulou, Alexandra Pavlidou, Paraskevi Pitta, Sofia Reizopoulou, Nomiki Simboura, Ioannis Karakassis, 2015. One Step forward: Benthic Pelagic Coupling and Indicators for Environmental Status PLoS ONE 10(10): 1-17. October 2015 PLoS ONE 10(10): e0141071(10):1-17.

 Alexandra Pavlidou, Nomiki Simboura, Eleni Rousselaki, Manolis Tsapakis, Kalliopi Pagou, Paraskevi Drakopoulou, Georgia Assimakopoulou, Harilaos Kontoyiannis, Panayotis Panayotidis, 2015. Methods of eutrophication assessment in the context of the water framework directive: Examples from the Eastern Mediterranean coastal areas. Continental Shelf Research, Volume 108, Pages 156–168.

A.P. Karageorgis, W.D. Gardner, O.A. Mikkelsen, D. Georgopoulos, A.S. Ogston, G. Assimakopoulou, E. Krasakopoulou, Gh. Oaie, D. Secrieru, Th.D. Kanellopoulos, K. Pagou, Ch. Anagnostou, E. Papathanassiou, 2014. Particle sources over the Danube River delta, Black Sea based on distribution, composition, and size using optics, imaging, and bulk analyses. Journal of Marine Systems, Volume 131, Pages 74–90.

Zervoudaki, S., Orek, H., Krasakopoulou, E., Assimakopoulou, G., Fach-Salihoglu, B., Papathanassiou, E., 2014. Food web structure in the Aegean Sea and the Turkish straits system and understanding the role of the ocean acidification as important driver of change in biological systems. Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology, Volume 15, Issue 4, Pages 1641-1649.

Berline L, I. Siokou-Frangou, I. Marasov, O. Vidjak, M.L. Fernández de Puelles, M.G. Mazzocchi, G. Assimakopoulou, S. Zervoudaki, S. Fonda Umani, A. Conversi, C. Garcia-Comas, F. Ibanez, S. Gasparini, L. Stemmann, G. Gorsky, 2012: Intercomparison of six Mediterranean zooplankton time series. Progress in Oceanography, 97-100, 76–91.

Vadrucci Maria Rosaria, Elena Stanca, Cristin Mazziotti, Serena Fonda Umanid, Assimakopoulou Georgia, Snejana Moncheva, Antonella Romano, Roberto Buccia, Nicola Ungaro, Alberto Basset, 2013. Ability of phytoplankton trait sensitivity to highlight anthropogenic pressures in Mediterranean lagoons: A size spectra sensitivity index (ISS-phyto). Ability of phytoplankton trait sensitivity to highlight anthropogenic pressures in Mediterranean lagoons: A size spectra sensitivity index. Ecological Indicators 34, 113–125.

S. Zervoudaki, E.D. Christou, G. Assimakopoulou, H. Örek, A.C. Gucu, A. Giannakourou, P. Pitta, T. Terbiyik, N. Yucel, T. Moutsopoulos, K. Pagou, S. Psarra, E. Özsoy and E. Papathanassiou, 2011. Copepod communities, production and grazing in the Turkish Straits System and the adjacent northern Aegean Sea during spring. Journal of Marine Systems 86 (3-4), 45-56.

A. Pavlidou, H. Kontoyiannis, Ch. Anagnostou, I. Siokou–Frangou, K. Pagou, E. Krasakopoulou, G. Assimakopoulou, S. Zervoudaki, Ch. Zeri, J. Chatzianestis and R. Psyllidou-Giouranovits, 2010. «Biogeochemical Characteristics in the Elefsis Bay (Aegean Sea, Eastern Mediterranean) in relation to anoxia and climate changes» in: E. Yakushev (ed) Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Springer-Verlag, Volume 4E / 1999 - Volume 12 / 2010.

Lepore K., S.B. Moran, A.B. Burd, G.A. Jackson, J. N. Smith, R.P. Kelly, H. Kaberi, S. Stavrakakis, G. Assimakopoulou, 2009. Sediment trap and in-situ pump size-fractionated POC/234Th ratios in the Mediterranean Sea and Northwest Atlantic: Implications for POC export. Deep-Sea Research I 56 599–613.

S. Zervoudaki, E. D. Christou, T. G. Nielsen, I. Siokou-Frangou, G. Assimakopoulou, A. Giannakourou, M. Maar, K. Pagou, E. Krasakopoulou, U. Christaki and M. Moraitou-Apostolopoulou, 2007. The importance of small-sized copepods in a frontal area of the Aegean Sea. Journal of Plankton Research 29(4), 317–338.

List of selected projects
«Key coastal processes in the mesotrophic Skagerrak and the oligotrophic Northern Aegean: a comparative study» (ΚΕΥCOP)/ (EU-MAST-III), Phytoplankton pigments, populations and primary production in North Eastern Aegean Sea as well as study of study of pelagic food web and estimation of the carbon flux in NE Aegean Sea

Fluxes in the Aegean of Carbon and Thorium Study. Collaboration HCMR with Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island.Phytoplankton study and primary production rates in Cretan Sea, in W. Mediterranean and Atlantic.

Southern European Seas: Assessing and Modelling Ecosystem changes (SESAME)/EC, Phytoplankton study in NE Aegean Sea, in Black Sea , in Turkish Straits and in Marmara Sea as well as study of  production rates of key phytoplankton species in the above areas.

PERSEUS (Policy-orientated marine Environmental Research for the Southern European Seas)
ActionMed: Action Plans for Integrated Regional Monitoring Programmes, Coordinated Programmes of Measures and Addressing Data and Knowledge Gaps in Mediterranean Sea. DG ENV funded

“National Strategic Reference Framework (NSRF) project: “Proposals for Development of Research Organizations – ΚRIPIS / Integrated Observatories of Greek Seas”, Implementation: Hellenic Centre for Marine Research, Institute of Oceanography (HCMR-IO). Funding: General Secretariat for Research and Technology (GSRT).

MEDREGION Support Mediterranean Member States towards the implementation of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive new GES Decision and programmes of measures and contribute
 toregional/subregional cooperation
Site Survey and Environmental Sampling Habitat Assessment Baseline surveys services in the West Patraikos License Area Quotation for the provision of Site Survey and Environmental sampling Habitat Assessment Baseline surveys services.

«Παρακολούθηση και καταγραφή της κατάστασης των θαλάσσιων υπο-περιοχών της Ελλάδας/Αναβάθμιση και λειτουργική επικαιροποίηση του δικτύου παρακολούθησης» ΥΜΕΠΕΡΑΑ/ΟΠΘΣ
Implementation of the WFD in inland and coastal marine waters of Greece’. Funded by: Greek Government –National Project